Storyboard

Storyboard

Broadcasting 3

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What is a storyboard?

Multiple Choice

Storyboards are a technical document

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

You need to know how to draw to make a storyboard

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Who can be in charge of the storyboard? (Select all correct answers)

• Director

• Storyboarder

• Production designers

• Cinematographers

Multiple Choice

What does the panel represent?

• Duration of a scene

• What the camera will see

• The special effects needed

• The soundtrack in that scene

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Why is there different size of panels?

What is a storyboard?

A storyboard is a sequence of drawings or illustrations used to map out key events in stories, videos, commercials and other similar projects. It is essentially a scene-by-scene plan of your project.

​(Copy in your notebook)

• There are many benefits for using a storyboard to plan your project, such as:

• Helps you visualise each scene in your project.

• Put scenes into a logical order that makes sense. 

• Clearly communicate your ideas to other team members.

• Make sure you don’t miss out on anything crucial.

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Mention 2 benefits of a storyboard

How to use a storyboard

As mentioned earlier storyboards are great for planning your story. However, they are not-so-great at idea generation or idea development. For this reason, it is important to have your idea clearly mapped out before using your storyboard template. 

For example, you have an idea of ninja cats who steal food from their neighbour’s house at night. The first step to defining this idea is brainstorming (see image below):

Multiple Choice

Storyboards are great for generating ideas for a project

• True

• False

Brainstorm

Brainstorming is the part where you quickly jot as many ideas as you can down on a piece of paper. It is important not to worry about whether your ideas make sense or not, as later on you can remove any bits that don’t make sense.

At this point you may be able to visualise how the story may flow, what the main characters may look like, even how the story is going to start or end. This is a sign that your story is slowly coming to life.

The next step is to use your brainstorm to list the key events of your story. You can put these events in the order you want them to happen. Below, you can see the key events in the ninja cat example.

The Storyboard

For each event you listed previously you can draw a simple and quick drawing of it in the boxes provided in the template, with a short description of what that scene is about.

​Make a storyboard

Use the images to make a storyboard. Paste them in your notebook and don't forget to add text explaining what is going on.

Match

Match the following

A boy playing with his dog

Then he can't find his dog

He makes posters for his missing dog

The boy is sad because he can't find him

He finds his dog and is happy again

• A boy playing with his dog

• Then he can't find his dog

• He makes posters for his missing dog

• The boy is sad because he can't find him

• He finds his dog and is happy again

Making a storyboard

​The Red Riding Hood

Read the short story.

Then make a list of 8 key events.

Then make a story board in your notebook.