Virtual Storyboard & Elements

This is an opening clip of a storyboard, created with the Sims 2 pc game.  I think it's kick-ass, even though there were a lot of flaws.  I uploaded this vid to show...build up; one of the more keen elements of a screenplay.

here is PART II.

The "being captured" element was executed poorly. Sorry, but this is to show the why, and how, hopefully.

here is PART III.

This storyboard clip has no correlation to the others.  It's a manifest of the key, three-act structure of a scene or short film.  Hopefully you will see that there's an introduction to the characters and plot(act 1),  the journey to pursue the plot(act 2), and the outcome of the characters and plot(act 3).  Please reply if you have questions.

HOW TO OPEN IN A SCREENPLAY

Example:


FADE IN ON:

BEDROOM BALCONY
Slowly migrating towards us…

Its doors are open.  WE see that inside is typical-- a bed, dresser and vanity.

From inside.  The sound of CLASSICAL PROGRESSION whispers dimly.

INT. ROYAL SUITE (BEDROOM) -- NIGHT

As WE progress, following the music, WE catch glimpse of a silenced 45 caliber handgun and a kill-wire, lying on the mattress…

On the doorknob of an open bathroom door hangs a black cocktail dress: wet, scuffed, and torn…

The volume of the classical music (identified as “Frederick Chopin Nocturne” in C-Sharp Minor) heightens as WE pursue the bathroom…

INT. BATHROOM

It’s coming from an I-pod speaker adapter on the counter.  In the sink: WE can’t help but notice the bloody cloth and surgeon scissors.

WE divert our attention to a naked WOMAN, an assassin, lying in a tub of cold water.  Injured but alive.  Age is unknown.

She possesses a few scraps and scars on her body, a fresh stitch on her left thigh, and a cigarette glued in her right hand.  Her eyes are vacant.  You could almost mistake her for a manikin.

She then brings the cigarette up to her lips-- her movement too sudden.  As if a dead woman comes to life…
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At the beginning of a script, It is essential that you try your best to lure-in the audience, no matter what the occasion. This is because the first pages of a manuscript will tell an agent, or director if it's worth reading further.  As you observed from the EXAMPLE above, the MAIN character was introduced rather intricately: You get a  sense of  the character. That's what you want to do.  You want to create an attachment between the main character, and the audience.

Feel free to ask questions.