Accurate Depiction of Mental Illness - Story Board

As our story and film opening will depict a character with OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), we ensured to accurately show the disorder through visuals.

Since we had to design proper visuals which show this disorder, we had to design our storyboard around the composition of the frames and scenes.

We began our storyboard with a scene of our main character being thrown into a garage by a stranger, this is meant to show a forced situation like a kidnapping. This is followed by scenes of the character looking around the room at various objects which seem imperfect. Additionally the fast paced editing and camera movements would aid in developing the tense situation's tone. 

As the film opening develops, one will see the character fixing these "imperfect items", this is significant as the character's actions and appeal will juxtapose the messy and cluttered garage which seems to affect his emotional stability, a common occurrence in people with OCD.

The film title will then be shown, followed by the character laying in bed where they will get up in a white, clean, and organized room, which is very specific to how a person with OCD may decide to live. This scene will place a greater emphasis on the situation which happened beforehand and will show how this character has OCD, as the scene following the title will withhold fast paced editing and certain sounds. 

Below are pictures of our initial concepts and sketches!