Storyboards allow you to quickly and easily pre-visualise your ideas. As the old saying goes : 'a picture speaks a thousand words'.
As for websites - try searching on google.
hi iam a director
and i was discussing with young film makers here about storyboard some see its amust some see no need just a shooting script with details about cam angle and hight and lens acting all can be written no needto draw so what do u all think i want to ask about it and see if there is availiable sites baout this topic
Storyboards allow you to quickly and easily pre-visualise your ideas. As the old saying goes : 'a picture speaks a thousand words'.
As for websites - try searching on google.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's clear to see... [img]wink.gif[/img]hi iam a director
Erm, I'll go by your subject heading question; yes, I believe in storyboards. They can be very useful to show complicated actions that you want to shoot, however they can be very restrictive too. I wouldn't storyboard an entire film ever, only sequences that would require a stunt, complex action, special effect or complicated blocking.
There is no right or wrong advice on the subject of storyboards- use whatever works for you.
Firstly, can you write in plain English so we can understand what the hell you are saying. A full stop here and there wouldn't go a miss. You might get more replies that way.
Anyway, I like to storyboard as much as I can before shooting. I usually end up changing the shots on the day but at least I know that I have a vague idea how I'm going to shoot a sequence so it's one less thing to think about.
A good book is Cinematic Motion by Steve D. Katz, it talks quite a bit about storyboards near the start of the book and has some really good sequence construction stuff later on.
Also there are quie a few programs that essentially do the storyboards for you. You put models where you want them and set the camera angle and print out a storyboard from that. I tihnk Despin used this sort of program to do some boards for his last short. Maybe he could tell you what he used.
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ January 25, 2004 10:12 AM: Message edited by: andyblaa ]</font>
As a DoP if I don't see Storyboards I get worried. I did a couple low-budget projects early on in my career where the director said that He/She didn't need them.....WRONG.
Also, I won't even look at a script if it has camera movements and lighting written into it. I just hand it back to the person who gave it to me and say "Sorry. Do you have a proper script?" and if they say no I leave.
Use Storyboards. Use Storyboards. Use Storyboards.
Good Luck
PS--Did I mention to use storyboards??
Hey there.
It all depends I guess. If you're confident and operating the camera yourself then don't worry about them. But often if you spend a little time just jotting down a rough shot list and few little thumbnail pics. It helps when you turn up on the day. That you have a place to start. Chances are you'll drop them when you start looking through the camera. But it's always good to have back up.
Now if you have someone else operating the camera and a whole bunch of people to work with I think they are very helpful. You can spend 10 minutes explaining how you want things to look when it could have just been a case of you telling people we're on page 7 shot 4 and have everyone know instantly what you're talking about.
Despin out.
I belieeve in storyboards, tthough there i a difference between good and crap storyboards,
on my photo albums , there is anb album for the storyboards for the beach. they were shit and not ver useful. however the storyboards i did on shoots 3 and 4 were a hell of a lot useful as a tool. (u can see them in ome of hte pictures)
I DOP'd on a shoot recently and the directors storyboards were to flat to get any real milieage out of them.
Also though i have done in thte past is use floorplanss, diagrams, camera movent diagrams to support a shot list which also works to, though my preference thorugh experience is ot go for storyboards.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes, definitely.do u beleave in storyboard
Storyboards allow you to develop ideas visually, and in this way are incredibly useful -- even if they aren't used tightly during shoots.
yes, storyboarding helps.
Im currently making a silent film, so its the only direction we really have.
A film story is told through
-selective choice of sequential camera angles
-what the actors say
-what the actors do and to a lesser extent
-what soundtrack does.
Since Ive taken out what the actors say that leaves a lot of weight on the others.
It makes it interesting, trying to tell a story, and keep it interesting when no one says anything.
Storyboards are everything for that.
For me the storyboard, or cartoon strip it has become my script.
Besides showing you what the scene will look like and being able to share that with everyone, they help work out the logistics of a shot, and wether you can acheive it or have to try something else.
good luck
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ January 26, 2004 06:52 AM: Message edited by: eidde ]</font>
For me, it depends on the project. For something like Running Like Mad, the entire pre-production was one week. It wasn't my choice, but that's all we had to write, develop and prepare the shoot. I couldn't be arsed with storyboards, so we didn't use them. It was mainly dialogue anyway.
But something like Angry and Moist, which I've been working on for about 7 or 8 months and will probably be working on for another 6, I've storyboarded extensively. It's got a lot more action and FX shots so these need a lot more preperation.
But I like to storyboard, it gives me an excuse to draw where in this harsh and hectic world I don't usually get time.
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