Update

This week was quite eventful in the group. When writing up our brief, I suggested it was set in a hostel, giving us further ideas for the name. After some discussion, Matt suggested we named it something to do with murder and whilst just messing around with the word 'murder', I spelt it backwards to make the word 'redrum'. This gave us the idea to call the village that the film is set in 'Redrum', and the name of the film 'Redrum hostel'. Of course, this isn't final yet.

I have just finished commentating our animated story board and have uploaded it onto Youtube and the blog. Here is the script I wrote out for it-

Storyboard Script


Slide 1- This is the first shot. It is an establishing shot of the field in which this scene takes place. The scene will be set at night, with the moon appearing to be providing light and a feint mist coating the ground. The moon light will be artificial if necessary. The camera will pan to reveal a man (the protagonist), who appears to be lying unconscious on the ground, with a crudely made circle around him.

Slide 2- The camera pans into a close up of the protagonist, as he sits up with the glow of the moon lighting up his face, revealing his features. He his heavily breathing, as though shocked, his breathing produces light mist, showing the night is cold.

Slide 3- The camera pans back into a mid shot as the protagonist gets onto his feet. He is still breathing heavily, and looks dazed and confused; his breath is still showing in the cold winter air. The mist gently flows over his feet.

Slide 4- The camera pans back in to a close up of the protagonist’s face and then around his back to reveal a small bush row nearby to him. The glow of the moon shining onto the bush, to reveal two eyes which appear to be watching the protagonist. Out of fear, he begins to move, with a slight limp.

Slide 5- The camera pans back around the protagonist’s back into a wide shot, and begins to track him. He looks distressed and begins to breathe a little heavier. The glow of the moon strongly reveals his facial expressions.

Slide 6- The shot cuts to a camera tracking the protagonist from behind the bushes where he saw the eyes. As the camera moves, a silhouette of another man (the antagonist) speeds past, clearly moving much faster than the protagonist.

Slide 7- The shot cuts back to the original shot of the camera tracking the protagonist and then begins to move faster than he is, so it’s just in front of him. As the camera moves ahead, the protagonist trips over a body on the ground.

Slide 8- The shot cuts to an over the shoulder shot of the protagonist’s leg, over the dead body. In the corner of the shot, we can see the protagonist turn his head to see the dead body. He draws enough breath to let out a large scream, after which the audience can hear him begin to softly cry in fear.

Slide 9- The shot cuts to a mid shot again. This time the shot is from behind the protagonist, with a body hanging from a tree by rope in the near distance. The protagonist calls out for help, now breathing even more heavily. He is now crying hysterically.

Slide 10- The shot cuts quickly to black, as though blinking, to reveal a crudely strung noose hanging from the tree which first appeared to have a man hanging from it. The moon is producing a strong light from behind it, and a mist swirling beneath.


Slide 11- The shot cuts to a wide shot, showing the man lying on the floor, with nothing around him but the light mist. His face is being lit up by the moon- he appears to be crying, with mud and a little blood on his face. He looks towards the camera, with a look of sheer terror on his face before letting out a very large scream. At this point the shot cuts to black, revealing the film title.