story boarding

Storyboarding:
What purpose does storyboarding serve?
- The purpose of a storyboard is to photograph each and every shot of a production with a list of information for the directors and actors written below.
- The storyboard allows the director of the production to visualise the whole film before filming.
- It also allows you to change elements if they don’t work visually, before the expensive filmmaking process.
Each frame of the Storyboard should contain the following elements:

1. Shot number - Each shot of the storyboard must be numbered so that the intended sequence of the shots can be followed.
2. Framing - Is the shot a close up? Medium shot? Long shot?
3. Drawing - A drawing visualisation of what is happening in the shot.
4. Action - Brief description of what is happening in the shot.
5. Dialogue - Single lines of dialogue may be written (optional)
6. Sound Effects - Are there any specific sounds, diegetic, and non diegetic?

Each frame on the storyboard must have a shot description, such as framing, ecu, ls, etc.
Also information on movement and position such as the following abbreviations could be added:

• H/A - high angle
• L/A - low angle
• POV - point of view
• 2-SHOT - two people in a shot
• OTS - over the shoulder
• TRACK/DOLLY - move camera on wheeled platform
• CRAB - sideways movement
• PULL FOCUS - change what is focused on
• Below is a copy of my storyboard for my music production which I produced by hand and have scanned and imported onto my blog: