Short Film

Storyboarding

Last week

What did we do last week?

This week

You will be learning about storyboarding techniques before

applying them to create your own storyboard.

You could also begin to understand the role a storyboard plays in a successful

production

By the end of today, you

MUST be able to identify the information required to create a storyboard

SHOULD be able to use illustration techniques to begin creating a storyboard for your music video

COULD explain the importance of storyboards to planning and production.

Storyboard

What is a storyboard?

What is a storyboard?

It is a plan of the film, shot by shot, in

drawings.

Each frame of the storyboard is a different shot.

The whole video will be storyboarded out

before filming.

It is visual planning

What do we use storyboards for?

The director and cinematographer will use them to plan

• Plan how each shot will look (called composition or framing)

• Plan how the sequence of shots will flow.

• Plan what audio we might need

Working in pairs

Annotate on the storyboard in front of you what information the artist is

giving you.

You have 2 minutes.

Feedback

What information is the storyboard trying to convey?

The drawn box (the frame) represents the cameras shot.

Camera movements are shown using arrows which describe the movementeg/ pan

When it cuts to a new shot it says ---- CUT

Some shots will be drawn over more than 1 frame where there is complicated action.

Instead of cut it will say CONT’D

All your shots should be numbered, eg/ 1, 2, 3, 4,

These numbers will also be on your shot list / shooting schedule

Shots that are drawn over more than one frame should be numbered and letteredeg/ 1A, 1B, 1C etc…

The storyboard will have brief descriptions of the action for each shot.

A brief description of any audio in the scene

When do we create storyboards?

Storyboards are part of our pre-production planning as we will need them on set.

Who needs storyboards on set

- Director

- Assistant Director (1st AD)

- Director Of Photography (also known as a cinematographer)

- Camera operator

- Lighting technician

Director / Assistant Director

Why might the director need the storyboard

Director / Assistant Director

To check that the camera operators have framed each shot in the way they want and to check that they don’t miss any

shots out during filming.

Director Of Photography (DOP)

Why would the DOP need the storyboard?

Director Of Photography (DOP)

To plan the lighting design for each shot and check that camera operators

were getting the right shots.

Camera Operator

Why will the camera operator need the storyboard?

Camera Operator

To check they have framed the shot in the way that the DOP & director want

Lighting Technician

Why will the lighting technie need to a copy

of the storyboard?

Lighting Technician

Lighting technicians will have to recreate

specific lighting styles to maintain continuity

(or for effect) so it helps to have a visual aid of how the lighting of each shot is meant

to look.

Task

You will need to create a storyboard for you short film.

Using the template on Moodle begin to draw your storyboards.

What information do you need to communicate to the viewer?