stepfather – storyboard
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Stepfather – Storyboard
By Jess Hammond, Joe Turone, Lottie Heckman and Zak Michaels.
Angle: Straight on, pans across location.
Shot: Establishing shot of Cemetery.
Location: Cheshunt Cemetery.
Audio: Calm, slightly eery music. Possibly piano.
Transition: Fade in, then fade to black.
Time: 1-2 Seconds.
Angle: High angle, represent low power from deceased mother.
Shot: Close-up of putting flowers down.
Location: Cheshunt Cemetery.
Audio: Calm, slightly eery music. Possibly piano. Voice Over of Stepfather begins “Don’t worry about your mother girls…”
Transition: Fade in, then fade to black.
Time: 1-2 Seconds.
Angle: High angle, show lack of power and vulnerability of the two sisters.
Shot: Medium Close-up.
Location: Cheshunt Cemetery.
Audio: Calm, slightly eery music. Possibly piano. Soundbridge of voice over from previous shot, finishes sentence; “You’ll be living with me now” Sound sting as his hand makes contact with Jess’s shoulder.
Transition: Fade in, then fade to black.
Time: 1-2 Seconds.
Angle: -
Shot: Long shot of car driving.
Location: Wooded area, Park Lane. Represents isolation.
Audio: Calm, slightly eery music. Possibly piano.
Transition: Fade in, then fade to next shot.
Time: 1 Second.
Angle: Low angle, showing power and largeness of house.
Shot: Long shot of car pulling up to house.
Location: Outside the house.
Audio: Calm, slightly eery music. Possibly piano. Ambient sound of car pulling up.
Transition: Fade in, then fade to next shot.
Time: 1 Second.
Angle: High angle, show lack of power.
Shot: Close-up of Jess in car, looking out window.
Location: Drive of house.
Audio: Calm, slightly eery music. Possibly piano.
Transition: Fade in, then cut to eyeline-match shot.
Time: 1-2 Seconds.
Angle: -
Shot: Copy which reads “Inspired by true events”
Location: Over black.
Audio: Music continues.
Transition: Fade in, then fade to next shot.
Time: 2-3 Seconds.
Angle: Slight high angle, looking over stepfathers shoulder.
Shot: Over the shoulder shot. Shot reverse shot pattern, between Charlotte and Father. Also short close-up of stepfather grabbing charlottes wrist.
Location: Inside house. Perhaps Hallway.
Audio: Music continues. Dialogue – Charlotte: I hate you! You’re not my father! Stepfather: You’re living under my roof, so you’ll live by my rules!
Transition: No transitions.
Time: 3-4 Seconds.
Angle: High Angle, showing Jess’s lack of power and vulnerability.
Shot: Close-up, of Jess crying in bed, looking at a photo frame.
Location: Bedroom.
Audio: Music continues. Diegetic sound of her crying.
Transition: No transitions. Cuts to eyeline-match shot of the photo. (Of mum and two sisters)
Time: 1 Second.
Angle: -
Shot: Black, with voice over of Jess.
Location: On black.
Audio: Music stops. Voice over of Jess: I want to talk to her again.
Transition: No transitions. Cuts to next shot.
Time: 2-3 seconds.
Angle: -
Shot: Montage of close-ups, preparing to contact the dead. (Lighting a candle, cutting photo, laying salt on the table)
Location: Dining Room.
Audio: Different, more dramatic/suspense building music.
Transition: Fades between shots.
Time: 2-3 seconds.
Angle: Slight high angle.
Shot: Wide shot of girls sitting at dining table, trying to contact the dead. After 3 second hesitation, everything in the room moves and salt is blown of table.
Location: Dining Room.
Audio: Music Stops. Dialogue – Charlotte: Mum, if you’re there, can you please give us a sign. Sound sting as everything suddenly moves.
Transition: Cuts to black.
Time: 5 seconds.
Angle: Slight high angle.
Shot: Close-up of Jess in bed. Shallow focus on Jess, until dolls house lights flicker, in which shallow focus switches to deep focus.
Location: Bedroom.
Audio: Creepy, low pitched music.
Transition: Fades to black.
Time: 1-2 seconds.
Angle: -
Shot: Long shot, with dolls house in view and Jess getting out of bed.
Location: Bedroom.
Audio: Music continues.
Transition: Fade in, then fade to black.
Time: 1 second.
Angle: From side.
Shot: Close-up of Jess slowly looking into the dolls house.
Location: Bedroom.
Audio: Music continues.
Transition: Fade in, then cuts to next shot (Eyeline-match shot).
Time: 1-2 seconds.
Angle: Straight on.
Shot: Close-up of doll in rocking chair, rocking within the dolls house.
Location: Bedroom. (In dolls house)
Audio: Music continues. Non-diegetic loud bang, from outside field of vision.
Transition: Cuts to next shot.
Time: 2-3 seconds.
Angle: From side.
Shot: Reaction shot, close-up. Showing Jess spin round in reaction to loud noise.
Location: Bedroom.
Audio: Music continues.
Transition: Fades between shots.
Time: 1 second.
Angle: Slight low angle, representing stepfathers power.
Shot: Medium close-up, over the shoulder shot looking at himself in the mirror.
Location: Bathroom.
Audio: Music continues. Whispered voice over from Charlotte: There’s something not right about that man.
Transition: Cuts to next shot.
Time: 1-2 seconds.
Angle: High angle, as if looking down into his hand from his point of view.
Shot: Close-up of taking pills. Connotes mental illness, or possible insanity.
Location: Bathroom.
Audio: Music continues.
Transition: Fades to black
Time: 1 second.
Angle: Slight high angle, from side.
Shot: Close-up of sisters friend looking through a gap in the door. Then suffocated and pulled outside field of vision.
Location: Hallway.
Audio: Music continues. Sound sting as pulled outside field of vision.
Transition: Fades in, cuts to black.
Time: 1-2 seconds.
Angle: From behind.
Shot: Crash zoom from long shot to extreme close-up of Charlotte’s back. POV shot, as she then appears to be knocked over.
Location: Hallway.
Audio: Music continues. Diegetic sound of heavy breathing/panicked breathing.
Transition: Cuts to next shot.
Time: 1 second.
Angle: Low angle, on floor.
Shot: Mid-shot of Charlotte falling over.
Location: Perhaps living room.
Audio: Music continues. Diegetic sound of scream as she falls.
Transition: Cuts to black.
Time: 1 second.
Angle: High angle, looking into draw.
Shot: Close-up of knife being taken out of draw.
Location: Kitchen.
Audio: Music continues, picking up pace.
Transition: Cuts to next shot.
Time: 1 second.
Angle: Over the shoulder, slight high angle.
Shot: Medium close-up, over the shoulder shot looking into mirror. Tracking shot – follows Jess up from washing her face to looking in mirror and seeing the word “Leave” written all over her face.
Location: Bathroom
Audio: Music continues.
Transition: Cuts to next shot.
Time: 1 second.
Angle: Slight low angle.
Shot: Long shot, of two sisters running.
Location: Just outside the house.
Audio: Music continues, rapidly picking up pace. Diegetic sound of panicked sounds.
Transition: Cuts to next shot
Time: <1 second.
Angle: Low angle, showing stepfathers power. Front on view of antagonist.
Shot: Medium close-up, showing stepfather storming down hallway, towards the camera.
Location: Hallway
Audio: Music continues.
Transition: Cuts to black.
Time: <1 second.
Angle: From side.
Shot: Medium close-up, Charlotte banging on front door repeatedly.
Location: Hallway.
Audio: Music continues. Diegetic sound of banging and screaming. Dialogue – Charlotte: Help, Help, Help!
Transition: Cuts to next shot.
Time: <1 second.
Angle: Low angle, slight panning across.
Shot: Medium close-up. Two sisters hiding with shadow of stepfather in background.
Location: Hallway/Stairs.
Audio: Music continues, pace increasing. Diegetic sound of gasps from girls.
Transition: Cuts to next shot.
Time: <1 second.
Angle: Low angle.
Shot: Close-up of bloody knife hitting the floor.
Location: Floor of any room.
Audio: Music continues, pace increasing. Ambient sound of knife sharply hitting the floor.
Transition: Cuts to next shot.
Time: <1 second.
Angle: From side.
Shot: Long shot. One of the sisters being dragged across the floor by the stepfather.
Location: Hallway/Stairs.
Audio: Music continues, reaches its peak . Diegetic sound of screaming.
Transition: Cuts to next shot.
Time: <1 second.
Angle: -
Shot: Copy showing title of the film. (Stepfather)
Location: Over black.
Audio: Music has stopped. Slight eery/misty subtle sound over copy.
Transition: Cuts to next shot.
Time: 3 seconds.
Angle: High angle showing lack of power.
Shot: Medium close-up. One of the sisters being dragged across the floor quickly, outside the field of vision.
Location: Hallway, for wooden floor.
Audio: Loud sound sting. Diegetic sound of scream.
Transition: Cuts to black.
Time: <1 second.
Angle: -
Shot: Copy showing words “Coming Soon” including website, credits and production logos.
Location: Over black.
Audio: Misty/eery subtle sound.
Transition: Fades in, then fades to black.
Time: 3 seconds.