Storyboarding The Preliminary Task

When discussing what to include within our preliminary task, we first began thinking about what we needed to include; A character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character with whom they will then exchange conversation with the 180 degree rule, match on action shot and shot reverse shot.. We decided that we would link the storyboard with our genre of action to ensure that we begin to develop ideas for our main piece, we came up with the idea of  using comedy as a sub genre also, this was to make the task appear more appealing and give it a bit of an edge and uniqueness to it in comparison with others. 

We brainstormed ideas together, thinking about what action conventions are effective within a short film, we came up with the ideas of lots of fast paced motion and agreed that there should be an element of mystery that is withheld until the end to ensure that the audience is intrigued when watching, deciding on how to open the short task we decided to have a nervous and panicked character in a wide shot to show basic surroundings and emotion. Where the soundtrack is concerned we agreed to have it silent to create tension and mystery to give an edgy feel. For the main idea we decided to have Jess (shown on the right of the photograph) as the main protagonist, we would have her shown to be panicked stressed and on edge about a mystery delivery only for the ending to be revealed that it is only a pizza, giving it the comedy element. For the exchanged conversation we decided to have Ashleigh, another member of our group, come in and question her about the mystery delivery to ensure that we have exchanged conversation and also include the 180 degree rule as we do this. Where the match on action shot is concerned we have the protagonist run through several doors in urgency to create a sense of drama and thrill. 
Overall I believe that we have appealed to the audience of action films due to the fact that we have included tension and a lot of movement for example the protagonist chasing towards the delivery. We have ensured that we have included symbols and signs that the audience will be able to recognise to suggest mystery via semiotic value such as hidden notes to suggest that the mystery character should not be found but hidden away which supports Propp's theory of the narrative being driven by symbols and signs, points of cultural reference and simple description and reproduction. To creates mystery we ensured that simple description was used within dialogue however included lack of information to drive the plot further as it would intrigue the audience more and therefore made sure they continued to watch.