Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Portfolio: Story

Seeing as the requirement for the portfolio is that the storyboard is of a narrative drama, I've decided to take a Skins take on this, also I am currently attending a boarding school. Being at this location gives me an advantage that many girls are full time boarders and therefore are around in the evenings and are willing to take part. The story is from the girls' point of view and what may happen which people may think only happens in the male side of boarding school. None of this happens here though.

Story:
A girl, Rosaline, arrives at a boarding school, brand new. She is greeted by Matron, a woman who looks after you, and is taken up to her room. As she's walking down the corridor with Matron there is a girl, Vanessa, down the corridor watching them. They enter her  room which is very bare and quite uncomfortable because it is rather empty, with exception of a desk, bed and a wardrobe. Matron leaves Rosaline to sort her things out. Rosaline sits on her bed looking around the room and then a girl, Clarissa, takes her by the arm and pulls her off the bed, taking her to Vanessa's room. In this room there are cups lined up on the desk with a bottle of alcohol at the end of this line of 10 cups, or a water bottle with water that's supposed to be vodka. There's a group of girls standing against the wall opposite to the desk, arms crossed with a smug look on their faces. The reason why there are cups on the desk is that Rosaline needs to prove that she's worthy enough to be part of Vanessa's gang and not be picked on for the duration of her time at the boarding school. Rosaline starts to drink the alcohol in the cups and it goes right through her system as she's quite a small girl. As she gets towards the 7th cup the alcohol is starting to get to her system. Vanessa then assists Rosaline by holding her head back by pulling on her back and forcing her to open her mouth. Vanessa pours the alcohol into Rosaline's mouth. Matron walks in when Rosaline is taking her last cup of alcohol. Matron pulls Rosaline out of Vanessa's room by her arm and that is when Rosaline is sick right by Matron's shoes.

This may not be the most complicated of story lines but it has potential. It is easy to picture but being able to take photos capturing the facial expressions and the actions could be challenging. The smug looks, the scowl, the fear etc. 

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