Storyboarding

Introduction and Overview


 

 

 

 



 

 

Think of the storyboard as the graphic novelization of your script, where each panel represents a new camera
angle or a key moment in the action. Each image on your storyboard needs to include enough information
that someone who has never read your script can look at it and know what’s going on. But it shouldn’t
contain too much information, as that will crowd out the relevant details.

 

 

 

 

Good storyboards can be supremely useful when directing big action sequences. Drawing out
a shot list can be an organizing principle in the cacophony of producing complicated shoots. Storyboards
become a precise map of what’s almost certain to be a hectic shoot day or a challenging undertaking of a complex
animation sequence. Your
contribution to the production pipeline is an essential element in realizing the vision of the director.

 

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