Story Time!

     2 posts later and it's finally here.... The storyboard for the first scene! Disclaimers: my drawings are not illustrated with the exact proportions and the environments depicted are not entirely accurate. For example, I focused on the positioning of characters and their movements rather than showing the bed and walls behind the characters. In the real film, there will be a bed behind the characters with open luggage and clothes spilling out of it to imply that someone just traveled to this location. The wall behind the characters will be decorated to best reflect the personality of the main character, but again, I omit those particular details from the storyboard. Without further ado... 

     To summarize the events shown, the scene starts out with the main character and her friend getting ready in her bedroom. Her friend (soon to be named) begins applying make up on her face and covering the bruises she has from the fight she had with her girlfriend the night prior. The dialogue reveals that although her friend cares for her well being, he is adamant about her not exposing her girlfriend for being abusive because it would give the community a bad image. There are several close shots of the main character so the audience can see the emotions she is expressing. Then, both of the characters turn their attention to the phone on the desk, which is being ignored by the main protagonist because she thinks it's her girlfriend again trying to apologize. To her surprise, it's someone else; a friend from high school who she planned to see that day. She checks her phone and replies, while also deleting her girlfriend's messages without reading them. The character is feeling distant and alone, conveyed through her distraught facial expressions and her attitude towards her girlfriend's attempts to reach out to her while they are away. Finally, the characters are ready to leave. Dialogue throughout this scene is essential for revealing key details about the setting, time, and situation the characters are existing in. I also chose to have the credits spread out in the scene, only absent in a frame when it's necessary that the audience pay attention to writing on the screen (the texts) or the micro expressions of the main character during one of her closer shots. 

     For now, that's all I have. But with a set location in mind, I have an abundance of ideas ready to be sketched out and developed. Hopefully I will be posting the rest of the storyboard soon!