The Grudge opening sequence. These are the '8 scary shots' of horror which can be found in almost any horror sequence.
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When you make a storyboard you have to write an explanation of the frame. In this you have to include the camera movement, the angle and the shot. Also we have to have a brief description of the actions going on inside the shot. We have to have accurate drawings and use technical language. Our storyboards can never have two frames after each other with the same angle and shot. The story for the pictures must also make sense.
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Here is a storyboard I found on the internet of the Hitchcock classic 1960 Psycho. It is showing the iconic shower scene. One key note about this is there is no text on this but it is very detailed none the less. This is due to the extremely detailed and talented graphic novel style drawings. These well thought out drawings show you every part of the scene however they show you no description of the camera angle, positioning and movement but that might not have applied to this scene due to it being an old film.
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Here is a storyboard from James Cameron's film (1986) Alien. This one is more recent than the one above and you can clearly see it in the storyboard. This storyboard shows much more detailed drawings of whats in the scene and it provides shot descriptions. It states that the first scene is a high angle and a long shot whereas 1960 Psycho's storyboard contains no writing. It also features detailed descriptions of whats happening in the scene. For the first box it tells us how the craft swoops in with the doors opening simultaneously etc.
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This storyboard is not horror but i found it very interesting. It is from Christopher Nolan's mind bending film Inception. Any one who has seen this film is expecting the storyboard to be quite confusing and it is. Due to the strange twisting nature of this scene it is one full drawing and then it has been cut into boxes. Instead of drawing it out scene by scene it is instead one full scene and then it has been split up so you know which part of the drawing will happen in every part. There isn't a whole lot of writing on it apart from a few small timings on the side. Its a very unique way of doing a storyboard which i haven't seen before and I like it a lot. The drawings allow there to not be a whole lot of writing on the board. The way it is one whole drawing tells us its all at the same angle, position and movement. It shows this whole sequence is from a birds eye view long shot and the camera movement does not change.
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