Storyboarding is essential to the production of a film. It provides a way to visualize the entire film before getting the equipment and cast to produce it. Through detailed work whether visual or written, a good storyboard should show the information needed.
Through the two ways described in the youtube video by Media Studies Insider, there are five main components to include in a storyboard: mise en scene, camera work, editing, shot duration, sound.
One thing I learned from the video is that one's art skills don’t need to be advanced for a storyboard. It is all about visualizing the entire movie in advance. The video used Peter Jackson with Lord of The Rings as an example of a successful film with a well executed storyboard.
The video described two ways to approach the story board:
More Art:
Include emotion into drawing
Detail lighting
Ex: How many shadows, how dark, how light will the scene be ?
You can include labels to easier identify
Has to make sense to the person marking your work
Draw boxes and arrows to show how the camera moves
For sound draw music sign and describe the sound
For different shortcuts draw visuals or write them out
More Words:
With stickmen oftentimes
More detailed descriptions on the side fill in the information on the emotion, lighting, camera movement
You can use colors for distinguishing characters in shots
Use terms like shot 1A/shot 1B for multiple frames
For different shortcuts draw visuals or write them out
When approaching my storyboard for my film, I will practice beforehand with drawing certain images in my head and describing them to figure out which way I believe will be more effective. By using key terminology on my storyboard I will ensure that all the information needed to visualize my film is there to both myself and others.
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