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  My group has decided to go with a Sci-Fi blog to be our final project. This is because we ruled out a Thriller and a War movie as reasonable possibilities. Thrillers rely completely on well-constructed props, sets, atmospheres, and costumes. Accomplishing this would be very difficult for our group and very limited budget. Particularly in the case of a monster, executing this idea would be very difficult. We would need a well-designed costume to be shown only briefly throughout the entire project, which seems to be a waste of effort. Lighting presents its own problems as well. Conventionally, thrillers are dark, obscuring views to add anticipation. Our group believes this would be hard to accomplish as well, because we have very little experience filming in dark environments. The final product could come out too dark to be seen. War movies require large sets of battlefields and many more actors than are in our group of 4. Even if we could get more actors, scheduling would be a nig...
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Script: Draft

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  Scene 1:  Opening shots on technology- computers, scientific equipment, et cetera.  Narration: “I still remember it like it was yesterday. The first day, or the last depending on how you look at it. The day he woke up. The day he came for us.” Scene 2:  A group of scientists in a forested area, shown walking towards their apparent destination.. Scientist 1: “Yeah, about here should be good. I don’t really wanna get any closer to it, do you?” Scientist 2: “Not on your life.” The scientists set up their equipment from backpacks and are shown taking measurements on various ecological factors such as soil and wind speed. Scene 3: A man is shown sitting in a room in front of a computer. Papers are littered around the room and the computer is showing scientific readouts. Base: “Hey, someone get some of that soil a few feet to the left. It’s got a weird color to it.” Base: “Yeah, that’s the spot. Man, this stuff is weird.” Scene 4:  The focus is back on the scientist...
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Storyboard

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  Scene 1: An establishing shot of the forest and surrounding area, panning from left to right. Scene 2: Close-ups on pieces of scenery, shown in close sequence. This will last from five to seven seconds. Scene 3: Close ups of scientific equipment on the forest floor. This will last for approximately five seconds. Scene 4: Long or wide shot of actors working through the forest, panning to follow as they walk, will last for about seven seconds. Scene 5: Medium long shot- filmed on eye level- of the actors speaking. This will last approximately ten seconds. Scene 6: High angle medium shot of equipment being set up. This will last for about seven seconds. Scene 7: Medium shot of a man at a computer with papers around him, filmed at eye level. This will last for around ten seconds as dialogue takes place. Scene 8: A close up shot of the man’s computer, possibly filmed as a POV or over-the-shoulder shot. This will last for around five seconds. Scene 9: An extreme close up of a bag of so...
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