This document contains storyboard annotations for a short film involving a murder. The storyboard outlines shots that show: 1) A body on the floor surrounded by broken glass and blood. 2) The victim's hand holding a broken bottle. 3) Someone plugging in an amplifier from the inside and outside. 4) A band playing their instruments which zooms out to show them playing on an old TV in a living room. 5) The main character walking through his house and into the garage where the band is rehearsing, but he seems unaware as he searches for a weapon. 6) Shots of the character smashing vases and walking towards the band with a hammer, which is later covered in blood.

1. Draft Story Boards
& Annotation
Rebecca Platt

2. 1. Body lying on floor with smashed
glass surrounding them and blood,
camera will pan over body.
2. Camera pans across to the victims
hand where there is a smashed bottle
being held.
3. Cut to extreme close up of an amp
being plugged in from the inside view.
4. Outside view of the amplifier being
plugged in.
5. Mid shot of the amplifier slowly zoom
out
6. Close up of a guitarist beginning to
strum their guitar.

3. 1. Wide shot of the band playing their
instruments slowly zooming outwards.
2. As zoom is being carried out a graphic
match of the band playing on a old
television in a room.
3. Camera carries on to zoom out to show
the front room that the TV is in.
4. Camera focusing on a hallway and a
front door that begins to open.

4. 1. Main actor walks through front door of
house.
2. Character walks down corridor to peek
behind the kitchen door.
3. Wide shot of kitchen where two parents
are aggressively arguing.
4. Close up on main actors expression
looking very angry.
5. Tracking shot of main character as he
walks through his garden.
6. Mid shot of main character reaching the
garage and opening the door.

5. 1. As main characters walks into garage
the band our playing in their however
he seems unaware as he searches for a
weapon.
2. Close up of vases smashing on the floor
(slow motion)

6. 1. Another mid shot of the band playing
in the garage
2. Close up focusing on the hammer in
the main characters hand
3. Shot of main character as he walks to
the door frame of garage with weapon
4. Mid shot of the drummer playing
drums aggressively
5. Close up of hammer covered in blood
6. Repeat shot of the dead body at the
beginning of the video lying on the
floor.

7. 1. Graphic match of the victims hand
holding the smashed bottle to the
guitarist holding guitar neck.
2. Wide shot of band walking out of the
garage.
3. Wide shot of band closing garage door.
4. Focus on the blooded hand print left on
the door.