The opening scene is going to be something like this VERY rough storyboard. DISCLAIMER: we originally planned the killer to be a third party outsider killing random teens in the park, which is why in the killings there are two people getting killed. We changed it to an insider killing the teens because we felt it created an eerie feel. So the two people shown in the storyboard will be one person, and it will be the murderer's boyfriend.
The first shot will be an establishing shot of the forest/park. We will be filming at night or late afternoon, creating a scary feel.
The second shot will be a POV shot from the killer's mask. Through the mask eye-holes, we will see the victim with a rope around his mouth and struggling to escape from the killer.
Cut-away shot to friends at campsite, most likely under the influence, asking where their two friends (the killer and the victim) might be. They jokingly say that the young couple probably snuck off to snoggle.
Cut-away to victim. We see the victim through the POV shot once again. The killer is grabbing onto the victims legs, dragging him closer as he tries to crawl away from his death.
Cut-away to the campsite. This scene will most likely be just the friends having a good time, nothing very specific, but the purpose of the constant cutaways in the opening servers as a juxtaposition with what the teens should be experiencing versus what is happening in the forest.
Cut-away to the victim once more. This last part of the opening will be shown in many different shots, showing the boyfriend strapped naked to a tree in the forest, and the killer slicing his throat. The various shots and cuts in the last part of the opening is to infer the nudity and to also show the victims last chaotic moments alive. The final shot will be the killer walking away from the scene and showing the victims dead body tied to the tree with his slit throat.
I love slasher films, the amount of effort you're bringing into this project is more than noticeable, cannot wait for what is to come in the end! The slasher direction for a horror film is a common one because of their major successes since the 1980s. The important part here is to distinguish yourself and stand out among the general slasher film. Try to delve into the mind and thought process of the antagonist (killer). Angle the film towards a more psychological genre, give the character's actions a purpose since at the end, their behavior brings her to her own demise. Just a way to shift things around. Keep working hard at it! nice storyboard
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