"Super"-Hero's New and Improved Storyboard!

 Welcome back bloggers! In today's post, I will be showcasing and talking about our new and improved storyboard for our film opening, "Super"-Hero! 

Storyboard V2

        What changed?

    This storyboard is a BIG step up from our first one, as it is not only based off an actual semi-finished product this time around, but also reflects some of our new ideas that we implemented into the final product. One of the biggest changes, which I hinted at in previous blogs, is our decision to scrap the robbery scene completely. We did this for two main reasons: Firstly, our film was already approaching a minute long by the time we reached the robbery scene, and adding on another big scene would leave us with WAY too little time for Power-Man. Secondly, filming the robbery scene was much more difficult than we thought, as we thought our acting was too forced and came off as awkward at times. In place of this scene, we came up with a brand new idea: Change it so that the robbers are JUST ABOUT to begin the robbery when Power-Man lands! To do this, we changed it up so that the Homeowner was asleep instead of getting bonked, with a shot showing his feet as the robbers charged across the window. Next, we had one of the robbers go off-screen while he other robbers moved into the bedroom. We included a scene with the robbers peeking out one-by-one, and then their crowbar peeking out as well because why not? The robbers are then shown staring at the Homeowner absolutely dozed off, and just as they're about to knock his brains out, POWER-MAN ARRIVES!!! We also made some smaller tweaks, such as elliptical cuts as the robbers are rushing through the house, removing one of the robbers' accents, and modifying the confrontation between a robber and Power-Man to be a little more ridiculous [BA-DUM TSS!]. 

        What's the same?

    As much as we wanted to try out new ideas, there were some things that were either good enough as is or there weren't any viable alternatives for filming. For starters, we had an idea for changing up the scene of the robbers first entering the house by including a trucking movement showing some other houses before watching the robbers break into the main house. Unfortunately, this would have taken up too much time and would have worked better if the film were just a robbery. So, we kept the idea from the initial storyboard where we'd just have a still of the house and then cutting to the robbers moving in. Next up, our Power-Man confrontation scene came DANGEROUSLY close to being changed drastically, but in the end we were able to keep it. Our main issue was that every single attempt we made at filming this scene wasn't good enough by the SMALLEST bits, and our actor for Power-Man began getting fed up with all of the miniscule tweaks. In the end though, barring some minor changes to Power-Man's demeanor and actions, we were able to keep the base scene that we envisioned for the storyboard in the actual film!