What is a storyboard ?
A storyboard is basically like comic books but they are a series of images that tell a story . They are part of the pre production ,
process in films , Tv , games as well as apps and adverts to plan out different aspects of the finished product .
What does a storyboard include ?
The plan of a storyboard includes the type of camera shots as well as the movements plus the sound effects and special effects for that certain scene .
Who might use a storyboard ?
A production team of a film will then use the direction of the story board to set up and get the equipment needed to capture the shot .The editors will also need the storyboard to decided what transitions to add in between frames and also the choice of audio .
Storyboards for different media products :
Films
Tv
Adverts
Music
Videogames
Apps
This is a storyboard for the long running Series Family Guy .TV and also film storyboard focus on a particular scene or element of a scene like in this storyboard its Peter Griffin in a boat .The information will more likely focus on camera shot types and camera movements and have some information about au what audio to use and effects . It may include locations.
This is a music storyboard for Eminem music video "Not afraid ".Storyboards for music videos which are 4 minutes will have any scene as it has got a shorter time frame . As with films storyboards the details will be the same it will focus on camera shot types and camera movement but there would be more information about transitions and effects and possibly some information about where the song and the connection to the song and its story and where it fits in with the music .
This is a advertisement storyboard for a Spanish food product . storyboards for 30 second adverts will normally include every scene as its a shorter time frame .For an advertisement storyboard there would be more information about the audio if there is music or spoken word and captions , graphics or even logos used in the advert and in this certain storyboard you can see different ways the product has been used to attracted the client .
This is an example of an app storyboard which will focus on how it looks on a mobile phone .The details might include layout , artwork , navigation menus and options which is a key part of pre production .
This is an example of a gaming storyboard from Supermario Bros 1985 that someone has drawn it doesn't have much written information about what is going on in the photos .however what needs to be included when making a game storyboard is 2 elements game play storyboard is what happened whilst playing the game and a non gameplay storyboard is the intro screen or what happens in the game e.g. in levels in the game.
My storyboard inspired by Lion king I just cant wait to be king .