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The Essential Guide to Storyboarding: Why and How to Create Effective Visual Plans

Storyboarding serves as a crucial tool in filmmaking and performance preparation. It helps visualize scenes, organize film schedules, and manage resources effectively. By detailing camera angles, scene transitions, and important action sequences, storyboards keep the entire crew aligned and focused. This guide outlines the importance of storyboarding, what to include such as character roles, lighting, and sound effects, and practical tips on how to create your storyboard. Understanding this process is vital for successful film production.

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The Essential Guide to Storyboarding: Why and How to Create Effective Visual Plans

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  1. Storyboarding The Why and the How…

  2. Script: Written text of a screenplay or performance • Storyboard: Panel involving sketches of important action in scenes in a series of shots Script vs. Storyboard

  3. Helps in brainstorming ideas • Helps visualize what finished product will look like • Helps you use time and resources wisely when filming • Makes it easier to edit down the line • Keeps everyone on the same page during filming • Helps avoid missed opportunities Why Storyboard?

  4. Approximate time for each scene • Movement/transition from one scene to the next • Camera angles • Special effects And remember to number each page and each frame! What to Include

  5. Doesn’t have to be perfect (shapes, stick figures, are okay) • Should be done in pencil • Every scene should contribute to the film; if it doesn’t, cut it out • Depict major scenes (not every single detail) Important Notes

  6. Audience • Message of video • Method of delivery • Who will appear • Camera angles/movement • Frame size • Special lighting • Transitions • Music/sound effects • Special effects Scene Selection—Think About

  7. Storyboard templates (good for individual storyboarding) • Notecards (be sure to number!) • Post-it notes (be sure to number!)—good for working in groups How to Storyboard http://edtech.guhsd.net/video/storyboard2.pdf

  8. http://www.screenplaymastery.com/structure.htm Plot Structure

  9. You MUST storyboard to film • You must show me the storyboard and I must approve it • If working in groups, everyone must write out the storyboard together, making notes about their roles in filming • I will keep a copy of the storyboard • You MUST take the storyboard with you when you film • You MAY NOT use equipment without an approved storyboard It is important! It will keep you organized and help you manage time! For this class…

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