Evalutation

For my storyboard I have decided to use the genre ‘thriller’, with some aspects of the horror Genre in it too. The story is based around two main characters, The Hooded Man; the films lead villain (protagonist), and the Unnamed Woman. The story is full of questions and mysteries from the start and is constantly keeping the audience guessing and watching. The story has some of the conventions of a Thriller, for example the story never reveals the Hooded Man’s Identity, causing the audience to feel somewhat tense whenever he’s around due to the fact his intents is not always known; Although it is insinuated that the hooded character is the man from the flashback. However it does have some Horror Conventions as well, for example the Victim is a Female which fits in with the old conventions (illustrated in Hammer horrors) of Females being the “Damsel in Distress”.

Throughout the story the story flashes back to a date the two people on this date are kept secret, however it is revealed at the end that the people on the date are in fact in the Hooded Man and the Unnamed Woman.  The date is edited into black and white to signify that this is a flashback. This is a convention throughout film making, as this is a clear way to differentiate from the Past and the Present. During the first Flashback shot you can see the man on the date taking of the same pair of Leather Gloves as the Hooded Man, this was not a mistake, I placed it in there to give the more keen eyed viewer a little hint to suggest that the man in the flashbacks was the Hooded Man.

I used a variety of different camera shots and angles throughout the story including, Long Shot, Medium Shot, Over the Shoulder Shot, Establishing Shot and Low Angle Shots. I have not however included any Close Up shots. The Over the Shoulder shots were mainly used to show what the Hooded Man could see, these shots also allowed me to keep the Hooded Man’s identity hidden until the reveal at the end. The Low Angle shot shows that the Hooded Man has the Power and is the dominant character; the shot also only shows his upper legs and torso keeping his face secret from the audience, this makes it quite a powerful shot. I also used an establishing shot to show the area in which this story was going to take place, however this is not a conventional establishing shot as it did in fact have the Hooded Man in it. The Hooded Man is also in every shot, this is to show the audience that he is always there, even if the women and even the audience at the start are unaware of it.

Given more time and equipment I believe I could have made the Death of the Mysterious woman more vivid, by adding some sort of special effect or something. The costumes were also very limited, so the Woman in the Flashbacks and the Woman in the Present day are wearing the same costume – this is a continuity error. I would have also taken the restaurant date scene into a different location instead of using the same house which was used for the present day stuff.

I believe that the following things went well for my storyboard; I liked all the shots of the Hooded Man as they clearly showed him to be dominate and powerful, whereas my shots of the unnamed woman showed her to be somewhat helpless to the Hooded Man’s games. The weather also played a big part with my storyboard; the weather appears to progress as the Hooded Man does, for example at the start before the Hooded Man’s intentions are revealed the weather is nice and sunny however when the Hooded Man has actually committed the Murder the weather changes to dull and raining.

However some of the things I was not happy with are for one the fact that in the reveal shot of the Hooded Man he has lost his Leather Gloves, which does not match with the rest of the story. This was accidental and should not have happened. Also as mentioned earlier I was not happy with the fact I had to used the Houses dining room as the Restaurant, given more time I would have used a different location for it. Lastly instead of the medium shot to reveal the hooded mans face I think a close-up or extreme close-up would have made a bigger impact.