Story board workshop

Story boarding is essential for this unit and as of such we had a story boarding workshop to show us the ins and outs for it. The main basics include putting the frames in the right format, drawing outside the frames if necessary, using arrows to show what directions the characters or camera is moving as well as just being quick. Story boarding is slightly different then writing a story as its all just about drawing the individual shots in the right places with the right angle and instructions, these are not final but rather a rough guide for the filming. The first exercise was meant to get us in the right frame of mind for this purpose.

We had to find an example of an animation, film or music video and right down in detail what kind of shot it is, camera movement (if necessary) and roughly what is happening in the scene. For this I chose the music video for my favorite song called Iron by Wood kid.

The second exercise was very different from the first. We had to construct a rough story board for a scene in a busy restaurant. However, we had to use stills from already existing  films or photos to construct it. The type of shot and camera movement had to be written in as well. For the actual story the pictures where telling is down to me as well.

The third exercise is still being done but it is essentially the same as the first exercise we did. The only difference being that we also have to make a story board as well. The scene I am using is from Toy Story and is the scene withe the army men.