Finalizing our plot

Hi blog! After a long time of not being able to meet in person, our team finally had another team meeting in class today where we were able to finalize details about the plot of our film. We wanted to jump right into the storyboard and draw out our thoughts for the film, but we thought it would be beneficial to plan out a skeleton structure for the different types of scenes we wanted to incorporate into our film opening. We divided our film into two halves: the first half would be the present day, and the second half would be a flashback. The first half would show the outcome of the film, and the second half would effectively set up the rest of the film (all within a flashback).

Part one:
This scene would take place in a forest. There would be all diegetic sounds, including rustling trees, and heavy breathing. A young girl would be shown dragging a body through the woods and running frantically. She would be looking very distressed and have makeup running, dirty clothes, and terrified emotions. She would bury the body in the forest and run away. Finally, there would be a close up of a missing poster of a teenage boy (the boy who she previously killed and buried). There would be no dialogue, but towards the end of the clip, a voiceover of the girl would say something along the lines of "So how did we end up here..."

Part two:
This section would be a complete contrast from the present day situation. There will be upbeat music, bright clothing, and a happy atmosphere. The title sequence will be shown throughout this section, including the important actors, directors, etc. The scene will begin with a graphic match of the picture in the missing poster to the same picture in the girl's room (possibly him calling her on her phone and the picture coming up on her screen). This scene will include dialogue of the girl talking to a friend (or maybe her mother??) about how she is excited to be meeting up with a boy who she had a crush on for a long time, aka the boy who she later kills. The scene will most likely end with her about to leave to meet up with the boy.

Staying consistent with the schedule I created for our team in the previous post, next class we will create the storyboards for each part of the film opening. It is still quite difficult for us to visualize our scenes coming together, so creating the storyboard will help us see our ideas come to life prior to filming. Stay tuned!!