Storyboard

Storyboard

This is another important document in the pre-production process which allows the team to visualize the different shots and the positioning of the actors, equipment or props in the shot. Very basic drawings (like stick men) make up a storyboard but the layout of where they’re positioned is vital. If the different frames of a storyboard were just quickly sketched with little thought, this could produce problems when it comes to setting up a scene.

Examples of storyboards.

  Here there’s a very basic description of each shot and

 what’s contained within the frames.

This is an example of a storyboard for the cartoon ‘The Simpsons’. Each shot is roughly sketched to proportion and detail with slight info on the top of each frame for the shot, timing and scene number.