Storyboarding

What is a 'Storyboard'?

• A comic book strip that will only be used in print

• a sequence of drawings, typically with some directions and dialogue, representing the shots planned for a film or television production.

• screenshots from a video that will look the exact same as the final product

• All of the above

Which option(s) best describes how you will do your storyboard?

• On paper by hand

• Using the template provided on a program like MS Paint

• By using an online storyboard application/website like Canva

• I don't know yet

The Lost Thing encourages the reader to consider the difference between inference and literal meaning. In your own words, what is the difference?

Which of these would be an example of repetition used by Shaun Tan:

• Tiny people working on the beach, careless of the huge looming concrete, dam-like, cliff holding up the crowded city behind them.

• A huge looming concrete, dam-like, cliff holding up the crowded city with two massive staircases to get up to the town.

• A thin, dark, beachline peppered with small, white and grey beach umbrellas.

• Big, rusty, dirty tubes coming out the side of the cliff

Which of these would be an example of understatement used by Shaun Tan:

• Tiny people working on the beach, careless of the huge looming concrete, dam-like, cliff holding up the crowded city behind them.

• A huge looming concrete, dam-like, cliff holding up the crowded city with two massive staircases to get up to the town.

• A thin, dark, beachline peppered with small, white and grey beach umbrellas.

• Big, rusty, dirty tubes coming out the side of the cliff

Which of these would be an example of exaggeration used by Shaun Tan:

• Tiny people working on the beach, careless of the huge looming concrete, dam-like, cliff holding up the crowded city behind them.

• A huge looming concrete, dam-like, cliff holding up the crowded city with two massive staircases to get up to the town.

• A thin, dark, beachline peppered with small, white and grey beach umbrellas.

• Big, rusty, dirty tubes coming out the side of the cliff

Which of these would be an example of juxtaposition used by Shaun Tan:

• Tiny people working on the beach, careless of the huge looming concrete, dam-like, cliff holding up the crowded city behind them.

• A huge looming concrete, dam-like, cliff holding up the crowded city with two massive staircases to get up to the town.

• A thin, dark, beachline peppered with small, white and grey beach umbrellas.

• Big, rusty, dirty tubes coming out the side of the cliff

Remember your storyboard and video is about The Lost Thing but you are free to talk about any elements of it, which elements or themes will you focus on?

• Conformity

• Isolation

• Friendship

• Diversity

In no more than a sentence, what do you think is the most important message from The Lost Thing?

Are sweet potatoes the best?

• Yes

• Yes but underlined