What is a storyboard or storyboard?
Storyboard are sketches of your story, in which you depict a future story with characters and backgrounds. This set of slides helps to see the overall picture of the whole story. Storyboard makes it possible to fully prepare for the rest of the crew.
What are the advantages of a storyboard?
Going with a crew with a storyboard in hand, the director does not need to talk about art and feelings. Therefore, the team can understand the story in more detail. The operator will understand what frames will need to be created and what will be needed for implementation. The gopher with the illuminators will offer their lighting schemes and solutions. The supervisor can do special effects planning. A producer will calculate the cost of the project in more detail. In addition, at the stage of the storyboard, you can discuss and change some moves and scenes, which can benefit the final result.
Main advantages:
- Saves time in production.
- Saving the budget, you do not allow gross mistakes, which will save you money.
- You can analyze the course of events, refine and improve the project.
How is the storyboard created?
The first thing to do is to set the aspect ratio frames 4: 3, 16: 9, and so on. This will give the operator an understanding of how to compose the composition of the frame in order to convey the meaning as correctly as possible.
By and large, it does not matter if you draw a pencil on a tablet or a computer, the main thing is that the information is clear to the crew. Let’s see what information you need to specify:
- The block number. If your storyboard has several copies and is handed out to the team, then it’s easier to communicate by naming the frame number than “that frame where the hero …”.
- Comments. Due to the fact that the pictures are static and do not disclose all the meaning, we advise you to sign the shots with text with explanations. For example, “The shivering hero entered the room.”
- Actions. For convenience of perception, it is possible to show the direction of movement of heroes and objects by arrows.
- Sound. Dialogues, music and sound effects are subscribed.
- Visual effects. Flashes of lightning, explosions, dorisovka houses in the background, the magical appearance of the character and all that will come up with your imagination.
How do I make a storyboard and storyboard?
When Edpit agency creates a draft story, it is rarely shown to the client. The thing is that the storyboard is drawn as simply as possible. As a rule, the director draws by hand a felt-tip pen or marker on white sheets. Minimalistic design is enough for the film crew to catch the essence of the story, the location of the characters and the appearance of the location. Sometimes the man-made storyboard is preceded by an electronic version. It is a table with text and pictures. Often before the shooting, the director and the operator (and not only) go to the development of the location where photographs of the places are taken, such photos can get into the electronic storyboard.
Client Storyboard
It is already clear from the name where and where it is used. It’s not always the client’s storyboard is suitable for shooting a video clip on it or drawing an animation. Such a product is usually very “refined”, and only if it is based on a working version, it can be taken to work. This is due to the lack in this storyboard of important technical information that is needed on the set at work.
When you do not need a storyboard?
Storyboard and storyboard are not needed if you are shooting a video interview or a video clip. If the history of your video is missing as such and everything boils down to a set of beautiful frames, then you can also neglect the creation of a storyboard. After all, your time costs will not be justified.
