Storyboards - 17th September 2013

Storyboards

For each film that is made, a storyboard is needed. A storyboard is usually a sheet with a certain amount of boxes on it for the pictures of the scene and
an area to write about what is in the shot. A standard storyboard will have between 1 and 6 boxes. In the boxes, there should be a picture of what the shot should look like, this could be complex or simple, as long as the picture shows roughly distances of shots and surroundings. Next to each box, there should be some information about the shot. This information should include -

• Shot number
• Shot type
• Shot Description (Short paragraph)
• Location
• Actors involved
• Audio
• Edit/Transition
• Duration

For each film, there should be a storyboard with boxes showing a drawing and description for each shot in the film or every time the shot is cut. For example, if somebody is walking around a room, you should show the start of the clip in your box on your storyboard and when they leave the room and the shot is cut, it should show the next shot. The picture in the box should show the same shot type as described in the description. For example, If the description says Close-Up, the picture should show a Close-Up view of the scene.

A typical storyboard template -