Storyboard: what is it?

 What is a storyboard?

A storyboard is something that gives a basic outline of a narrative and helps achieve what the film makers need to achieve. Things included in a story board are: shot number, location, action, shot movement, sound, lighting, transition and timing. Things to consider within your opening scenes are the camera movement/ angles and editing which can be noted in your opening scene. Within your storyboard you should try to include this information, if your drawings aren't as efficient as you want them to be. Even if the drawings are good its just a good thing to add as a note of detail of the things listed above.

A storyboard will include an outline of 30-40 different shots within your opening scene or narrative in general. It gives directors, film makers and even actors a basic outline of whats about to take place and what they need to achieve in a tight shcedule. If we think about why storyboarding is important to the process of the making of a film, there is many reasons. One being that its an important process of the pre production process conveying clearly how the story will flow. It also highlights to the film makers any problems that might of gone unnoticed and need to be fixed soon.

This is important for our group and concept idea as we only have 6 hours to get this done. If we consider the fact that we have to drive to the location, set up etc that takes away a couple of hours so we can't waste time when we are actually shooting. A storyboard will tell us what we need to film and make the process of it more efficient and a lot quicker. This can help with our concept as it highlights anything that can go wrong which is why in the process of our outline we had to change a few details to make it better and easier.