Storyboarding

Storyboarding is the process used mostly in film to capture a specific scene in time and detail it with descriptions of what is going on along with the drawn piece in order to perfect what’s needed to bring a scene to life. What I learned about storyboarding in this lesson was the extensive process that was needed to detail the future scenes before a filmmaker goes out to get equipment and casts. Some storyboards with smaller boxes – like the one I made – are more reliant on texts while others that are larger ones are more focused on the art and add in additional details to the inside of the portrait. The storyboard gives the creator a sense of the mise en scène that needs to be addressed in the financial aspect and creative liberties. By mapping out the potential scenes that don’t get scrapped, they can focus on the costumes, – it could be medieval for a historical type of movie – lighting, – lowkey lighting for the scary moment of a horror film – and more. Understanding this concept and the fact that all storyboards looked different, I decided to focus on my more usual approach – especially since I’m the director in this situation – and used the writing approach and invigorated more art into the situation to break free from the wording to occupy myself more into the scene. I think the art is the more important part of storyboarding since all members of the crew have to visualize the scene in order to perform to the best of their abilities while the descriptions are underlying notes that mainly rely on the drawn scenes in order to function.

The video I used for the opening scene is viewable by clicking the words below.

Alvin and the Chipmunks Opening Scene