Pre-Production and Storyboarding

Pre-Production Introduction:

The Rundown:

As described in the video above, forming your ideas and shots on paper is instrumental to making your filming both better and easier to accomplish. In the lesson and assignment below, you will be introduced to the first, most basic form of pre-production: storyboards.

The Instruction:

Storyboard graphic example:

For a free, digital storyboard template: A4 Storyboard Template - 6-Panel - Landscape - StudioBinder.pdf Links to an external site..

You can also use Canva.com Links to an external site. or other digital tools to create a storyboard. You can login to Canva using your student district email.

The Requirements:

Download the storyboard linked above or create your own. Afterward, create a storyboard for your Unit 1 project abiding by the following criteria:

• Draw 10 or more panels for your storyboard (one panel per shot you plan to film). Drawings do not need to be beautiful, but they do need to be understandable and represent effort.
• Write a verbal description for each shot in the space below panels.
• Draw arrows to indicate and character movement or camera movement you plan to use in your shots (including a comment on what the arrow represents). Note: Movement is not required for your shots.
• For each shot, plan and write down at least one compositional principles you plan to use in that shot. There should be eight different principles used throughout your video.

Students completing an alternative assignment are welcome to adapt these requirements to their specific project goals. However, it is strongly recommended that you set requirements which require you to apply similar degrees of both creativity and compositional planning, as well as any requirements which help to achieve your personal project objectives.