3D DESIGN STUDIO 2

STORYBOARDING

What is storyboarding?
Storyboarding is a graphic representation of how your video will unfold, shot by shot.
 It consists of multiple squares, with illustrations or pictures representing each shot.
 It also consists of notes that explains the shot being visually represented.

How storyboards help? (Importance)

 Storyboards are roadmaps or guide maps of a video. By planning out videos and films, one
becomes aware when and how to create shots once the filming begins.
 Some consider it as a time consuming process but it’s much easier to get feedbacks and
edit storyboards than the video itself. (Less time consuming)
 It serves to be the best and the easiest way to share and explain visions of a video.

Sleeping beauty storyboard meeting

Types of storyboards
 Traditional:
Involves a series of pencil sketches. They are still quite common in filmmaking, since
they’re made quickly and inexpensively.

‘The little orphan’ Tom and Jerry storyboard.

 Thumbnail:
A thumbnail storyboard is usually used by a small team–or even a team of one–who already
have a good understanding of how they want to visually portray their idea.
These are quick and easy to create, since the sketches/illustrations do not require any text.
Hitchcock’s 1960
 Digital:
The word, ‘digital’ itself gives the idea of a storyboard that requires the use of digital media.
A digital storyboard is perfect for animated videos because you can use the exact graphics
that will be shown in the final video.
Why is it important to go step by step?
In order to keep the story in flow, storyboarding has to be a step by step process. It gives the idea
of the story –that has been created –from beginning to the end. If the shots illustrated are jumbled,
it becomes difficult to understand the story. Later, it creates difficulty in the production/processing
of the video/film.
Can comics be considered as storyboards?
The pane of a well-developed comic and storyboard are similar, however there are enough distinct
differences that set them apart:

 The first distinct feature of a comic and a storyboard is the ‘intended audience’. Comics are
finished products meant to be read whereas storyboarding is a planning process that doesn’t
make it to the final cut (behind the scene of a movie/animated film). Storyboards are not
intended to be viewed by the audience. They’re a part of a larger production pipeline, and
they are only meant to be seen/understood by other artists working in the studio.
 A storyboard artist's main job is determining the general placement and arrangement of the
camera/characters/objects/backgrounds in a scene. On the contrary, comics does not involve
such complex stages.
We usually come through a lot of
comics that have been made into
movies/animated films. For example,
the rabbi’s cat, marvel, sin city, etc.
These movies had comics as the main
storyboard, however there are added
elements such as point of views,
impact, settings and perspectives that
are considered and discussed
amongst the storyboard team before it
is finally filmed.
https://youtu.be/3xwonyZdhgs.com
(Monsters Inc. storyboard comparison)

The rabbi's cat.