STORYBOARD EXPLAINED

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1ST SHOT: WALKING UP TO THE MIRROR

The first shot will be the antagonist walking up to a mirror, this will be reversed so therefore the shot will

start with an over the shoulder shot of the antagonist looking at a mirror and will end from him walking away from it. The mirror reflection will be

blurred out and edited in order to not give away his identity, the shot will be a maximum of 10 seconds long and the transition will be a simple cut to the

next shot.

2ND SHOT: REMOVING THE MASK

The scene will then cut (with no transition effect) to the reflection of the antagonist on the mirror as he removes

his face paint, again this will be reversed. The viewer will see a point of view shot of the antagonist with his

face paint slightly removed but not fully in order to hide his identity, the motion will be reversed so it will look as if the paint is being applied. The shot will be edited to look dark so the background will not be visible in order

to keep the antagonist centre of attention.

3RD SHOT: NEWSPAPER

This shot will gradually zoom up to a close up shot, it will last 3 seconds long so the pace will be edited.

The newspaper will have a circular gradient around to draw the viewers attention to it. This drawing

shows that the character is a wanted man.

4TH SHOT: REMOVING THE MASK

The scene will then cut back to the antagonist rubbing his face, the scene will be clearer for a few seconds and then will become dark again, the reason for this

is to tease the audience. The only prop the antagonist will be holding is a cloth while he does

this scene.

5TH SHOT: PICTURES OF PRIESTS

The scene will then cross cut to a close up picture of priests, this will symbolise that maybe the

antagonists is a priest or targeting one of them, the shot will only last for two second as it would give too much information out would ruin the film. At the last second of the shot the photo will be edited red and

distorted to suggest that the antagonist has an issue regarding this image.

6TH SHOT: BIBLE

The cut will then jump to a close up of a Bible that is edited to be dark and unsteady, the camera will slowly pan left to right and this shot will last no

longer then 5 seconds after that the shot will fade to black. The reason the Bible has been drawn like this is because it could suggest that if it is interpreted wrongly then it could be a danger. The Bible gives

another hint that the film will have a religious element.

7TH SHOT: BIBLE

Again the mirror shot of the antagonist will shown, this time it will become darker and more distorted. The face of the antagonist will almost be hidden by his

hand, there will be no use of transition in this scene.

8TH SHOT: BIBLE

This shot will be a close up of a polaroid which will gradually zoom into an extreme close-up until the camera is fully zoomed into the black, the camera will be steady and no transitions will be used. This scene represent past memories of the antagonist, however only one image will be clear and the rest

will be blank.

9TH SHOT: BIBLE

In this scene it will start off as an extreme close up of the polaorid that the character is holding. The

camera will zoom out of the blank polaroid. This shot will indicate to the audience that our character has lost a person in his life and could suggest that the

film will be about vengeance. This scene will slowly fade to black to create a dramatic exit.

10TH SHOT: BIBLE

This will be a quick snippet of a tombstone suggesting to the audience that the person who died is

important to our character. The shot will be two second long making it clear to the audience that we don’t want them finding out too much information.

The camera movement will be shaky and we will edit it to look distorted.

11TH SHOT: BIBLE

This shot will again appear again as usual, the shot will become clearer each time we know more about the

antagonist. The shot will fade to black.

12TH SHOT: BIBLE

This shot will be an extreme close up, the shot will pan from the edge of the table to the book. The shot will show a ring and will then gradually move on to the book, the book is remained hidden with only a few

word being shown. This shot suggests that the character was married therefore suggesting that the

person that has died is his wife.

13TH SHOT: BIBLE

The shot will quickly cut to a radio which will have a reversed dialogue of “The Mask Man” the voice will

be static. The shot will be shaky and the background will be distorted. There will be no use of transition.

14TH SHOT: BIBLE

This drawing show the inside of the Good Sheppard Church, the shot will pan from the bottom showing only the aisle and the seats, the shot will then pan upwards showing the stained glass. The angles of the shot will go from high to low. This shots can

suggest to the audience that the character is part of the Church or is the Church he was married in.

15TH SHOT: BIBLE

This is an establishing shot of the Good Sheppard Church, the shot will be still and will in only last for

two seconds. This shot shows the outside of the Church enforcing the significance of this location.

The shot will fade to white.

16TH SHOT: BIBLE

The camera will pan from the eyes of the antagonist and then will show the entire mask from a mid shot.,

this will indicate that the opening sequence has finished. There will be no sound in this scene to

create suspense.