Inital Storyboard Idea and Names Brainstorm

Storyboard Shot by Shot analysis

 

In preparation for choosing our name, we made many brainstorms full of names that we could possibly use. We decided on Hail as we felt that this was most fitting due to the fact that it was a play on words. Our film is based upon the antagonist who is a taxi driver, a cab that the female protagonist presumably rings up for, hence she hails the cab. As well as the fact that one definition of the word Hail is 'to come down forcefully', this therefore signifies that someone is going to corrupt and drag people down with malicious force, physically or mentally.

Originally, we created a storyboard based on our initial ideal to test to see if our plans would work out well. However, after creating this, we decided that we would not be using our time effectively if we was to film at this many locations that were not going to be convenient for any of us to get to due to the fact that it was a London based opening scene. Moreover, we decided not to go forward with this also due to the fact that as we wanted to film at a tube station, after doing some research into laws and regulations we realised we would have to seek permission first as it is usually declined, and this could have potentially wasted a lot of time. In addition, for each individual member of the public that would inevitably be featured in the opening we would have to get them to sign a letter of consent which in turn would not be efficient.

However we chose not to completely disregard this preliminary idea. In this, we chose to keep the aura of London alive by using a black taxi, stereotypical associated with London to create the illusion of that being where our opening was set. Moreover, we also kept the idea of The Final Girl, by having a female protagonist that eventually is murdered at the end of the scene as well as sticking to the challenging of conventional horrors by having the murder at the beginning as opposed to the end of the film to immediately draw the audience in to how it got to this horrific stage. In terms of shots that we decided would still be effective and therefore incorporated into our new idea was the extreme close-up of the eye, to invade the personal space of a character to make the audience feel as though they are intruding as well as the high angle shot of the protagonist lying dead on the floor.