Storyboard: The Handler

Research on Costume

This is what I want the main character to be wearing for the opening scene because, it’s something you would wear everyday if you are going for a run and that’s what the character will be doing during the opening scene.  This will be easy to get as most people already own a pair of jogging bottoms and a casual jumper they can through on.

Research on Makeup

The makeup that I wanted for the opening film would be simple and natural, because I wanted the audience to see the real character, not the character with make up on but just her. Hopefully by doing this the audience will get to know the main character and see who she is without having any more detail of her personality. This will be easy to do because all the actor will need is some mascara and they will look like I want them to.

When the main character is called back into the field she will become who she was. This means that the makeup will get darker to make her look more mysterious and see her fit into the spy character. From having dark eyes this will totally juxtapose from what she looked like in the opening so the audience can see the characters progression. This will be a little harder to do as I do not know how to do this. This means that I will have to watch tutorials on how to get the actors eyes like this.

Research on location

This would be a possible location for my film opening because, ours is about a ex-spy. By having her live in quite a rural place will show that she left because she wanted to settle down and wanted a family because it’s nothing like what she had to deal with in the city. Also by having it in quite a calm place it shows she wants to let go of the past and move on but also she is trying to make it hard for people who she has caught to find her. Personally I think by having it in a ordinary home it will make the opening realistic and more relate able, so as the film goes on hopefully the audience will connect with the character more. This would be easy to film here because I can get to it easily and I do not have to pay to use it and I can re decorate it to the way I want it to look like.

Another possible location for my film opening is London because; this is where most of the action will happen. London is always busy and it’s exciting. This will make our film opening realistic because the plot line of our story will fit in and it will look like this would actually happen.The only problem with filming in London is that it would be very expensive to get there and if I need to re-due any of our shots then I will have to pay a lot of money just to get there, also because it’s so busy it will be hard to get good shots of the action.

Research on Lighting

From looking at other action/thriller film opening them normally has something dark then something brighter to juxtapose it. So the inside scene should be dark to create a mysterious effect and the outside shots should be a lot brighter, which will contrast with the action that will happen in those shots. This would be even more of a genre signifies for the audience to understand what type of film this is.  

Research on props

I am going to use these props because they are the obvious genre signifies for the audience to tell the audience what kind of genre our film opening is.

A gun is normally linked to violence so that people can quickly think and understand what might happen in the rest of the film.

By having a phone it makes the film up to date, so we attract more of an audience because they younger audience normally do not like to watch old films. Also it is a type of technology that could be used in the rest of the film.

Lastly the brief case was used because it will make the character look more official and like a spy, so the audience can understand what type of person he is. 

Mood board

I chose these types of settings because from watching action/thriller film openings these were the most common settings they had. For example the Dark Knight the opening to that is in the city and an office/bank.

The makeup that I wanted was quite dark eyes so they looked serious, also if you see most spy movie they have got dark eyes as well. For example on the poster Salt the actress has got dark eyes to make her look quite mysterious, also it looks quite intriguing. The blood is up there because normally in action/thriller films there is also a fight scene and one of the characters always gets hurts so the blood is to show that they are in pain and the fighting is realistic.  

The types of actors that I have chosen to put on the mood board are actors that have all been in an action/thriller. Something that they all have in common is that they are all men; I think is because it’s usually the men that are the heroes and the women that are the “damsel in distress” This is why for my film opening I would like to have the lead role to be a women so it’s not the same as the other films.

The props on the mood board are very classic action/thriller. From all of the film openings that I have studied so far they have all included a gun, which I think out of all the props I have on their makes it the most important genre significance.

The costumes that I have included are mainly linked to the type of character that we are basing my film opening around. I am doing a spy film, which means that the costumes link in with the theme because the main clothing is black, but it’s quite stylish because spies look good with what they are wearing. Also they normally wear sun glass to hide their identity.   

The lighting that I have chosen to put on is very dark and mysterious. The surroundings are dark and have some light on the actors face to so their facial expressions but also it makes them look quite eerie.