Noir Storyboard Rough

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Panel 1: Fade in — POV: Close Up – Looking at Book in dimly lit room with candle next to it – SOUND: Silence.

Panel 2: POV: Extreme Wide View – Camera backs off to give entire view of protagonist sitting in-front of book in a dark room – SOUND: Silence.

Panel 3:  — POV: Medium View – Protagonist stares down at the table with wide empty eyes and a sense of fear and dispair. He holds a coin in his hand and mentally readies himself in silence – SOUND: Silence.

Panel 4:  — POV: Extreme Close Up – Protagonist puts the coin hes holding onto the book. The book then begins to have veins emerging from under the coin and dive back into the book as they extend outward causing root-like noises – SOUND: Rustling from Book.

Panel 5: — POV: Camera panning In – Viewers get a up close view of the book as it changes , more-so from the perspective of the protagonist as if they were leaning inward at a slow pace – SOUND: Rustling.

Panel 6: Scene Transition: Faded Quick Zoom Out — POV: Extreme Wide View – A dark creature quickly emerges from the book as the book shoots open to the center of its pages. The dark figure slowly begins to emerge more and more after a sharp and instant arrival. – SOUND: Loud chanting coming from the book as well as what appears to be demonic breathing.

Panel 7: — POV: Over the Shoulder/Wide View – Protagonist runs out the door in a frantic state as the dark figure contineus to emerge from the book, moving at a slow pace but each limb moving very quickly as they leave the books hold. – SOUND: Screaming coming from protagonist as the dark figure continues to breath and the book continues to chant.

Panel 8: — POV: Wide View – The Dark Figure walks down the same hallway the protagonist ran through as he was screaming earlier on his way out, scraping its claw against the wall and carving a deep streak into it  – SOUND: The sound of plaster falling to the floor with a low background sound of chanting behind the dark figure.

Panel 9:  — POV: Over The Shoulder – Camera Pans behind the Protagonist and sticks behind him as he runs through dark corridors and hallways whilst breathing heavily in a frantic state. – SOUND: Heavy breathing as well as loud echoing footsteps

Panel 10:  — POV: Over The Shoulder or Wide View (still haven’t decided) – The protagonist comes to a stairwell and without hesitation runs up the one to his left whilst not even able to hear the dark figure that was following him anymore. – SOUND: Continuous heavy breathing and footsteps as they slam up stairs.

Panel 11:  — POV: Low Shot – The camera bobs and weaves as tho we are looking through the protagonists eyes. He closes in on the top of the stairs which lead to a door with light coming out through the window in the middle of it. He continues to go for what he feels to be salvation. – SOUND: deep slowing breaths as the protagonist becomes exhausted and slowing footsteps

Panel 12: — POV: Close Up – Camera does a closeup of the door as the protagonist finally reaches his exit only to have the dark figure from earlier shove its way through. The screen goes dark and the protagonists journey ends. – SOUND: Door slamming open and a loud screeching noise before the deathly screaming of our protagonist.

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