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What Is Storyboarding

Storyboarding is a graphical representation of the camera shots in a film sequence connected together to show the narrative flow. It depicts the locations, characters, props, and settings of each shot through a series of drawings beneath which are captions detailing the action, camera directions, lighting directions, and sometimes dialogue. Storyboarding enables the director to visualize the flow of shots and sets before filming and provides a common framework and blueprint for the film crew to work from, clarifying ideas and preventing misunderstandings.

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What Is Storyboarding

Storyboarding is a graphical representation of the camera shots in a film sequence connected together to show the narrative flow. It depicts the locations, characters, props, and settings of each shot through a series of drawings beneath which are captions detailing the action, camera directions, lighting directions, and sometimes dialogue. Storyboarding enables the director to visualize the flow of shots and sets before filming and provides a common framework and blueprint for the film crew to work from, clarifying ideas and preventing misunderstandings.

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WHAT IS STORYBOARDING?

And Why Is It Important?

WHAT IS STORYBOARDING?
A storyboard is a graphical representation of the camera shots in a film sequence which are connected together to create a 'narrative flow'. It is similar in appearance to a comic strip. The story of the film is visualised

by a series of drawings which depict the location, characters, props and


setting of each shot. Beneath the images there are captions detailing action, camera directions, lighting directions and sometimes basic dialogue. It enables the director to visualise the flow of camera shots and

sets that they want to eventually appear on the cinema screen.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
The storyboard is an important piece of communication between the members of the film crew as it provides a common outline which everyone can work from. The storyboard remains a blueprint of the original intentions and provides a framework against which changes can be judged.

AN IMPORTANT QUOTE
"In a production meeting, a picture really is worth a thousand words. You can script a sequence in words as clearly as you like, and there will always be some misunderstanding. But if you use storyboards, it's so much easier to communicate your visual and dramatic ideas." - Matthew Jones, Television Script Editor, Red Productions.

WHY IS IT RELEVANT TO US?


From this it is understandable that the storyboard is one of the most important aspects of the research and planning and that it is needed to clearly present a visual representation of our ideas and how we plan on shooting it, shot-by-shot. It makes our idea much clearer as it gives us a better idea on what is going to happen so there is no confusion. It is a also a plan for the

day of filming so we know when to do each shot.

EXAMPLES OF STORYBOARDS

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