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What is a Storyboard?

•By definition, a storyboard is your story in a visual form

•It details the ‘keyframes’ of action in a given story

Why?•The storyboard

allows financiers to visualize a story that they may only have seen in written form

•A storyboard ensures that all movie crew understand what is required in the shot

Storyboards•Storyboards are found in all moving

image productions (other than live events)

•They prepare the crew with the needs/ demands of the director who furnishes ‘the vision’

Storyboard Tools•Storyboard•Pencil•Synopsis/ Script•Direction from

team (director, cameraman, cinematographer etc.)

Tips for Successful Storyboarding

•Drawing skills help, but are not essential

•Vision!•A good understanding of camera

framing •Communicate ideas amongst the

team

Storyboard Format

•Big, medium, small- it’s up to you!•Clarity•The important thing is that nothing

is left to chance on the day of shooting!

Types of Storyboard

Storyboard Tip 1

•Bring your world into 3 dimensions:• Interesting camera angles = interesting films

Storyboard Tip 2

•Frame the shot to show emphasis on the character or moment in time:

Another Example:

Another Example

Storyboard Tip 2:•Don’t cut the heads off your characters:

Showing Camera Movements

•Showing camera moves adds a dynamic element to your storyboarding and informs camera crew what is required for set-up:

Pan

Push, Drift, Truck

Transitions

Transitions 2

Focus•What are we really looking at in the scene?

Focus 2•Another example:

The Camera Line

Shots (briefly!)

Shots Cont.•Long Shot/ Establishing Shot: Tells

audience where we are who is there and where they are in relation to each other.

•Medium Shot: Used when characters become more important than places

•Close Up: Emphasizing emotion or tense moments in the story.

Q&A

•Any Questions?