Benjamin's media blog

What is a storyboard and it's purpose? Storyboards are essential especially in pre-production as they are used to plan and visualise a story, traditionally in pre-film productions or before television shows, storyboards are used as a method to plan and carry out your project, for instance, if you do not have a storyboard you will not be able to carry out your project properly as there is nothing to visualise. Here is an example of a storyboard: This Storyboard template should give you an idea of what one could look like, it is up to you on how you could use a storyboard as long as you include drawing and text or just drawings if its just visuals and no dialogue etc.  Some Storyboards can be just drawn simply or just professionally, there are no standards in the art style of your drawing as long as the audience understand what is supposed to happen in the pictures below.     This is a basic hand drawn Storyboard in a 2d perspective, it shows what happens in the story ...

  What kind of effect is it?  The visual effect I am planning to make is a fire effect, as well as using visual effects I would like to create an orange based lighting that surrounds the fire effect, for example: in this image here, is how I want mine to turn out;  . Using virtual effects I want to create fire, it should be an orange flame, with a glow right around it. there are different ways I can make this effect come to life. Like I said before I can use a virtual visual effect using computer software, including green screen etc. to add an orange glow I can either use: Three point lighting (adjusting the lighting to a certain brightness to make it look as the fire is creating a glowing effect near the subject, or using the effects option.  When would I like to use the effect? There are many alternative ways for me to use the fire effect, for instance I can either use, a flamethrower effect, a fire burning a building, someone with supernatural fire powers or ...