TASK 6 : STORYBOARD

Definition: Storyboard - It is a picture that is animatedly drawn or 3 dimensional that tells the story of what you are trying to tell.

Story boards are often used in media planning. Movie makers, television shows and advertising use a story board in the first steps of production and in sales pitches. They lay out the flow of the story with rough sketches, usually one or two frames for each key part of the story. It gives the persons they are selling the production to an idea of the story in a visual form, rather than having to give them a script.

• The purpose of a storyboard is to photograph each and every shot of a film with a list of key information written underneath it.
• Storyboards allow a director to visualise the whole film before filming and also allows the camera person to understand how the film is to be shot.
• Storyboards also allow you to change elements if they don't work visually before the expensive film making process.

Each frame of the Storyboard should contain the following elements:

1. Shot number - Each shot of the storyboard must be numbered so that the intended sequence of the shots can be followed.
2. Framing - Is the shot a close up? Medium shot? Long shot?
3. Drawing - A drawing visualisation of what is happening in the shot.
4. Action - Brief description of what is happening in the shot.
5. Dialogue - Single lines of dialogue may be written (optional)
6. Sound Effects - Are there any specific sounds, diegetic, and non diegetic?

Each frame on the storyboard must have a shot description, such as framing, ecu, ls, etc.
Also information on movement and position such as the following abbreviations could be added:

• H/A - high angle
• L/A - low angle
• POV - point of view
• 2-SHOT - two people in a shot
• OTS - over the shoulder
• TRACK/DOLLY - move camera on wheeled platform
• CRAB - sideways movement
• PULL FOCUS - change what is focused on

My Storyboard