The Storyboarding Process

A STORY BOARD WORKS AS AN ORGANISER TO FILM INDUSTRY. A USEFUL TOOL TO PRE-VISUALISING A SEQUENCE OF FOOTAGE FOR A FILM. A STORYBOARD MUST ALWAYS HAVE IMAGES, TO HELP VISUALIZE THE SHOOT, AND DESCRIPTIONS CONSISTING OF: SHOOT LOCATION, ACTION, MOVEMENT/ SHOT OF CAMERA, SOUND, LIGHTING, EDIT TRANSITION AND LENGTH OF TIME FOR SHOT, SO THE CREW NO WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO SET UP.

TO START THE PROCESS OF STORYBOARDING WE MADE A LIST OF EACH SHOT AND THE KEY DESCRIPTIONS AS WE KNEW IT WAS LIKELY TO UNDERGO ALTERATIONS LATER ON. ONCE ALL THE SHOTS WERE CLEAR AND FINALIZED WE TYPED THE DESCRIPTIONS INTO THE STORYBOARD TEMPLATE ON THE COMPUTER AS THE INSTRUCTIONS WERE AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE AND EASY TO FOLLOW AND EASILY CHANGED. WE THEN DREW THE ACCOMPANYING IMAGES OF THE MISE EN SCENE NEXT TO THE DESCRIPTIONS. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO DO THIS IN PENCIL SO THAT NO MISTAKES WERE MADE AND ANY COULD BE CHANGED.

STORYBOARDING IS NOT AN EASY PROCESS AS MY GROUP DISCOVERED. WE FOUND IT HARD TO PLACE EACH SHOT AS WE WANT “REFLECTIONS” TO CONSIST OF SEVERAL MONTAGES. ANOTHER STRUGGLE WAS THE ALLOCATION OF WHO WAS TO DO WHAT PART OF THE STORYBOARD, AS NO ONE IN OUR GROUP IS PARTICULARLY GOOD AT DRAWING, BUT WE MANAGED TO EVEN OUT THE WORK LOAD SO THE BEST JOB COULD BE DONE.