March 13, 2025

Post including your script or storyboard

script or storyboard Breakdown

During my Project I have also implemented a storyboard which can best help me understand my own thoughts and process when writing it down, especially with images to help understand what's going on. Storyboards help me the most especially when making a recording of the project and looking at the images to help me understand what, where, and how to shoot. By making this story board I am well aware of the processing steps on what to do, or better yet make it better by making some upgrades to it.

These will be the following materials I need for the project: Gloves, Polar images, wanted papers, application paper, monitors, car, house phone and knifes.






summarizing your project idea

 My Project plan summary (work in progress)  

For the introduction of my filming, the starting scene will take place a room, showcasing a close up shot of peices of paper that are on the wall, in which some of them nothing to do with the filming (since it's random advertisements I made on photoshop) and other sheets showing important information about missing people (my friends I used during my project) which will be important later on during the filming. Sounds you'll start to hear are background sounds that I've added to try to replicate atmosphere of the settings, as well as adding in suspence music to enchance the horror aesthetics. 

The camera cuts to the other scene where it shows a mid shot view of a computer setup in which one of the monitors is broken with a static view while the other presents old software version of windows. A few seconds after strange unsetteling sound starts to appear slowly from low volume to high quickly and when the unsettling pitch reaches its climaxe the sound cuts and aswell as the camera to another scene showing a high shot view of the house phone that's ringing. 

It continues to ring until it reaches voicemail and you can hear someone on the phone that sounds terrified and scared as they pled for help. The chararcter is continues to talk about how this abandoned school (Cypress Bay High) is secretly haunted. she saids she's hearing movement and sound throughout the school. Hearing footsteps and sounds coming near them. We can get to hear them run and pant in a rush, while the phone call is happening the camera pams over through all the paperwork on desk which provides the myserious compiries of the students dissapering in that school ontop of adding suspence in the background. While shes running she's screaming for help as she yells out the desription of the person that's chasing her. and while she does it goes from an unexpected cut from the house phone to a person who has on the items that she's describing; She even describes the car that the person got out of. During the end of the phone call you'll hear a loud yelling sound and the caller start screaming until the phone just unexpectedly cuts out. 

While the character screams and pleds not to die, the camera shows the outside of the room door and when the phone call ends the door slams by it self and we see pitch black. After a few seconds of darkness the camera starts to fade back into seeing a close up view of a checklist of a paper that shows the names and her name being crossed out as well with others. The murderer puts up the missing poster sign next to the others that he's killed in the past, which people remain and think that the school is haunted.

Research a media theory to integrate into your project.


Media Theory

Before I talk about the media theory added into my video project, I'll like to break down what Media theory itself and its one of many different types. Media Theory is how many different types of movies, shows, social media, and news effect people. It could help explain things like:
  • How is this media made (why do many horror movies have suspence sounds and dark scenes)
  • Reaction to the media (Why do some love horror while others hate it)
  • How the media is able to change society (How news can change peoples opinions) 
Media thories can be used by Filmmakers, advertisers, reasechers to best answer questions like these. It answers the question to why different suspence or action is taking place in that set of genre. There are many different type of media theories but here's some of the most common ones. 



1. Genre Theory: The type of theory that people indulge in especific types of genre (like horror, action, drama), getting on the effects that they get from it. An example is that someone watching a horror movie just to enjoy being scared, because horror films provide fear and excitement.

2. Hypodermic Needle Theory: It tells a way that the media has a strong pull towards the audiance, it is accepted in a way that they watch or hear it without asking any questions about it. It's like if they're being spoon feeds ideas directly into peoples minds. 

3. Uses and Gratifications Theory: People who choose to pick what type of media they want based on their desire and needs rather than just consuming whatever media content comes their way. They can select the media that helps them reach their goal of their wants.



Integrating Genre Theory into my project. 

I will consider to add genre theory to my project. Considering my project will be horror and suspence I would like to implement unexpected horror sounds and quick screen changes. Ontop of that I was thinking about adding screaming as well to better understand the type of media theory that's added on my project but for right now I'm putting that as a consideration. There some be some parts where during the video project it gets quiet, building up suspence for some suprise that might happen. 








Source (what is Media Theory): https://media-studies.com/theory/