Storyboards.
A storyboard is used as an outline. It allows the director to visualise the flow of camera shots and sets that she/he wants to eventually appear on screen. Drawing a rough storyboard allows the director to see wether the ideas are going to work on screen. Storyboards help the director:
· Decide on the sequence of shots.
· Decide on the movements of actors.
· Decide on camera directions.
· Decide on light directions.
Analysis of ‘The Simpsons’ Storyboard.
Above is a storyboard for the cartoon ‘The Simpsons’.
This storyboard contains annotations on how people and objects should move in the scene e.g. and arrow in the first scene by Homers head to show that his head should turn and in which direction. The storyboard also contains a variety of shots such as several mid-shots, long-shots and close-ups. Annotations on the storyboard state things such as ‘start in close-up (c/u)’. This storyboard also contains timings, this will be helpful so that you can have an idea of how long you should be filming for.
This storyboard also shows that the director may have changed things as in the 9th and 15th scene there is a cross over the image.
Analysis of Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ Storyboard.
Analysis of Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ Storyboard.
Above is the storyboard for the classic horror film by Alfred Hitchcock ‘The Birds’. The storyboard shows a sequence from the film and compares the storyboard to the final product.The storyboard also shows a range of shots that are used when filming including closeup, long shot, midshot, etc.
Underneath each image on the storyboard is a small annotation to describe what is happening in that scene, it is mostly describing actors movements. It also contains annotations on some of the scenes. An example of this is on the 5th scene of the storyboard it shows a closeup of a woman with an arrow, this is indicating that the woman will be turning her head.
The above storyboard helps to show how useful storyboards are in planning/visualising what you are going to film. As the above storyboard demonstrates when it came to filming they stayed as close as possible to the original ideas in the storyboard. When it comes to filming angles, shots and scenes may change as it will look different in reality to what it does on paper so therefore the storyboard is used a guideline. An example of this is in the first scene on the storyboard where there is meant to be two men and a woman however in the actual film there is only the woman in the shot.
Underneath each image on the storyboard is a small annotation to describe what is happening in that scene, it is mostly describing actors movements. It also contains annotations on some of the scenes. An example of this is on the 5th scene of the storyboard it shows a closeup of a woman with an arrow, this is indicating that the woman will be turning her head.
The above storyboard helps to show how useful storyboards are in planning/visualising what you are going to film. As the above storyboard demonstrates when it came to filming they stayed as close as possible to the original ideas in the storyboard. When it comes to filming angles, shots and scenes may change as it will look different in reality to what it does on paper so therefore the storyboard is used a guideline. An example of this is in the first scene on the storyboard where there is meant to be two men and a woman however in the actual film there is only the woman in the shot.
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