To begin a Storyboard is a layout of your intended product using drawing in an order to show how you want an event to be seen. Storyboards visually present information. Storyboarding very simply is drawings in a sequence that tell a story. By storyboarding a film before filming, you can more easily visualize exactly what camera angles, settings, props, actors, effect, and sound need to be in certain shots, this saves the industry a lot of time when it comes to actually filming the product. In the industry using storyboards can help make sure the script makes sense as well as lets you alter any errors before the errors become too expensive to fix. The idea for storyboards came from Walt Disney STudio during the early 1930s. Disney gave credit to animator Webb Smith for creating the idea of drawing scenes on a separate sheet of paper and pinning them up on a bulletin board to tell a story sequence. The first Disney shot storyboard created in 1933 was the Three Little Pigs.
What storyboards must include
To have a successful storyboard, there are certain elements that are mandatory to include:
- Shot number- this is necessary as it tells the film crew and director exactly what scene needs to be shot and when.
- Location- this tells the director where the shot needs to be taken.
- Action- This tells the director what the actors should be doing in this scene
- shot/movement- this tells the director what he needs to inform the film crew, it tells the film crew what types of movements they need to make with the camera while filming e.g a panning shot, a zoom, etc.
- Sound- tells the editors and director exactly what sounds need to be added and heard in this scene.
- lighting- Tells the director what setting a scene should be shot in.
- Transition- Tells the editors what type of cuts they need to make e.g a crossfade, a quick cut, jump cut, etc.
- Timing- This is important as it tells the director exactly how long the scene and shot should last.
Storyboards are important before production as they tell the director exactly what should be happening and when this saves the industry a lot of time and in the working world time is money. Storyboards before production and during production reduce a lot of expensive filming mistakes that can take place, storyboards that are done well tell us exactly what shot is necessary and how it should be done therefore reducing time and shots that are unnecessary in production. A storyboard is important before production as it helps the client confirm whether the idea is working or not, storyboards can tell a team what direction the production is going to go. Using storyboards can inform a team what errors can occur at an early stage. After production storyboards are a good thing to give your editor as it gives them a direction for how to cut and combine the shots.
Examples of high-quality professional storyboards:
(NOT MY STORYBOARD IMAGES)
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