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Storyboards

Storyboards. What is a Storyboard?. A storyboard is a breakdown of a film or movie sequence; a quick visual snapshot of your final product. What is a Storyboard?. It contains graphics and text which describe each frame (scene) in detail.

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Storyboards

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  1. Storyboards

  2. What is a Storyboard? • A storyboard is a breakdown of a film or movie sequence; a quick visual snapshot of your final product.

  3. What is a Storyboard? • It contains graphics and text which describe each frame (scene) in detail. • It can also contain information about dialogue or camera movements.

  4. A storyboard is kind of like a comic book

  5. Why is it necessary to have a storyboard? • It will help you plan your animation out shot by shot • You can make changes to your storyboard before you start animating, instead of changing your mind later • You will also be able to talk about your animation and show it to other people to get feedback on your ideas

  6. How Do I Make a Storyboard? - storyboards can be drawn in pen or pencil • you can also take photos • cut out pictures from magazines - if you use index cards, you can rearrange them to move parts of the story around • or use a computer to make your storyboards Your drawings don’t have to be fancy! Use basic shapes, stick figures, & simple backgrounds.

  7. Use This Storyboard Template If you’d like, you can use the template below. It can be also downloaded from the class site.

  8. “How to Create a Storyboard” Video

  9. How to Create Storyboards Example of a 45 sec. storyboard: Each 6-word line takes about 3 sec. to speak. And 3 seconds is about the ideal length for any still image to appear on the screen. Too short, and it’s hard for the viewer to recognize what’s being shown; too long, and boredom sets in. If you find lines and lines of text under any one picture, rethink your script or your images. Can the script be cut down and the image left to speak the missing words? If the text remains long, can more than one image illustrate the essential words?

  10. Pay The Most Attention To: 1. Position of the heads In simplest terms, a thumbnail storyboard is just the location of the heads of the people in the scene. If you can clearly show the position, size, and expression of each person’s head, most everything else is clear.

  11. Storyboard Example:

  12. Pay The Most Attention To: 2. Body Optional The bodies of the actors can also be drawn but this step is not required. By drawing the body, you help show how each actor relates to the others in the scene, however, drawing the head usually already shows this information.

  13. Pay The Most Attention To: 3. Camera angle This shows how you will frame the shot. This is what makes the shot visually appealing. Types of shots: An Extreme Close-up (ECU) shot shows the fine details of a subject. AClose-up (CU) shot captures only a small portion of a subject. • A Medium Shot (MS) • shows about half of • the complete subject. • A Long Shot (LS) • captures most (if not all) • of the subject.

  14. Pay The Most Attention To: 4. The Lens is the Thing Remember to explain the relationship between the characters in the scene. When you draw the thumbnail of each frame, explain what lens is needed to capture the image. Wide angle vs telephoto A wide angle lens creates a feeling of distance and cold. Telephoto – warmth and closeness.

  15. Storyboard Language: CLOSE-UP SHOT:A close range of distance between the camera & the subject. DISSOLVE: A transition between two shots, where 1 shot fades away and simultaneously another shot fades in. FADE: A transition from a shot to black where the image gradually becomes darker is a Fade Out; or from black where the image gradually becomes brighter is a Fade In. HIGH CAMERA ANGLE: A camera angle which looks down on its subject making it look small, weak or unimportant. JUMP CUT: A rapid, jerky transition from one frame to the next, either disrupting the flow of time or movement within a scene or making an abrupt transition from one scene to another. LEVEL CAMERA ANGLE:A camera angle which is even with the subject; it may be used as a neutral shot.

  16. Storyboard Language (Cont.): LONG SHOT: A long range of distance between the camera and the subject, often providing a broader range of the setting. LOW CAMERA ANGLE:A camera angle which looks up at its subject; it makes the subject seem important and powerful. PAN: A steady, sweeping movement from one point in a scene to another. POV (point of view shot): A shot which is understood to be seen from the point of view of a character within the scene. REACTION SHOT: A shot of someone looking off screen. A reaction shot can also be a shot of someone in a conversation where they are not given a line of dialogue but are just listening to the other person speak. TILT:Using a camera on a tripod, the cam. moves up or down to follow the action. ZOOM: Use of the camera lens to move closely towards the subject.

  17. A Storyboard for an Online Game

  18. A Storyboard for an Online Game

  19. A Storyboard for an Online Game

  20. More Storyboard Examples: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Storyboard_Example_1 http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Storyboard_Example_2 http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Storyboard_Example_3

  21. Storyboards How to Create a Good Storyboard Article: http://www.videomaker.com/article/2313/ Good Storyboards – More Examples: http://classes.design.ucla.edu/Fall06/153A/ Comics on the Web http://magicinkwell.com/?cat=405

  22. Create Your Own Storyboard Online: Go to http://bitstripsforschools.com/login/ and enter the class code art39 to begin

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