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 whether 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.
Even though for our actual work we are producing a music video, I have used storyboards from a film and TV show as it was difficult to find a storyboard for a music video.
Analysis of ‘The Simpsons’ Storyboard.
This storyboard is slightly different as it is for an animation so therefore it doesn't involve having to go out and film in different locations. What is drawn on here is probably going to be exactly what is going to be on screen apart from maybe things which contain a lot of detail.
The above storyboard contains 16 scenes. This storyboard contains quite alot of detail such as annotations on how people and objects should move e.g. an arrow in the first scene by Homers head to show that his head should turn and in which direction. Other annotations that are on the storyboard state the kinds of shots that should be used for example in scene 8 it reads 'start in close-up (c/u)'. More information that is featured is timings, above each scene it states how long each scene should be so this will be helpful so that you can have an idea of how long you will/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.
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.
Undearneath 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 only the woman is in the shot.
Undearneath 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 only the woman is in the shot.
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