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Storyboards

The storyboard is

• A “Visual Script” for your production, looking very much like a comic strip version of the story.

• A production “Blueprint” for your crew to follow.

• A detailed list of the assets you need to create: graphics, video, dialogue, sound effects, text etc.

The storyboard is intended for

• The “studio” for approval before production is started

• The production crew, to assemble the assets

Process

• BRAINSTORM the original story idea or “Concept”

• WRITE a script or outline for the story

• STORYBOARD the script

• REVISE

Purposes

• To work out and discuss your ideas, and to fix bad stories before they get made

• To visualize how your production will look, and get creative with shots and action

• To describe how your production is sequenced, and act as a step by step guide to making and shooting your film

• To plan where and what type of additional sound effects or dialogue will be included

Tips

• Put your shots and scenes of your storyboard in an order that tells your story clearly.

• Plan your story so that the visual images and the script can be clearly understood by reading your storyboard.

• Plan your production in the most interesting and appealing way possible for the audience.

• Plan not only what happens in each shot, but also how fast or how slow you want it to happen.

• Eliminate unnecessary or repetitive shots and add missing shots. Cut long boring shots and break them down into shorter more interesting shots.

• Ensure that there is a smooth, clear, logical flow from shot to shot and scene to scene.