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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

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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

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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’

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

team (director, cameraman, cinematographer etc.)

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Tips for Successful Storyboarding

•Drawing skills help, but are not essential

•Vision!•A good understanding of camera

framing •Communicate ideas amongst the

team

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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!

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Types of Storyboard

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Storyboard Tip 1

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

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Storyboard Tip 2

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

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Another Example:

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Another Example

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

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Showing Camera Movements

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

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Pan

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Push, Drift, Truck

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Transitions

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Transitions 2

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

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Focus 2•Another example:

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The Camera Line

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Shots (briefly!)

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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.

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Q&A

•Any Questions?