Stepfather Storyboard

By Jess Hammond, Joe Turone, Lottie Heckman and Zak Michaels.

Angle: Straight on, pans across location. Shot: Establishing shot of Cemetery. Location: Cheshunt Cemetery. Audio: Calm, slightly eery music. Possibly piano. Transition: Fade in, then fade to black. Time: 1-2 Seconds.

Angle: High angle, represent low power from deceased mother. Shot: Close-up of putting flowers down. Location: Cheshunt Cemetery. Audio: Calm, slightly eery music. Possibly piano. Voice Over of Stepfather begins Dont worry about your mother girls Transition: Fade in, then fade to black. Time: 1-2 Seconds.

Angle: High angle, show lack of power and vulnerability of the two sisters. Shot: Medium Close-up. Location: Cheshunt Cemetery. Audio: Calm, slightly eery music. Possibly piano. Soundbridge of voice over from previous shot, finishes sentence; Youll be living with me now Sound sting as his hand makes contact with Jesss shoulder. Transition: Fade in, then fade to black. Time: 1-2 Seconds.

Angle: Shot: Long shot of car driving. Location: Wooded area, Park Lane. Represents isolation. Audio: Calm, slightly eery music. Possibly piano. Transition: Fade in, then fade to next shot. Time: 1 Second.

Angle: Low angle, showing power and largeness of house. Shot: Long shot of car pulling up to house. Location: Outside the house. Audio: Calm, slightly eery music. Possibly piano. Ambient sound of car pulling up. Transition: Fade in, then fade to next shot. Time: 1 Second.

Angle: High angle, show lack of power. Shot: Close-up of Jess in car, looking out window. Location: Drive of house. Audio: Calm, slightly eery music. Possibly piano. Transition: Fade in, then cut to eyeline-match shot. Time: 1-2 Seconds.

Angle: Shot: Copy which reads Inspired by true events Location: Over black. Audio: Music continues. Transition: Fade in, then fade to next shot. Time: 2-3 Seconds.

Angle: Slight high angle, looking over stepfathers shoulder. Shot: Over the shoulder shot. Shot reverse shot pattern, between Charlotte and Father. Also short close-up of stepfather grabbing charlottes wrist. Location: Inside house. Perhaps Hallway. Audio: Music continues. Dialogue Charlotte: I hate you! Youre not my father! Stepfather: Youre living under my roof, so youll live by my rules! Transition: No transitions. Time: 3-4 Seconds.

Angle: High Angle, showing Jesss lack of power and vulnerability. Shot: Close-up, of Jess crying in bed, looking at a photo frame. Location: Bedroom. Audio: Music continues. Diegetic sound of her crying. Transition: No transitions. Cuts to eyeline-match shot of the photo. (Of mum and two sisters) Time: 1 Second.

Angle: Shot: Black, with voice over of Jess. Location: On black. Audio: Music stops. Voice over of Jess: I want to talk to her again. Transition: No transitions. Cuts to next shot. Time: 2-3 seconds.

Angle: Shot: Montage of close-ups, preparing to contact the dead. (Lighting a candle, cutting photo, laying salt on the table) Location: Dining Room. Audio: Different, more dramatic/suspense building music. Transition: Fades between shots. Time: 2-3 seconds.
Angle: Slight high angle. Shot: Wide shot of girls sitting at dining table, trying to contact the dead. After 3 second hesitation, everything in the room moves and salt is blown of table. Location: Dining Room. Audio: Music Stops. Dialogue Charlotte: Mum, if youre there, can you please give us a sign. Sound sting as everything suddenly moves. Transition: Cuts to black. Time: 5 seconds.

Angle: Slight high angle. Shot: Close-up of Jess in bed. Shallow focus on Jess, until dolls house lights flicker, in which shallow focus switches to deep focus. Location: Bedroom. Audio: Creepy, low pitched music. Transition: Fades to black. Time: 1-2 seconds.

Angle: Shot: Long shot, with dolls house in view and Jess getting out of bed. Location: Bedroom. Audio: Music continues. Transition: Fade in, then fade to black. Time: 1 second.

Angle: From side. Shot: Close-up of Jess slowly looking into the dolls house. Location: Bedroom. Audio: Music continues. Transition: Fade in, then cuts to next shot (Eyeline-match shot). Time: 1-2 seconds.

Angle: Straight on. Shot: Close-up of doll in rocking chair, rocking within the dolls house. Location: Bedroom. (In dolls house) Audio: Music continues. Non-diegetic loud bang, from outside field of vision. Transition: Cuts to next shot. Time: 2-3 seconds.

Angle: From side. Shot: Reaction shot, close-up. Showing Jess spin round in reaction to loud noise. Location: Bedroom. Audio: Music continues. Transition: Fades between shots. Time: 1 second.

Angle: Slight low angle, representing stepfathers power. Shot: Medium close-up, over the shoulder shot looking at himself in the mirror. Location: Bathroom. Audio: Music continues. Whispered voice over from Charlotte: Theres something not right about that man. Transition: Cuts to next shot. Time: 1-2 seconds.

Angle: High angle, as if looking down into his hand from his point of view. Shot: Close-up of taking pills. Connotes mental illness, or possible insanity. Location: Bathroom. Audio: Music continues. Transition: Fades to black Time: 1 second.

Angle: Slight high angle, from side. Shot: Close-up of sisters friend looking through a gap in the door. Then suffocated and pulled outside field of vision. Location: Hallway. Audio: Music continues. Sound sting as pulled outside field of vision. Transition: Fades in, cuts to black. Time: 1-2 seconds.

Angle: From behind. Shot: Crash zoom from long shot to extreme close-up of Charlottes back. POV shot, as she then appears to be knocked over. Location: Hallway. Audio: Music continues. Diegetic sound of heavy breathing/panicked breathing. Transition: Cuts to next shot. Time: 1 second. Angle: Low angle, on floor. Shot: Mid-shot of Charlotte falling over. Location: Perhaps living room. Audio: Music continues. Diegetic sound of scream as she falls. Transition: Cuts to black. Time: 1 second.

Angle: High angle, looking into draw. Shot: Close-up of knife being taken out of draw. Location: Kitchen. Audio: Music continues, picking up pace. Transition: Cuts to next shot. Time: 1 second.

Angle: Over the shoulder, slight high angle. Shot: Medium close-up, over the shoulder shot looking into mirror. Tracking shot follows Jess up from washing her face to looking in mirror and seeing the word Leave written all over her face. Location: Bathroom Audio: Music continues. Transition: Cuts to next shot. Time: 1 second.

Angle: Slight low angle. Shot: Long shot, of two sisters running. Location: Just outside the house. Audio: Music continues, rapidly picking up pace. Diegetic sound of panicked sounds. Transition: Cuts to next shot Time: <1 second.

Angle: Low angle, showing stepfathers power. Front on view of antagonist. Shot: Medium close-up, showing stepfather storming down hallway, towards the camera. Location: Hallway Audio: Music continues. Transition: Cuts to black. Time: <1 second.

Angle: From side. Shot: Medium close-up, Charlotte banging on front door repeatedly. Location: Hallway. Audio: Music continues. Diegetic sound of banging and screaming. Dialogue Charlotte: Help, Help, Help! Transition: Cuts to next shot. Time: <1 second.

Angle: Low angle, slight panning across. Shot: Medium close-up. Two sisters hiding with shadow of stepfather in background. Location: Hallway/Stairs. Audio: Music continues, pace increasing. Diegetic sound of gasps from girls. Transition: Cuts to next shot. Time: <1 second.

Angle: Low angle. Shot: Close-up of bloody knife hitting the floor. Location: Floor of any room. Audio: Music continues, pace increasing. Ambient sound of knife sharply hitting the floor. Transition: Cuts to next shot. Time: <1 second.

Angle: From side. Shot: Long shot. One of the sisters being dragged across the floor by the stepfather. Location: Hallway/Stairs. Audio: Music continues, reaches its peak . Diegetic sound of screaming. Transition: Cuts to next shot. Time: <1 second.

Angle: Shot: Copy showing title of the film. (Stepfather) Location: Over black. Audio: Music has stopped. Slight eery/misty subtle sound over copy. Transition: Cuts to next shot. Time: 3 seconds.

Angle: High angle showing lack of power. Shot: Medium close-up. One of the sisters being dragged across the floor quickly, outside the field of vision. Location: Hallway, for wooden floor. Audio: Loud sound sting. Diegetic sound of scream. Transition: Cuts to black. Time: <1 second.

Angle: Shot: Copy showing words Coming Soon including website, credits and production logos. Location: Over black. Audio: Misty/eery subtle sound. Transition: Fades in, then fades to black. Time: 3 seconds.