Drawing the storyboard

definition of storyboard

Storyboards are important and is the second part of the filming industry (after screenplay)! Storyboards are a smooth transition from a script to filming, and allow us to see the film before filming. It can tell us where the script needs to be changed to look good in a film, saving time, effort, and possibly money. A storyboard should be so complete that a director who sees a storyboard can, without reading the script or talking to anyone involved in the original project, create the film as it was intended to be.

EXAMPLE: (not very detailed)

What is the purpose of a storyboard?

• To help the creators pre-visualize a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence for the final product.
• Brainstorming storyboard to help creators play with ideas, choosing those ideas that work well together and their ultimate sequence.
• So that the creators go through them to see if their idea has translated into graphic form. If a picture doesn't work, they may rework the drawing or even change a key story action at that point, replacing the picture that doesn't work in the sequence of the story with one that does.
• Also, the creators once they are satisfied with their rough drawings, they do a series of full color illustrations to create a more finished storyboard. Or write down the detail of colour tone around the storyboard.

Main Task

Running on the cracks information-

Get access to the book and read the opening of the story to visualize the action for the final production.

Adapted reflect on creative process-

Creating the storyboard is very important process for me as being creative it has to be very detailed, especially that the camera man (me) can understand the storyboard on how to create it in action on the filming day.  

Challenges-

• Me and the rest of the team challenged how to visualize the book 'Running On The Cracks' as it is an original piece from a writer Julia Donaldson. Meaning we did not exactly have the visual of Julia Donaldson imagined her opening story of the book. However, realizing this in the filming industry, we over come this problem and decided to take the main narrative (story) and create it in our visualization ( being very creative at this point).
• When creating the storyboard the challenged we also faced is what shot type to use for each sequence. This is very important processes in the storyboard as it exposses the meaning and the narrative of the story to the audience.
• If each sequence in the storyboard would be suited in terms of 'match on action'.
• While also being creative visualizing the action of the story in the storyboard, we also have to visualize the sound track that is suitable for each shot, and if it fits with the action.  

We created the opening scene storyboard for the book 'Running On The Cracks'.