So at first I thought making the storyboard was gonna be quick like, i would just be able to sketch the scenes and be done. Nope. Instead It took much longer than I expected because I kept changing how I wanted certain shots to look, especially the hallway scenes. It’s difficult because how you might image an image shows up much different on paper.
I started with the opening with our main character Amara at the school gate. At first, I drew it too close-up and it didn’t feel intense enough. So I ended up changed it to a more wide shot because I wanted her to look small compared to the school somewhat isolated, like she’s already anxious and out of place before anything even happens.
The bathroom scene was the hardest to do the storyboard on. I knew I wanted the reflections to remain there after the girls disappeared or moved, but drawing that in a way that didn’t look silly and was actually understandable to the director… Let’s just say I erased it like 6 times. Butttt.. eventually I decided to keep it simple with just one frame showing the flickering light and the next showing the reflections without the girls in it, less details help out more.
I also had noticed how important it is to plan out exactly where the camera is “standing.” In my head every shot felt cinematic cause I was able to slow them down zoom them in and just perfectly image them, but on paper I kept forgetting to mark the angle, like over-the-shoulder, wide shot, close-up. So I went back and labeled everything because if I don’t, I’m just forget what is what during filming.
Overall the storyboard helped me see how the tension builds in throughout the whole film, even without the sound or acting in place. It forced me to actually slow down a bit and think “what’s actually happening in this frame? What should the audience be able to feel or infer here?” It made everything feel closer to real.
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