Today's Activities

    So now that we have a general idea about what it is that we want to do with our movie intro, it's time to get into the nitty-gritty parts. Today we began working on the development of characters, storyboarding, script, and even began finding out ways to cast people to our roles. Although not anywhere near complete, and currently very undeveloped, it's a start to our long (maybe not as long as we'd like) development of our movie intro. As of now, we are just hoping everything comes together the way we would like it to.
    So the first thing we did was to sort of develop who exactly our characters were. We had a general idea about who we wanted our characters to be, but today we were able to think about the main points of our characters and most importantly... names. First off though, we decided to only use two characters in our intro, mainly because that is all we felt was necessary to do what we wanted in the 2 minutes provided, but also to fit some standard horror genre characteristics. This generally plays into the limited budget of horror films and the plots involved in horror films. Specifically though, we felt the best way to introduce our killer and her victim was to just have those two characters in the first two minutes. Many films in general, not just horror films focus on individual characters rather than a large group, allowing viewers to connect with the character. For example, the intro to Christopher Nolan's "Batman Begins" starts with only two characters, establishing a relationship of sorts between the viewers and the characters, which is something we felt we wanted to do, specifically with our killer.

    (Excerpt from "Batman Begins" from YouTube)

(Although it is not a lot of information so far, it is a start to the development of our characters)

    We also began working on our storyboard and script today, which should allow us another week or so to continue to work before we begin filming. This should give us time to make any necessary changes and also to let everything develop, rather than rushing it. Both of these elements are extremely important for what we want to do because they can make or break our message and genre all together. If we don't get these right, our horror movie may look like a weird kids show or something... 

(Here is the beginnings of our storyboard, planning out the first section of our movie intro)

    Finally, we began asking about casting characters for our movie intro. We felt this was the best option because it would give us the best chance to make the best production we can make. Not only will we be able to find people who can accurately portray our characters, but it will enable us to all be behind the camera working, rather than having some of us be in front of the camera. This will allow us to work on things behind the scenes and really make the best production we can on all levels. 

(Here are some behind the scenes of us working on our storyboard and script)

Nolan, C. (Director). (2005). Batman begins [Motion picture]. Warner Home video.