Commission: Storyboarding
When you make a video for a business, be it a promotional video, a training video, or any short online business video, planning is extremely important. One of the most important stages of planning out your video is creating a storyboard; a visual representation of how you want your piece to look shot by shot.
I find the process of storyboarding difficult given I'm not the best at drawing, and it can be very time consuming. However, its very useful in the long run, and is definitely worth it for me in helping me visualise my idea.
According to go animate.com "We’ve all had experiences where we were trying to explain something and the other person just can’t see your vision." This is very true, if I can't explain my idea myself then why not put it into pictures. Most filmmakers are visual learners, and looking at what I need can come across better than reading what I need. While a shoot list will be equally as useful, a storyboard will really help me to visualise and bring my idea together to see how it flows before filming or even editing. If parts on paper to link well together in the storyboard I can change t for the final piece which may save me time in the long run when both filming and editing. If I think I need to shoot something but it turns out it doesn't work then theres little to no point in wasting time filming it, especially in such a fast paced environment. Equally I also have an understanding of the fact that its better to get more coverage when filming as it can help in the edit; it's better to have more than less. "When you film something, you need to get enough different shots to show everything you need to show. If you don’t have coverage, your scene may not cut together well. It might be boring, it may not make sense, or it might be jerky." (http://learnaboutfilm.com/making-a-film/organising-filmmaking-process/filming/coverage-get-the-shots-you-need/)
I find the process of storyboarding difficult given I'm not the best at drawing, and it can be very time consuming. However, its very useful in the long run, and is definitely worth it for me in helping me visualise my idea.
According to go animate.com "We’ve all had experiences where we were trying to explain something and the other person just can’t see your vision." This is very true, if I can't explain my idea myself then why not put it into pictures. Most filmmakers are visual learners, and looking at what I need can come across better than reading what I need. While a shoot list will be equally as useful, a storyboard will really help me to visualise and bring my idea together to see how it flows before filming or even editing. If parts on paper to link well together in the storyboard I can change t for the final piece which may save me time in the long run when both filming and editing. If I think I need to shoot something but it turns out it doesn't work then theres little to no point in wasting time filming it, especially in such a fast paced environment. Equally I also have an understanding of the fact that its better to get more coverage when filming as it can help in the edit; it's better to have more than less. "When you film something, you need to get enough different shots to show everything you need to show. If you don’t have coverage, your scene may not cut together well. It might be boring, it may not make sense, or it might be jerky." (http://learnaboutfilm.com/making-a-film/organising-filmmaking-process/filming/coverage-get-the-shots-you-need/)
Reference
https://resources.goanimate.com/what-is-a-storyboard-and-why-do-you-need-one/
(http://learnaboutfilm.com/making-a-film/organising-filmmaking-process/filming/coverage-get-the-shots-you-need/)
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