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THE BOX - Storyboards - Section Two. The second part of the scene is the following:  Again, the wording of this section is simple and straight forward. But, if I were to shoot it like that, then I would be missing out on a potentially suspenseful, impactful moment. This section of the script, approximately 1/8th of a page, translates, visually, into 17 different shots. Lets take a look... PRODUCTION NOTE: Due to space limitations at the actual location, in conjunction with the lens limitations on the camera, we were unable to shoot all of the shots as originally storyboarded. We had to look through and pick out the critical shots and only shoot those. In the end, you wish you had the opportunity and/or technology to shoot it as originally planned. But, the fact that, through the storyboarding process, we had to think out the scene so thoroughly made us understand what we were trying to accomplish and how best to condense the shot list without losing the overall visual impact of the scene.
You can see how turning words into shots can be a lengthy process. Plus, I'm following Hitchcock's lead on this. When shooting Sabotage in 1936, he had a scene where a boy was unknowingly carrying a bomb on a bus. So that the audience wouldn't get visually comfortable with the sight of the bomb, every time he showed the bomb, he shot from a different angle. I took that same approach here. Every time we see the vial, it's from a different angle. We'll see if that idea translates into an effective scene. Okay, let's go on to the third section of the scene.
© Pete Bauer 2000-2005
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