Film Opening Storyboard

This animated  storyboard is a (very) basic idea of what my film will be like. Sadly, it's 4x as fast as it should be.

Shot List

1. Very Wide Shot on Field. Nicholas and Riley each side of screen.
2. Medium Close-Up. Riley's Face
3. Extreme Close-Up. Riley's Mouth.
4. Over-the-Shoulder. Over Nicholas' shoulder to see Riley pointing gun.
5. Cut-In. Gun aimed at Nicholas and then fires.
6. Very Wide Shot. Same as first. Nicholas falls over.
7. Close-Up. Riley's Face
8. Bridging-Shot/ Close-Up
9. Cut-In . Riley reaching for phone.
10. Mid-Shot. Riley sitting on bed.
11. Extreme Close-Up. Eilif' face.
12. Close-up. Riley's face.
13. Wide Shot/ Pull Back. Riley sitting on bed as titles appear.
14. Two Shot. Nicholas and Riley.
15. Medium Close-Up. Nicholas.
16. Cut-In. Riley slams his hand on table.
17. Medium Close-Up. Riley.
18. Medium Close-Up.Nicholas.
19. Medium Close-Up.Riley.
20. Reaction or Noddy Shot. Nicholas.
21. Medium Close-Up.Riley
22. Reverse Tracking Shot. Nicholas walking down street.
23. Close-UpNicholas' face.
24. Cut-In. Eilif's hand knocking over chess piece.
25. Over-the-Shoulder. Nicholas' shoulder to view gunman aiming gun at him.
26. Cut-In. Gun firing.

Though I plan to stick to this list, when filming I may find that certain shots don't work or don't look right and I may feel the need to improvise.

Some of the match-on-action may be slightly out of sync when I come to edit and I may choose to change the shots to keep it smoother and less jumpy.

Mise en Scene - Background Images

Using Adobe Photo shop, I've created the 2 images that I wish to have within the frames with Nicholas and Riley.
The first one is a skull. This appears as a poster on the wall when Riley is on the phone to Nicholas. It foreshadows the appearance of Eilif and also what will happen to Nicholas and Riley later in the film. Because this skull represents Eilif, it tell the audience that he is effectively death and therefore that bad things will happen to the other characters when they're around him.

The second images depicts a Guardian Angel. It will be a picture on the wall that is in-frame behind Nicholas when him and Riley are talking.
This image represents Nicholas as a guardian to Riley, despite not totally appearing as one, he is more so later in the film.
As an angel is also depicted as a messenger or being of great power, it fits Nicholas' persona well and is a good symbol for him.

Both images have slight religious meanings. both "Death" and "Guardian Angels" appear in the bible. Because "SHOT" actually has a strong religious feel about it underneath the base, these images fit in perfectly.

SHOT - Basic Plot

Riley Williams is a 17 year old who, as far as he knows, just seems to have turned up from nowhere. He has little memory of his childhood. Though he has memories of his parents, he can never remember their faces.

For the most part of his life, he's always felt like there was something more to life then what he could see.

Riley suffers from a reoccurring dream in which he shoots and kills his only friend, Nicholas Chance. He has no idea why this dream occurs, which scares him.

One day, after having another episode of this dream, he receives a phone call from an unknown caller, Eilif.

Shortly after this, Nicholas gets a phone call from the same guy and is shot by a masked gunman afterwards. Although his wound is severe, he pulls through and Riley visits him in hospital.

Here, Nicholas explains to Riley that he is part of a big organisation that controls nearly everything and is everywhere.

As a now ex-member of this organisation, Nicholas is now being pursued by Eilif and a number of assassins. But if them organisation controls everything, why didn't they kill him in the hospital? This is because Eilif, despite being a high rank, secretly wants the organisation to crumble. But the only way he sees that this is remotely possible is if Nicholas and Riley can defeat him.

Unknown to everyone but Eilif, Riley is also part of the organisation. As a child he was trained to be an assassin, but was brainwashed so that he wouldn't remember, making his one of the ultimate secret weapons.

Riley must them face himself, as the organisation instructs him to kill Nicholas. Riley now begins to question who can he trust if he can't even trust himself.

Shockingly, Riley kills Nicholas, but then proceeds to try and kill Eilif and fails, dying in the process. this leads to the main conclusion of the film, you can't always get what you want.