The document provides a 5-page storyboard and synopsis for a film trailer about Hansel and Gretel. The storyboard depicts the two children being left alone in the woods by their father and encountering the witch's house. It shows the characters running scared through the forest as text flashes on the screen. When they reach the witch's house, the door creaks open to reveal her face partially hidden in the darkness. The synopsis then discusses two potential filming locations that were considered but ultimately not used - a private wooded area and a small cottage in St. James' Park.

1. A2 MEDIA STUDIES
Storyboard & Location
Ana, Raissa, Maheni.

2. Storyboard:
Page 1
Dialogue in the first scene would be a simple voice over
with something along the lines of ‘Deep in the Forest’.
The image of the house blacks out to the next scene.
The music in the background is initially something sweet,
but still freaky (Celtic Circle – Mystic Dreams).
From the previous scene the next scene fades in from the
black.
The second scene introduces the characters’ feet, they’re
walking and the sound is of footsteps crunching on the
leaves and twigs.
The camera then goes from the bottom of their feet and
circles the two characters until it reaches their face. We see
the children look up and listen to a man (their Dad)
talking, telling them to go and forage for any food they can
find, but after a while he leaves them there (we hear his
footsteps going away
This is like the idea from most cartoons were you never
see the parents’ face, and instead just see their bodies and
hear there voice.
Raissa

3. Storyboard:
Page 2
In this scene the two kids have realised
that they are alone, and our Hansel is
consoling Gretel (holds her hands). All
of a sudden sound of snapping twigs
can be heard.
The two characters swish their heads
around, and gasp.
From here the music becomes louder
and with a stronger faster beat, ‘MARS
STUDIOS PRESENTS’ appears. The
writing for this is made out of twigs and
on either a leafy background (like the
ground) or in a black background.
Raissa

4. Storyboard:
Page 3
From here the music is continuously fast paced, we see the
characters running in the ‘forest’ (like in Snow White) and
the camera will also be running around them, and from
behind and in front of them. Throughout the running
scenes there will be text in between.
Raissa

5. Storyboard:
Page 4
After all the major running, there’s silence.
And the music slows down, and perhaps goes
back to the soft music it was before. The
witches house is in view, we hear Hansel &
Gretel breathing heavily but we cannot see
them for a while.
Then we see them getting ready to find what’s
in the house, their hearts thudding. They
slowly walk to the house that they’ve seen and
the door creaks open.
The camera then quickly zooms in to this
open door, and a face of a lady is shown (the
witches) and her face is partially hidden by her
cloak and the dark lighting that surrounds her,
which could connote that she is an evil being.
Raissa

6. Storyboard:
Page 5
The final images are the title
images, so ‘Hansel and Gretel’
in a black background that
has faded in from the
previous scene. Then the
‘Coming Soon’ appears either
replacing the title, or under it.
There will also be information
on who’s acting, and
background information at
the bottom of the screen.
Raissa

7. TRAILER SYNOPSIS

8. LOCATION ONE
This was one of the ideas for
locations that we had. It’s near
Bayswater and to the North of Hyde
Park.
It would be perfect since it’s
small, and the houses/buildings in
the area were hidden by the trees and
plants, but we decided against it since
no admittance was allowed, and
because it’s a private property.

9. LOCATION TWO
This ‘cottage’ was another idea we
had for our witches’ house. It’s small
and looks like a fairy tale kind of
house.
It’s located near Horse Guards
Parade, and it’s in St James’ Park.