The planning stage of the author's horror film involved making a mind map of horror concepts and watching openings of other films to inspire their own starting. A basic storyboard was drawn with stick figures and more detailed scenes were redrawn separately. A script was made from the storyboard to ensure lines matched actions. An animatic further explained shots to actors and helped editing. This process made production faster and easier. The author feels more confident with equipment and shot types like point-of-view from their project. They are happy with how their film established the horror genre brief and could be a real film. Compared to a preliminary task, the author improved vastly in editing software, using shot reverse shots and match on actions more flu