Preliminary task - Storyboard animation

First idea for the film intro;




General background/storyline:




A character that was once a hit man hired by a company that operated within that area. His ole in the company was to track down targets and kill them for rewards. He has moved on later in his life reflecting on his terrible past and thinking about the people who he had killed once upon a time. All he wants is to live a normal life again but that is not an option for the previous company he worked for as they wont let anyone just leave them. His only way out is death and they send out people to track him down and attempt to kill him. To finally escape the dead end that his life had come to he must then take down the company he worked for by killing them all so they cant hurt anyone else.




Setting;


New/modern fashioned graveyard where the main character is stood over some graves staring at them and his past. For an effective setting and environment we would need moody weather in order to create a depressing scene.




Music:


Use sad themed soundtracks in order to make the grave scene depressing and sad whilst the character is staring that the graves. Could also use the same music once the two guys appear in order to try and kill the main character or change to more hyped dramatic music.


Camera:


Could use close ups of the main character to show his emotion and body language. Also close ups of the grave stones to show the people that he once tracked down and killed in his previous life.




Editing:


Insert text merging into the background and setting to make it more believable and real but not take out the whole reality aspect. Once the company appears to track down the main character have them run towards the camera but whilst editing make it slow motion to then add a dramatic effect. For the film title it will be implemented after the people enter the intro which is then set off by multiple gun shots onto a black screen, with he film title fading in, like his past fading back into his life once again.




Lighting:




Quite dark themed to create a sad atmosphere and depressing feel to it, also implements misery and sadness. A good time for this lighting would be with moody weather such as cloudy, because bright sunny weather would create a totally different storyline and feel to the intro.

Camera Movement:


Tracking: Whole camera moves from point A to point B.
Panning: Camera remains at a single point, but the position angle moves left to right or right to left.
Tilting: Fixed camera, but lean camera up or down on the vertical axis.
Dollying: Camera moves forward and back. Either move entire camera or zoom in and out.
Pedestal: Whole camera moves up and down on vertical axis, camera is in a fixed position.

Creating a storyboard for our preliminary task: