Film Opening Planning-Storyboard

 Film Opening Planning- Original Storyboard



 



Storyboards were made in the planning of this short-film opening; their is the possibility of embedding opening credits within the shots. Shot one starts off with a haiku that reflects on the narrative and the protagonist of this film. The second shot establishes the setting of this film and crabs right to our protagonist in a medium shot; the third shot is a close-up of our protagonist contemplating as he looks up to the sky the camera cuts to a sky shot, revealing that it is actually a POV shot as The Artist reaches his hand out to the sky. The fifth shot is a quick, erratic montage of images such as Rorschach ink blots, paintings, and/or text accompanied by the sound of screaming which represents The Artist's growing madness; the sixth shot cuts back to a sky shot that isn't a POV which shows as the camera tilts down as a tracking wide shot of our protagonist.

 The seventh shot  begins as a medium shot behind The Artist, a 180 degree angle turn to his left will zoom in on the character's face which looks up. The action matches on in the eighth shot as a worm's eye view of the character looking at a Church. The ninth shot jumps back to The Artist's close-up, but it is no longer outside but in a different location and he is wearing different clothes. The camera tracks out showing a medium shot of the character and his audience as he unveils his latest work; the eleventh shot is a close-up of an ignorant, unappreciative audience which that become frustrated, The Three Critics are amongst the audience. The twelfth shot is The Artist being attacked by the audience, consisting of match-on action as fists and blows to the head strike our protagonist.

The 13th shot is all the cast members, attacking the Protagonist; the 14th shot is a low angle shot of our Protagonist on the ground crawling onto the ground reaching for his unappreciated work. The 15th shot a close-up of the artists' damaged, and tattered work; the 16th shot is a medium close up of our protagonist in despair at the corner of the room. The 17th shot is another shot of flashing images and text that denotes insanity; the 18th shot shows our protagonist huddled in the corner.

The 19th, 20th, and 21st shots consist of a long view of the tarnished room , The Artist walks to the center fixing the room and gathering his materials. A medium close-up of our protagonist which also shows The Muse in the background, the shot rotates 180 degrees to the left and zooms in, becoming a close-up at the back of The Artist. It soon reveals that the close-up is a POV as a hand reaches out on the left shoulder of The Artist and a blade is in a right hand; the Muse forces down The Artist to the ground. The 22nd shot id a tilted medium shot of The Artist struggling as The Muse forces to plunge the blade into him. Shot 23 is an extreme close-up shot The Artist's eye in sorrow and joy; the 24th shot is the Title.

The 25th shot follows the knife being tossed aside; the 180 degree rule is then followed in the 26th, 27th, and 28th shots. The 26th shot is a long shot that shows the Artist and a stranger, reality is back in order; dialogue is established as stranger asks if the Artist is well which continues in the 27th and 28th shot. Over the shoulder shots were used in shots 27 and 28, however shot 27 is a low angle over the shoulder shot while shot 28 is a high angle over the shoulder shot. A very high angle shot is used in shot 29 as the two characters leave, camera then jump cuts to an over the shoulder shot that is zooming away from The Muse slowly as she watches them from above, film ends with flashing images and text.