FICTIONAL ADAPTATION: STORYBOARDS AND IDEA DEVELOPMENT

My idea currently stands that a 20 year old girl has died and she is still wondering around, watching over her family and friends. By the end of the film we find out that she is okay that she's past on and that she's okay with her death. The idea is to adapt the lines from the sonnet into scenes or shots which can symbolise what they say and adapt the entire sonnet from there.
Thinking about what the sonnet is about I see it as talking about someone who has past on and they've become one with the world.

Although I haven't gotten a script written up yet, I have begun drawing up storyboards. Starting with the beginning, I want to introduce the characters and tell the audience the basics of the story:
- A girl has died
- The family is mourning
- The girl's spirit is still following

Below is the storyboard I've drawn up for the opening scene:

I thought to have the scene in 3 shots with a cut away. A jig down to a mid shot, a mid track to the left and a wide shot with a cut away of the grave. What I want most out of this experemental film is to see if I can show the character Stacey as a ghost/spirit, without any of the cheesy "walking through walls" or having her say or comment on the fact she is. As well I wanted to use some different camera techniques which I haven't used yet such as the the jig.

I currently plan on having 5 locations:
- Graveyard
- House
- Garden
- Street
- Bedroom

Within all of these, the majority of the story will take place in the bedroom and graveyard. I want to use the lines of the sonnet and literally turn them into visuals. One of my ideas is to have the ex-boyfriend sitting in the garden at night, around where they would sit and missing her. As Stacey watches him, he looks to the lights around the garden and smiles, thinking to himself that she is still with him and looks to the sky and knows she's looking down at him. This is how I feel I could achieve adapting the line "I am the soft starshine at night".

These are some of my ideas so far, I also think I'm going to cut the line "I am the diamond glints on snow" as I can't see how I can visualise that in this adaptation since I don't have this set at winter time and I feel it isn't needed for my adaptation.