Hello! today we worked on the final storyboard since previously we only worked on a rough draft to guide how each scene should look like. Now that we have filmed our movie, we can compare and contrast and explain why we made the changes we made. Here are the changes:
Scene 1
In this scene, doctor Elena looks at her husband in the hospital bed, lying unconscious. Distress is clearly displayed on her face. Wires attached to Daniel's skin, keeping him alive. She finds out his dire condition and is informed that he can't be helped since Daniel has such a rare blood type. Finding a donor would be nearly impossible, especially for such a vital organ. (heart)
A two-shot is used for the two characters having a sad moment. It helps keep both characters in focus at the same time.
A non-diegetic sound is playing of the beating of the machines. Elena's soft sobs are heard.
The only changes made for this scene is the transition we went from a straight-cut to deciding to use a fade-out instead to transition to a different setting smoothly but not make it a sudden cut. Also we decided not to add the sound of faint breathing because it clashed with the sound of Elena crying.
Scene 2
In this scene, the doctor calls the patient later on to tell her that she needs to come back to a different private clinic because the blood results came up and something looks wrong. The doctor tells her a time and location where everyone will be gone.
The sound of their conversation both the doctor and the person on the phone. Also, the phone is ringing, waiting for the patient to respond.
A lot of changes were made to this scene starting with an over-the-shoulder shot instead of a close-up to show the doctor conversing with the patient over the phone is shown, which aids in keeping the audiences' focus on the conversation being had instead of the doctor's expressions. Additionally, text/dialogue is displayed on the screen, it helps reader focus on the importance of the words the doctor is saying to Claire. Also a straight-cut is used instead of fade-out to show a different character at a different location and help transition through the scenes, this is because we had already used a fade-out in the previous scene.
Scene 3
In this scene doctor Elena meets the patient at a private clinic owned by Elena. The patient is checked in by the "secretary" (a friend of Elena's helping her with the crime). The patient walks into Elena's office to talks about her blood results.
There is a wide shot of the patient checking in with the receptionist to establish the new location, and the background is shown.
In this scene we took away the emphasis from the fact that the clinic was alone and instead added a diegetic sound of crowd talking in the background as well as a conversation between the receptionist and the patient is heard. Also we didn't end up taking a shot of the patient entering the door to get out of the reception and the door of Elena's office as a way to introduce a match-cut because we would go way over the minute limit. Instead, we used a fade to black.
Scene 4
In this scene, the patient meets Dr. Elena in her office, and doctor Elena explains the negative results of her blood test. Elena explains that an emergency surgery will need to be performed. Elena tells the patient the procedure is quick and only needs her there and another doctor. She asks's the patient if she is available.
A mid-shot is used to show Elena and the patient having a conversation about the test results. The mid-shot helps draw focus to their upper body language.
There was not many changes for this scene, other than the change in transitions. We decided not to use a J-cut and instead another fade to black since the next scene and this scene didn't have any music. Also the sound of Elena and the patient talking is heard but we decided not to add the sound of pages flipping because there were no pages flipping so it didn't make sense.
Scene 5
In this scene, Elena comes behind the patient with a cloth and puts it over her mouth and nose to put her to sleep. The patient's shock is shown in her eyes as she begins to fall asleep and she gets dragged into another room.
A lot of changes were made to these scenes for starters, we decided not to end the movie opener here and add and even creepier scene to build the suspense. Also the angle of this scene was changed instead of a dutch angle (we forget) that followed Claire as she was being dragged we used a.. Then a straight-cut transition with a flickering effect was used to add drama to the scene.
Scene 6
There were a lot of changes to the final scene.The movie opener ends with a POV view of what Claire would be seeing if she was awake. It first shows a close-up of Claire unconscious and then cuts to the POV shot of doctor Elena about to start the surgery. There is also a non-diegetic sound of Claire's heart beating. Then the sound of Elena's glove smacking against her skin is heard and sound that creates a "what will happen next" atmosphere is inserted. Lastly, a fade to black transition is used as the title in dark red is shown against the black background. There is a sound track that creates ominous vibes for the end of the movie opener as the credits scroll.
