PERILOUS 
STORYBOARD 
X PRODUCTION
SCENE 1: 
• Graveyard 
• Go Pro Camera, Handheld vision. 
• Tracking shot 
• 2 girls are running away from 
something in fear and shock. It links 
to the film 'Blair Witch Project' 
which will be our intertextuality. 
• (5 Seconds)
SCENE 1: 
• Graveyard 
• Camera is handheld and then falls to 
the floor. 
• Low angle shot looking up to find the 
girls moving backwards from a man. 
Only showing just below their knees. 
• (10 Seconds)
SCENE 2: 
• Rooftop in common room 
• Zoom shot, Steadicam, mid shot of Jake 
from the front of him. 
• The camera pans out to Jake whilst the 
tiptoe song plays. 
• (5 Seconds)
SCENE 2: 
• Rooftop in common room 
• ECU of Jakes watch 
• Straight cut from watching ‘film 1’. 
• Jakes watch shows 3:00pm. 
• (2 Seconds)
SCENE 2: 
• Ground floor, Aspire 
• Long shot 
• Cross cutting from common room 
to the end of the stairs. 
• Jake is about to leave building. 
• (5 Seconds) 
•
SCENE 2: 
• Ground floor, Aspire 
• Long shot 
• Jump cut with white noise 
• Going forward and back again. 
• Jake is heading outside the building. 
• (6 Seconds)
SCENE 2: 
• Outside Aspire building. 
• Long Shot then over the shoulder shot 
– 1 second. 
• Close up of Jake holding the pills pot. 
• Throws them onto floor. 
•
SCENE 2: 
• Outside Aspire building 
• Low angle shot from the bottom of 
the stair upwards. 
• Jump cut to the end of stairs. 
• As the pills pot rolls down the stairs 
and hits the camera everything is in 
a deep focus shot. 
• (7 Seconds)
SCENE 2: 
• Harley Grove Building 
• High Angle shot from French rooms 
looking down on Jake walking up the 
stairs to the playground. 
• Cross cutting from outside Aspire into 
Harley Grove 
• (10 Seconds)
SCENE 2: 
• Harley Grove playground/A-Block 
building 
• Establishing shot of Jake walking 
towards A Block. 
• Jump cuts to the entrance of building. 
• (5 Seconds)
SCENE 2: 
• A Block Building 
• Through long shot he enters the 
building and walks towards the 
camera. 
• Match on Action before he enters 
• (4 Seconds)
SCENE 3: 
• A Block Building 
• Long shot 
• Match on Action of Jake walking 
down the stairs into the blue music 
room. 
• (3 Seconds)
SCENE 3: 
• A Block Building/Blue music room 
• Straight cut onto a letter left on 
the board. 
• ECU of note left by teacher. 
• (4 Seconds)
SCENE 3: 
• A Block Building/Blue music room 
• Straight cut into Jake reading the note. 
• Over the shoulder shot, hear him sigh. 
• (3 Seconds) 
•
SCENE 3: 
• A Block Building/Blue Music 
room/Basement 
• Match on Action into basement of 
him coming down with a box. 
• Establishing shot 
• (7 Seconds) 
•
SCENE 3: 
• A Block Building/Blue Music Room/Basement 
• Straight cut into his position in the basement. 
• Arc shot of Jakes surroundings in a Long shot. 
• Whilst the Arc Shot occurs there is a whip pan 
which captures someone standing there only 
showing their shoes. 
• (15 Seconds) 
•
SCENE 3: 
• A Block Building/Blue Music Room/Basement 
• Match on action to outside the basement 
door. 
• Jump cuts to the outside of basement door. 
• Close up of watching the door knob rattling to 
open. 
• (6 Seconds)
SCENE 3: 
• A Block Building/Blue Music 
Room/Basement 
• Match on Action to outside basement 
door. 
• Changes to a long shot of Jake 
banging the door open, who looks 
worn out. 
• (5 Seconds) 
•
SCENE 3: 
• A Block Building/Blue Music Room 
• Straight cut to Johnny leaning on 
the pillar. 
• Mid shot of Johnny (dialogue) 
• (10 Seconds)
SCENE 3: 
• A Block Building/Blue Music Room 
• Straight cut to Jakes face 
• ECU of his facial expression 
• (5 Seconds)
SCENE 3: 
• A Block Building/Blue Music Room 
• Straight cut to Johnny and Jake leaving 
the room, through establishing shot. 
• As Johnny walks past, there is an ECU 
of his earphones playing tip toe but 
changes to beats. 
• (7 Seconds)
SCENE 3: 
• A Block Building/Blue Music Room 
• Through an establishing shot they 
are shown to leave the room 
• The screen fades to black to mark 
the end of a day. 
• (3 Seconds)
SCENE 4: 
• Church 
• Fades into an establishing 
shot of Jake sitting inside 
the church. 
• Cross cutting to a new scene. 
• (5 Seconds)
SCENE 4: 
• Church 
• Straight cut to an over the shoulder 
shot of Jake writing in his journal. 
• Close up of Jake noting down his 
feelings on his journal whilst 
looking at his watch again. 
• (20 Seconds)
SCENE 4: 
• Church 
• Jump cut to the top of stairs of the 
Church to suggest Johnny is coming 
up the stairs. 
• Long shot 
• High angle 
• (20 Seconds)
SCENE 4: 
• Church 
• Jump cut back to Jake closing his 
book, through an over the shoulder 
shot. 
• (5 Seconds)
SCENE 4: 
• Church 
• Establishing shot of Jake making his 
way out of the room 
• Off screen is a cluttering noise. 
• Long shot of him looking back. 
• (10 Seconds)
SCENE 4: 
• Church 
• Straight cut to the villains POV. 
• POV shot of the villain spying on Jake, 
we hear heavy breathing. 
• Through POV we see Jake leaving the 
room after looking. 
• (7 Seconds)
SCENE 5: 
• Church 
• Match on Action when Jake comes 
downstairs. 
• Establishing shot to show Jake 
looking for Johnny. 
• (6 Seconds)
SCENE 5: 
• Church/Outside of Church 
• Straight cut to Johnny’s POV. 
• Johnny’s POV shot coming behind Jake 
and pushing his back, forcing him to 
step out of the church. 
• (8 Seconds)
SCENE 5: 
• Church/Outside of Church 
• Straight cut to Jake, medium shot of 
Jake. 
• Shot reverse shot - Jakes Dialogue 
talking to Johnny. 
• (8 Seconds)
SCENE 5: 
• Outside of Church 
• Cross cutting to Jake and Johnny walking 
away from the church. 
• Establishing shot and high angle of the 
boys walking away. 
• (7 Seconds)
SCENE 6: 
• Victoria Park Pathway 
• Establishing shot of Johnny and Jake 
walking alongside each other, 
while talking to each other. 
• Tracking shot of the boys walking. 
• (5 Seconds)
SCENE 6: 
• Victoria Park Pathway 
• Johnny’s POV shot watching Jake 
• POV shot showing a medium shot 
of Jake 
• (6 Seconds)
SCENE 6: 
• Victoria Park Pathway 
• Straight cut to Jake 
• Close up of Jake putting his 
earphones in 
• Whispering occurs – Jake’s dialogue 
• (20 Seconds)
SCENE 6: 
• Victoria Park Pathway 
• Straight cut to Johnny’s POV shot. 
• Mid shot – watching Jake speak. 
• (7 Seconds)
SCENE 6: 
• Victoria Park Pathway 
• Tracking shot all the way around 
Jake. 
• Establishing shot to show Johnny 
has gone missing. 
• (7 Seconds)
SCENE 6: 
• Victoria Park Pathway 
• Camera starts to pan around Jake. 
• Establishing shot of him walking away. 
• Jakes dialogue 
• Screen fades to black 
• (10 Seconds) 
•
SCENE 7: 
• Aspire library 
• Long shot of Jake sitting down 
doing his journal. 
• Over the shoulder shot of him 
writing in his journal and close 
up of the missing poster of 
Johnny. 
• (20 Seconds)
SCENE 7: 
• Aspire Library 
• Noise of books fall off screen. 
• Jump cuts to a worms eye view of 
the fallen books. 
• (7 Seconds)
SCENE 7: 
• Aspire Library 
• Jakes hand appears on the camera 
grabbing the books. 
• The camera tracks Jakes moves. 
• (6 Seconds)
SCENE 7: 
• Aspire Library 
• Straight cut to an over the 
shoulder shot of Jake putting the 
last book away. 
• A figure runs past on the other 
side of the book shelf. 
• (7 Seconds)
SCENE 7: 
• Aspire Library 
• Straight cut of the doors 
swinging open and closed. 
• An establishing shot. 
• (5 Seconds) 
•
SCENE 8: 
• Ground floor, Aspire 
• Cross cuts to Jake walking near the 
stairs. 
• Establishing shot 
• (5 Seconds)
SCENE 8: 
• First Floor Stairs 
• Straight cuts to the camera left on the 
stairs for Jake to walk over. 
• Villain walks over the camera straight 
after. 
• (10 Seconds) 
•
SCENE 8: 
• First Floor, Aspire 
• Match on Action onto the first floor 
corridor. 
• Long shot. 
• (6 Seconds)
SCENE 8: 
• First Floor Corridor, Aspire 
• Tracking Jake walk past the media 
room. 
• Silhouette of the villain in the media 
room, which the camera focuses on. 
• (10 Seconds)
SCENE 8: 
• First Floor Corridor, Aspire 
• Camera zooms in on the side of 
Jakes eyes, capturing him looking 
to the left. 
• He starts to run and the camera 
turns right and watches him run. 
• (8 Seconds)
SCENE 8: 
• Breakout Area, Aspire 
• Establishing shot 
• Straight cut to him running for the 
exit stairs. 
• Screeching, Banging and 
whispering starts to occur. 
• (5 Seconds)
SCENE 8: 
• Exit Stairs, Aspire 
• Camera quickly changes to a Dutch tilt 
of Jake running down the stairs. 
Tiptoe song starts to play 
• High angle and Low angles. 
• Match on action for when he moves 
round the next flight of stairs. 
• (10 Seconds)
SCENE 9: 
• Bench Area 
• Match on Action from outside of the 
school. 
• Steadicam, we see Jake run straight 
past the camera. 
• The noises are still playing. 
• Establishing to close up as he starts to 
run closer to the camera. 
• (10 Seconds)
SCENE 9: 
• Bench Area 
• Mid shot of Jake going crazy. 
• Slow motion of Jake shaking his 
head whilst the sounds are also 
playing slowly. 
• (5 Seconds)
SCENE 9: 
• Bench Area 
• Mid Shot of Jake going crazy 
• Camera movement starts to turn back 
to natural movement. 
• Noises play for 1 second. 
• (2 Seconds) 
• 
•
SCENE 9: 
• Bench Area 
• Silence 
• POV shot of looking left and right 
• As the camera reaches the centre it 
captures the villains face. 
• Screen blacks out. 
• (5 Seconds) 
• 
•

PERILOUS STORYBOARD - DRAFT

  • 1.
  • 2.
    SCENE 1: •Graveyard • Go Pro Camera, Handheld vision. • Tracking shot • 2 girls are running away from something in fear and shock. It links to the film 'Blair Witch Project' which will be our intertextuality. • (5 Seconds)
  • 3.
    SCENE 1: •Graveyard • Camera is handheld and then falls to the floor. • Low angle shot looking up to find the girls moving backwards from a man. Only showing just below their knees. • (10 Seconds)
  • 4.
    SCENE 2: •Rooftop in common room • Zoom shot, Steadicam, mid shot of Jake from the front of him. • The camera pans out to Jake whilst the tiptoe song plays. • (5 Seconds)
  • 5.
    SCENE 2: •Rooftop in common room • ECU of Jakes watch • Straight cut from watching ‘film 1’. • Jakes watch shows 3:00pm. • (2 Seconds)
  • 6.
    SCENE 2: •Ground floor, Aspire • Long shot • Cross cutting from common room to the end of the stairs. • Jake is about to leave building. • (5 Seconds) •
  • 7.
    SCENE 2: •Ground floor, Aspire • Long shot • Jump cut with white noise • Going forward and back again. • Jake is heading outside the building. • (6 Seconds)
  • 8.
    SCENE 2: •Outside Aspire building. • Long Shot then over the shoulder shot – 1 second. • Close up of Jake holding the pills pot. • Throws them onto floor. •
  • 9.
    SCENE 2: •Outside Aspire building • Low angle shot from the bottom of the stair upwards. • Jump cut to the end of stairs. • As the pills pot rolls down the stairs and hits the camera everything is in a deep focus shot. • (7 Seconds)
  • 10.
    SCENE 2: •Harley Grove Building • High Angle shot from French rooms looking down on Jake walking up the stairs to the playground. • Cross cutting from outside Aspire into Harley Grove • (10 Seconds)
  • 11.
    SCENE 2: •Harley Grove playground/A-Block building • Establishing shot of Jake walking towards A Block. • Jump cuts to the entrance of building. • (5 Seconds)
  • 12.
    SCENE 2: •A Block Building • Through long shot he enters the building and walks towards the camera. • Match on Action before he enters • (4 Seconds)
  • 13.
    SCENE 3: •A Block Building • Long shot • Match on Action of Jake walking down the stairs into the blue music room. • (3 Seconds)
  • 14.
    SCENE 3: •A Block Building/Blue music room • Straight cut onto a letter left on the board. • ECU of note left by teacher. • (4 Seconds)
  • 15.
    SCENE 3: •A Block Building/Blue music room • Straight cut into Jake reading the note. • Over the shoulder shot, hear him sigh. • (3 Seconds) •
  • 16.
    SCENE 3: •A Block Building/Blue Music room/Basement • Match on Action into basement of him coming down with a box. • Establishing shot • (7 Seconds) •
  • 17.
    SCENE 3: •A Block Building/Blue Music Room/Basement • Straight cut into his position in the basement. • Arc shot of Jakes surroundings in a Long shot. • Whilst the Arc Shot occurs there is a whip pan which captures someone standing there only showing their shoes. • (15 Seconds) •
  • 18.
    SCENE 3: •A Block Building/Blue Music Room/Basement • Match on action to outside the basement door. • Jump cuts to the outside of basement door. • Close up of watching the door knob rattling to open. • (6 Seconds)
  • 19.
    SCENE 3: •A Block Building/Blue Music Room/Basement • Match on Action to outside basement door. • Changes to a long shot of Jake banging the door open, who looks worn out. • (5 Seconds) •
  • 20.
    SCENE 3: •A Block Building/Blue Music Room • Straight cut to Johnny leaning on the pillar. • Mid shot of Johnny (dialogue) • (10 Seconds)
  • 21.
    SCENE 3: •A Block Building/Blue Music Room • Straight cut to Jakes face • ECU of his facial expression • (5 Seconds)
  • 22.
    SCENE 3: •A Block Building/Blue Music Room • Straight cut to Johnny and Jake leaving the room, through establishing shot. • As Johnny walks past, there is an ECU of his earphones playing tip toe but changes to beats. • (7 Seconds)
  • 23.
    SCENE 3: •A Block Building/Blue Music Room • Through an establishing shot they are shown to leave the room • The screen fades to black to mark the end of a day. • (3 Seconds)
  • 24.
    SCENE 4: •Church • Fades into an establishing shot of Jake sitting inside the church. • Cross cutting to a new scene. • (5 Seconds)
  • 25.
    SCENE 4: •Church • Straight cut to an over the shoulder shot of Jake writing in his journal. • Close up of Jake noting down his feelings on his journal whilst looking at his watch again. • (20 Seconds)
  • 26.
    SCENE 4: •Church • Jump cut to the top of stairs of the Church to suggest Johnny is coming up the stairs. • Long shot • High angle • (20 Seconds)
  • 27.
    SCENE 4: •Church • Jump cut back to Jake closing his book, through an over the shoulder shot. • (5 Seconds)
  • 28.
    SCENE 4: •Church • Establishing shot of Jake making his way out of the room • Off screen is a cluttering noise. • Long shot of him looking back. • (10 Seconds)
  • 29.
    SCENE 4: •Church • Straight cut to the villains POV. • POV shot of the villain spying on Jake, we hear heavy breathing. • Through POV we see Jake leaving the room after looking. • (7 Seconds)
  • 30.
    SCENE 5: •Church • Match on Action when Jake comes downstairs. • Establishing shot to show Jake looking for Johnny. • (6 Seconds)
  • 31.
    SCENE 5: •Church/Outside of Church • Straight cut to Johnny’s POV. • Johnny’s POV shot coming behind Jake and pushing his back, forcing him to step out of the church. • (8 Seconds)
  • 32.
    SCENE 5: •Church/Outside of Church • Straight cut to Jake, medium shot of Jake. • Shot reverse shot - Jakes Dialogue talking to Johnny. • (8 Seconds)
  • 33.
    SCENE 5: •Outside of Church • Cross cutting to Jake and Johnny walking away from the church. • Establishing shot and high angle of the boys walking away. • (7 Seconds)
  • 34.
    SCENE 6: •Victoria Park Pathway • Establishing shot of Johnny and Jake walking alongside each other, while talking to each other. • Tracking shot of the boys walking. • (5 Seconds)
  • 35.
    SCENE 6: •Victoria Park Pathway • Johnny’s POV shot watching Jake • POV shot showing a medium shot of Jake • (6 Seconds)
  • 36.
    SCENE 6: •Victoria Park Pathway • Straight cut to Jake • Close up of Jake putting his earphones in • Whispering occurs – Jake’s dialogue • (20 Seconds)
  • 37.
    SCENE 6: •Victoria Park Pathway • Straight cut to Johnny’s POV shot. • Mid shot – watching Jake speak. • (7 Seconds)
  • 38.
    SCENE 6: •Victoria Park Pathway • Tracking shot all the way around Jake. • Establishing shot to show Johnny has gone missing. • (7 Seconds)
  • 39.
    SCENE 6: •Victoria Park Pathway • Camera starts to pan around Jake. • Establishing shot of him walking away. • Jakes dialogue • Screen fades to black • (10 Seconds) •
  • 40.
    SCENE 7: •Aspire library • Long shot of Jake sitting down doing his journal. • Over the shoulder shot of him writing in his journal and close up of the missing poster of Johnny. • (20 Seconds)
  • 41.
    SCENE 7: •Aspire Library • Noise of books fall off screen. • Jump cuts to a worms eye view of the fallen books. • (7 Seconds)
  • 42.
    SCENE 7: •Aspire Library • Jakes hand appears on the camera grabbing the books. • The camera tracks Jakes moves. • (6 Seconds)
  • 43.
    SCENE 7: •Aspire Library • Straight cut to an over the shoulder shot of Jake putting the last book away. • A figure runs past on the other side of the book shelf. • (7 Seconds)
  • 44.
    SCENE 7: •Aspire Library • Straight cut of the doors swinging open and closed. • An establishing shot. • (5 Seconds) •
  • 45.
    SCENE 8: •Ground floor, Aspire • Cross cuts to Jake walking near the stairs. • Establishing shot • (5 Seconds)
  • 46.
    SCENE 8: •First Floor Stairs • Straight cuts to the camera left on the stairs for Jake to walk over. • Villain walks over the camera straight after. • (10 Seconds) •
  • 47.
    SCENE 8: •First Floor, Aspire • Match on Action onto the first floor corridor. • Long shot. • (6 Seconds)
  • 48.
    SCENE 8: •First Floor Corridor, Aspire • Tracking Jake walk past the media room. • Silhouette of the villain in the media room, which the camera focuses on. • (10 Seconds)
  • 49.
    SCENE 8: •First Floor Corridor, Aspire • Camera zooms in on the side of Jakes eyes, capturing him looking to the left. • He starts to run and the camera turns right and watches him run. • (8 Seconds)
  • 50.
    SCENE 8: •Breakout Area, Aspire • Establishing shot • Straight cut to him running for the exit stairs. • Screeching, Banging and whispering starts to occur. • (5 Seconds)
  • 51.
    SCENE 8: •Exit Stairs, Aspire • Camera quickly changes to a Dutch tilt of Jake running down the stairs. Tiptoe song starts to play • High angle and Low angles. • Match on action for when he moves round the next flight of stairs. • (10 Seconds)
  • 52.
    SCENE 9: •Bench Area • Match on Action from outside of the school. • Steadicam, we see Jake run straight past the camera. • The noises are still playing. • Establishing to close up as he starts to run closer to the camera. • (10 Seconds)
  • 53.
    SCENE 9: •Bench Area • Mid shot of Jake going crazy. • Slow motion of Jake shaking his head whilst the sounds are also playing slowly. • (5 Seconds)
  • 54.
    SCENE 9: •Bench Area • Mid Shot of Jake going crazy • Camera movement starts to turn back to natural movement. • Noises play for 1 second. • (2 Seconds) • •
  • 55.
    SCENE 9: •Bench Area • Silence • POV shot of looking left and right • As the camera reaches the centre it captures the villains face. • Screen blacks out. • (5 Seconds) • •