LA2: Use Research Techniques To Investigate an Existing Media Product: Storyboards

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 using text and mainly visual drawings of stickmen. Whilst the drawings seem simple, it is easy to understand, when you present a storyboard it must be simple enough to understand what will happen in it.  

This Second storyboard is done professionally, unlike the first drawing it shows the story in a 3D Perspective view, this is a 3rd person view from a camera angle, it has similar aspects to the first story board and can be presented using images and text. The arrows indicated in this one shows the direction of a moving person/object and which direction it faces.     

How do you create a storyboard of your own?

1. Before starting one you will need to visualise and know what to do with your own storyboard, for instance, you would have to visualise the events that are based on your script, if you haven't already done one it is advised you must do so, it will be useful to help write you up a storyboard as it will help you to visualise what is happening in your movie. Once you have broken the script down you can use this to plot and visualise the events that will happen in that storyboard from an audience point of view. 

2. You will have to also know the size of the boxes when doing a storyboard, the size of the boxes does not matter, as long as you can be able to draw and present the events that are happening in the storyboard. Fun Fact: some storyboards are inspired by other movie references or even comics.

3. This is where the fun begins! You can start sketching your drawings in different boxes, you can do as many as you want as long as it is clear, whilst you're at it you can also add text to describe the events that are happening in the storyboard, remember your drawings do not have to look too professional, as long as other people can read and understand them then your storyboard will look great.

4. Once you're done with sketching your storyboard(s), you also can add extra detail to it, for instance, you can draw arrows to represent character movement, and also for the camera. Any direction the arrow points is where the object is facing/moving etc. this will be useful if you are planning an action scene or any scenes that require movement in general.

5. When you are done with your sketches you should consider adding text, such as short sentences to describe the event that is happening in the scene (there is no need for long paragraphs), you should know what happens during that scene and you should also describe the event with enough detail, the only limits to visualising your scene are your creativity.  

     (Note: the following links below are sources that I use for research purposes)

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-make-a-storyboard-for-a-film#what-is-a-storyboard  

   https://wave.video/blog/what-is-a-storyboard/    



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  1. Neil WilsonJanuary 28, 2021 at 5:26 AM

    This is really detailed and well done Ben - the only thing you need to do is demonstrate 'where' you researched to get this information. At the end of your post please add your references of the web sites you visited in order to get your material (and if you want to try and show this in Harvard referencing format, visit Neil's Toolbox and fill in the options as best you can to generate a reference).

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