Storyboard Drawings

Reminder:
here is the link, once again, to the video from my third blog. I will be using this same scene for the blog as well.
click here

I wasn't sure how i should get this on here, so I just took a picture of it! hopefully that works!

the 180 degree rule deals with having the characters left and right relationships always be the same in the scene. when watching the scene again, i notice that the director did in fact follow that rule. in bed, the girl is always on the left, and the guy is always on the right. even when the ghost pulls the girl from the bed, she still is to the left of the guy. since the director followed this rule, the audience is able to focus on the movement of the girl. it wouldn't be the same if she was pulled the other direction towards the guy.

The rule of thirds is when the shot is divided into nine equal parts from two equally spaced vertical and horizontal lines. the rule states that all the important elements of the shot should be placed on one of those lines. it is hard to tell with this scene, however, i do think the director is following it pretty well. the door is on the edge, and the shadow comes across the door on a line. i feel like the characters heads would be on a line, and their feet would be on a different line. the only thing that would confuse me is when she gets pulled. she moves quite a bit and falls in an awkward position. her body is probably on one of those lines most of the time. however, when she falls, and moves she could be between the two.

the 30 degree rule is not followed in this case. it states that the camera should move at least 30 degrees within each shot. however, since they wanted to make this look like a home movie, the camera sat it one place and didn't move. even when she was dragged, all you did was hear noises and saw an empty bedroom.

IN conclusion, the director definitely didn't follow the 30 degree rule. however, the director did follow the story line, because it was meant to be like a home movie. he/she may have followed the rule of thirds, but it may have not been followed the whole entire scene. finally, the 180 degree rule was followed perfectly, with the main characters always being left and right of each other in the first five scenes.

i was very impressed by this movie, and this scene in particular. the director's ability to make the movements look so real is incredible. i was definitely freaked out when i saw this movie in theaters. when the main girl is pulled from the bed, it really looks like she is being pulled. the director did an excellent job with the movements and the spacing. great work!