Storyboards

Note: There are no made up words today, cause I have a fever, and am not feeling creative -_-

As was mentioned in class, storyboards are like the roadmaps for films. But what exactly does that mean?
Storyboards are kind of like the scripts for movement, instead of lines. They help frame the shot before it's shot. They tell the person behind the camera what to do. Like, "in this scene where the cowboy is staring at the unicorn, begin with a close up on the cowboy's mustache, then pan out and zoom in on the unicorns nostrils." Or...something like that.

Even though I was sort of making fun of storyboards up there, they're massively important. Just like any script in a production, whether it be journalistic, or your backyard zombie horror film, you need to know what you're doing and where you're going before you do it.

Storyboards also help you show others your rough ideas to get feedback. You show someone your storyboard and they can easily tell you what needs to be tweaked, or what needs to be gotten rid of altogether.

In a multimedia story, the storyboard can help organize all the bits and pieces. Like "Oh we'll put that still photo there." and "That clip of audio would fit perfectly right there." It helps to make sure that everything runs a bit more smoothly.


(I got my information from reading these two sites: http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/starttofinish/storyboarding/ and http://accad.osu.edu/womenandtech/Storyboard%20Resource/ )