Storyboard

Storyboard for Opening

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Costumes

How characters are introduced

Ruby is the first character to be introduced. She is presented as a stereotypical 17 year old girl. She appears to be quite, passive and innocent. The first shot is Ruby as she puts on her makeup. 

Larry is disturbing from the beginning. He dresses normally, and appears to have a normal house. However once his "Den" setting is introduced, he is obviously the protagonist. The den is dirty and cluttered, with pictures of girls scattered across his table, including one of Ruby. 

Camerawork, Editing and Special Effects

The camerawork is going to be very simplistic. A variation between Close ups and Mid shots will be used to introduce characters. 

The camera will also be very voyeuristic , creating an intimate and quite disturbing atmosphere. It will also reflect the voyeurism of the male protagonist, on his female "victims".

The editing used will also be simplistic.  The shots will be non linear, with serious of cross cuts between settings and location. The editing will be quite slow to begin with and then gradually build pace, until a final montage at the end. The final show will black out to run the credits.

There will be limited special effects used, to create the realism that we need for the scene to look natural.

Props and Locations

Genre and how the opening sets it up

The genre is evidently Thriller.
The use of quick succession shots, or montage, sets up the thriller genre as it, along with the music, will create a heartbeat-like suspense amongst audiences.
The dark and isolated area's in which we will film will prove mysterious, disturbing and almost scary.
We have deliberatly chosen to have no diologue in the opening sequence as we beleive this to be the most effective way of beginning, both from experience and from our audience questionnaire results.