Tuesday 9 March 2010

The Creation of 'Flashback'




The Plot

Our basic idea was that the film would be based around a F.B.I agent being found at the side of a road unconscious and then waking up with complete amnesia. The opening includes the initial interviews between the investigating officer and Benjamin. The flashbacks we used show the basic idea of how he ended up where he was found. The scenes include benjamin and another agent within a mystery house and another of them being chased by something, which we don't find out about in the opening. We decided that the film would carry on with the flashbacks being frequent and short before the secret is finally revealed at the end. We hoped that the aspect of the pst being revealed over time would entice the viewer to carry on watching.

Story boards


our original designs for the film were simpler than the final piece but they put across the point our basic ideas.
This first set of drawings shows the very beginning where our inspector is walking down the hall towards the interview room, our original plan was to have a voice over the beginning titles and these first few shots with the inspector speaking to another officer giving the basic details. but we decided against it as we thought it would explain too much at the very beginning. We also get our first glimpse of the amnesiac agent.

Next we get a few shots from various angles of the questions and reactions between the inspector and agent. This set of shots links into the first flashback.The flashback includes a range of shots depicting the two agents exploring the abandoned house. This sequence of shots reveals the identity of the agent and the reaction. This sequence actually leads into the second flashback but in the initial stages of planning there was only going to be a single longer flashback.


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