Story Board workshop
STORY BOARD WORK SHOP
ON THURSDAYS SESSION.....
We had a storyboard Worksop with Helen Schroeder, an independent freelancer animation storyboard artist, who has worked many animated films such as Arthur Christmas and many more.
What we learnt was that storyboards are very interactive, and have to be very flexible. Storyboard artists must consider the acting of characters, what characters look like, where they are in the scene, what angle and where the camera is shooting from, and how many shots is needed to get story points across.
Storyboards are a production tool, used to;
▪️ Work out core ideas and structure of a project
▪️ Visualise action
▪️Portray physicals
▪️Determain costs and production time
▪️Identify issues with timing of action in the animatic
▪️Work out character performance
▪️ Communication
▪️Act out as a blue print, for the project
▪️Sell an idea to others
Techniquely a storyboard is editing a film before it’s made.
The process; STORY BOARD ➡️ ANIMATIC ➡️ STORY REEL ➡️ Layout ➡️ ANIMATION
1 SHOT (10➖12 second)➡️MULITPLE SHOTS ➡️ SCENE ➡️ SCENES➡️ FILM
There’s is different types of storyboards,
▪️ Presentation/pitching board
▪️Shooting board
▪️Animated features; rough exposure, highly detailed action.
▪️ Live action.
Important details is having efficacy of drawings, being able to draw quickly yet getting the right details down to present action and movement. Important not to focus overly on details and drawings need to be done quickly. Every shot must serve a purpose,
With the main concerns of;
▪️What serves the story ?
▪️What information do you give to the reader ?
▪️ What emotions do you want the audience to feel?
▪️ The need to establish characters set up.
Cutting is used to shift audiences focus to important aspects of the story, making sure the viewer will be able to follow the flow of the shots and scene, with out getting confused.
When creating a storyboard we should begin with a beat board, that used only a few shots to tell a story, for example four panels. Then begin to break it down by adding action between frames, post to post, with cutaways setting the tone and staging. You should use rule of thirds, plan staging avoid jump cuts.
If drawn on paper, great time savers is drawing the envoirment in only one frame. The drawings will be scanned in, but there’s no preference between doing it digitally or hand drawn.
ON THURSDAYS SESSION.....
We had a storyboard Worksop with Helen Schroeder, an independent freelancer animation storyboard artist, who has worked many animated films such as Arthur Christmas and many more.
What we learnt was that storyboards are very interactive, and have to be very flexible. Storyboard artists must consider the acting of characters, what characters look like, where they are in the scene, what angle and where the camera is shooting from, and how many shots is needed to get story points across.
Storyboards are a production tool, used to;
▪️ Work out core ideas and structure of a project
▪️ Visualise action
▪️Portray physicals
▪️Determain costs and production time
▪️Identify issues with timing of action in the animatic
▪️Work out character performance
▪️ Communication
▪️Act out as a blue print, for the project
▪️Sell an idea to others
Techniquely a storyboard is editing a film before it’s made.
The process; STORY BOARD ➡️ ANIMATIC ➡️ STORY REEL ➡️ Layout ➡️ ANIMATION
1 SHOT (10➖12 second)➡️MULITPLE SHOTS ➡️ SCENE ➡️ SCENES➡️ FILM
There’s is different types of storyboards,
▪️ Presentation/pitching board
▪️Shooting board
▪️Animated features; rough exposure, highly detailed action.
▪️ Live action.
Important details is having efficacy of drawings, being able to draw quickly yet getting the right details down to present action and movement. Important not to focus overly on details and drawings need to be done quickly. Every shot must serve a purpose,
With the main concerns of;
▪️What serves the story ?
▪️What information do you give to the reader ?
▪️ What emotions do you want the audience to feel?
▪️ The need to establish characters set up.
Cutting is used to shift audiences focus to important aspects of the story, making sure the viewer will be able to follow the flow of the shots and scene, with out getting confused.
When creating a storyboard we should begin with a beat board, that used only a few shots to tell a story, for example four panels. Then begin to break it down by adding action between frames, post to post, with cutaways setting the tone and staging. You should use rule of thirds, plan staging avoid jump cuts.
If drawn on paper, great time savers is drawing the envoirment in only one frame. The drawings will be scanned in, but there’s no preference between doing it digitally or hand drawn.
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