Our group narrative changed as our first one seemed unattainable because the idea was too complicated, varied too far from the conventions of a thriller genre, and there was too many actors needed to be involved.
It was originally planned that we would have a zombie based thriller. The characters that would have been used were a group of teenagers that had been invited to a party, that was false. It was really a place of experiment for a doctor turning people into zombies. This seemed to escape from any suspense, and also included gore, which doesn't necessarily get completely accredited with thriller films. Another concern was that it was telling the whole story within 2 minutes. It seemed to feel rushed, and although in our new narrative, it may seem rushed that she is already being held captive, and escapes within this 2 minutes, but many thriller films start with opening death scenes. E.g. 'Scream'
The amount of characters also proved a problem, as trying to direct 7 people as opposed to 2 means a lot more work and commitment from everyone, and also would have limited us to less time to spend filming the project. The last key problems were that we complicated the story too much to the fact that each of us individually were unsure of the true plot. Also the makeup to make a convincing zombie may have been too testing for us.
Our new characters didn't link directly with key thriller conventions, but some elements were there. Things such as the victim being a woman, created the stereotypical helplessness created by woman characters in thrillers. The villain was also wearing a black jacket, although he was not wearing black all over, this helped create a more realistic edge to our thriller, whilst also keeping the convention that there is some element of darkness in the physical persona of the villain, that links to the story line, and the portrayal of the captor. Our settings also created the perfect scene for an isolated thriller feel. Even when the victim escaped from the villains place of capture, it still appears as she is being kept hostage, as she can't reach civilization to find help and/or safety.
Our group came to a final decision of this story mainly based on the individual narrative I had already created which appeared to stick more closely with traditional thriller conventions and made the story a lot less complicated than the original idea we had and was easier to film.
This is our new narrative storyboard:
The amount of characters also proved a problem, as trying to direct 7 people as opposed to 2 means a lot more work and commitment from everyone, and also would have limited us to less time to spend filming the project. The last key problems were that we complicated the story too much to the fact that each of us individually were unsure of the true plot. Also the makeup to make a convincing zombie may have been too testing for us.
Our new characters didn't link directly with key thriller conventions, but some elements were there. Things such as the victim being a woman, created the stereotypical helplessness created by woman characters in thrillers. The villain was also wearing a black jacket, although he was not wearing black all over, this helped create a more realistic edge to our thriller, whilst also keeping the convention that there is some element of darkness in the physical persona of the villain, that links to the story line, and the portrayal of the captor. Our settings also created the perfect scene for an isolated thriller feel. Even when the victim escaped from the villains place of capture, it still appears as she is being kept hostage, as she can't reach civilization to find help and/or safety.
Our group came to a final decision of this story mainly based on the individual narrative I had already created which appeared to stick more closely with traditional thriller conventions and made the story a lot less complicated than the original idea we had and was easier to film.
This is our new narrative storyboard:
You have made a start in describing why you changed your storyboards, but this needs to be explained in a lot more detail.
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The summary now helps to show some understanding of why you make changes to your previous idea.
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