Storyboarding, the process of previsualizing your film on paper, is a very powerful way of visually planning your film before you start shooting. Some filmmakers, like M Night Shyamalan, put a great deal of effort into their storyboards. On The Sixth Sense, Shyamalan had planned every single frame before he started shooting.
When you’re making a film, storyboards are an effective way to communicate the composition of shots to both your actors and crew.
For this task we are going to complete a re-storyboard. That is you are going to create a storyboard based on a scene from Pan's Labyrinth.
We will complete some short work using photoshop to cover some of the basic digital manipulations that you may wish to employ in your storyboard.
Black and White Image for Manipulation
Colour Photograph for Manipulation
As a class we will develop a short description which covers information on what a storyboard should show.
Part 1
First you will review the script LocatedHere and choose the section of the film which you would like to depict.
Part 2
Next you will create a shot list. You may choose to recreate the work shot for shot from the film or you may choose to develop a new angle or approach. The shot list can be completed using excel or in a table. It gives you an opportunity to experiment with the sequencing of shots before committing yourself to the time consuming process of drawing storyboards. A shot list is simply that – a list of all of the shots in your film. This may or may not be linked to the script but it should have a written description of each of the shots.
A Shotlist template is available here.
Part 3
You may create your storyboard by hand or digitally or a combination of both. Importantly to present your understanding of the film and your developing drawing, photography or image manipulation skill your works should be detailed an polished.
Ridley Scott often draws his own images to convey what a scene should look like. These pictures have become known as ‘Ridleygrams’. When he was making Alien (1979), 20th Century Fox was so impressed with the quality and detail of Ridley Scott’s storyboards that they substantially increased the budget of the film.
For your completed story board it is expected that you complete it on the PreshilStoryBoardDigitalTemplate this should be A3 in size when complete.
When you’re making a film, storyboards are an effective way to communicate the composition of shots to both your actors and crew.
For this task we are going to complete a re-storyboard. That is you are going to create a storyboard based on a scene from Pan's Labyrinth.
We will complete some short work using photoshop to cover some of the basic digital manipulations that you may wish to employ in your storyboard.
Black and White Image for Manipulation
Colour Photograph for Manipulation
As a class we will develop a short description which covers information on what a storyboard should show.
Part 1
First you will review the script LocatedHere and choose the section of the film which you would like to depict.
Part 2
Next you will create a shot list. You may choose to recreate the work shot for shot from the film or you may choose to develop a new angle or approach. The shot list can be completed using excel or in a table. It gives you an opportunity to experiment with the sequencing of shots before committing yourself to the time consuming process of drawing storyboards. A shot list is simply that – a list of all of the shots in your film. This may or may not be linked to the script but it should have a written description of each of the shots.
A Shotlist template is available here.
Part 3
You may create your storyboard by hand or digitally or a combination of both. Importantly to present your understanding of the film and your developing drawing, photography or image manipulation skill your works should be detailed an polished.
Ridley Scott often draws his own images to convey what a scene should look like. These pictures have become known as ‘Ridleygrams’. When he was making Alien (1979), 20th Century Fox was so impressed with the quality and detail of Ridley Scott’s storyboards that they substantially increased the budget of the film.
For your completed story board it is expected that you complete it on the PreshilStoryBoardDigitalTemplate this should be A3 in size when complete.