In class we learned about storyboarding, its use, and importance. Storyboarding in the filming process is the creation of the first visual script to your film. Sketched drawings of the shots you plan on using in your film including, the setting, characters, and props. Another huge part is the notes on how you plan to use the camera angles, lighting, framing and dialogue.
- A Storyboard should always include -
- Scene/Shot number
- Camera directions
- Dialogue
- Framing
- Techniques -
When it comes to camera movement symbols like arrows for example are used to demonstrate this movement. Whether it be, just moving across the frame, zooming in or tilting arrows are a great tool used by filmmakers to create their storyboard.
Use of color is another tool used in creating a storyboard, primarily red and blue. To separate the types of movements in the scene they can be differentiated with the use of blue ink used to show camera movement and red ink used to show character/object movement.
These storyboards serve as a crucial, physical visual of how your film is going to turn out before you actually take a camera and go film! If a filmmaker is not sure how a certain framing, movement, etc. will work then the storyboard is where they will find out. Giving time to figure out the perfect shots as well as saving time avoiding reshooting.
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