Key:

Green - Improvements

Red - Peer Assessment

Pink - Teacher Marking

To be able to understand how storyboards are used for pre production and planning in different context. Amber

What is a storyboard?

A storyboard is a collection of different scenes in cinema or animation represented visually as sketches of each scene.

Why is it important?

A storyboard is important because they help directors separate scenes and write about them individually in more detail. Using a storyboard when creating a product is key so that you have an overall idea and plan of what your end product should look like. It is a key feature in pre production as drawing ideas is the best way to alter them.

Basic storyboard of my day 

Storyboard for television advert

In this storyboard we can see an advertisement for a Mcdonald's burger. The board starts off by grabbing the audience's attention with an old man and what we can assume is his son looking back on photos from the elderly man's past. (War is shown to gather sympathy from the audience) The older gentleman can then be seen purchasing food from a drive thru, the caterer is shown delivering the product to the gentleman with a noticeable friendly face. In the next scene the product is clearly displayed and then it cuts back to the old man and his son reminding the audience of the sympathetic feeling regarding the war. The final scene shows the company logo.

In conclusion we can see that this storyboard uses a story to gather the audience's attention and make them care about the product. We can clearly see the jumping between scenes of product placement and the story. Some advertisements for products just show the product and price without having a heartwarming story but this particular storyboard illustrates a story on top of the product.

Storyboard for cinema

This type of storyboard shows crudely drawn sketches of scenes from what looks like a drama. The storyboard tells us what each shot used is by having a number to identify them. Beneath each shot number we can see the actions and directions of what the characters have to do or say. Arrows are used to point out the directions characters are facing or moving when performing an action. 

Storyboard for animation

This is a drawn storyboard of the 1995 film Toy Story, this storyboard depicts a scene of animated toy soldiers moving through a house. Some of the images have arrows to indicate the motion of the characters and furthermore there are multiple curved lines to indicate the impacts that the characters are making with the environment. Each of the images have been drawn to scale, you can tell this based on the size of the background objects behind the characters in each scene. The toy soldiers can be seen parachuting from the staircase with depictions of their parachutes 'popping' open. The scale of the stairs and power outlets in the walls show the scale of the characters. 

Storyboard for videogame

This is a storyboard for the process of a small video game. This type of storyboard determines the mechanics of the game and describes what information is displayed on screen. This clearly has an illustration of the arrow keys and a description saying what they control in the game. A storyboard for a small game is important in the pre production stages as it ensures the developers have a basic idea of style and functionality. 

Storyboard for video game character

This is a character storyboard for a creature known as a mirelurk from the game Fallout 3 (2008). Creating a storyboard for individual characters is good because it can demonstrate their attributes more clearly as well as give a rough idea of how they will look in the game. Notes are added next to the characters main features to better describe them. Next to the crab-like creatures pincers we can make out a note that the character storyboarder has included when sketching the image. The note next to the pincers states that the giant appendages could be used in combat to disarm a weapon such as a machine gun. This is an example of forward thinking when creating a storyboard. Different angles of the character have been drawn to show the game developers what the character looks like from all angles so when they animate it they know exactly how it should look. 

How to make a storyboard (With Tyler Nation)

Our project will display how to make a storyboard in a bird's eye view above a whiteboard. A step by step guide will be drawn out for the audience with an over text narrating what is happening. The tutorial will be separated into four

stages. Creating a template, adding a script, sketches and finally notes describing what is happening. Tyler will be sketching and writing  in the scenes in match with the steps. 

Step 1:  Create your template

Draw a series of rectangles as if you were creating a comic strip and leave space beneath them for your notes.

Step 2: Writing your script

Under each rectangle write a line of script the links to what is happening in the scene.

Step 3: Sketching

Drawing out your scenes doesn't have to be basic as its only the base for pre production ideas

Step 4: Describing your storyboard

Each scene needs to be described so that it is identified as a storyboard and not a comic

Explore storyboard skills for production purposes

The anatomy of a storyboard is made up of a sequence of different scenes. Every time a scene cuts the 

dialogue and actions occurring will be different.

Exploration of how drawing and design are in storyboards Amber

To be able to experiment with storyboards.

To be able to know how drawing and design  are used in storyboards.

Games

Tv shows

Adverts

Products 

Film

Animation

Documentaries

Music video 

Development for two storyboards of moving image productions