Storyboarding Workshop - William E. Macaulay Honors...
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Storyboarding Workshop Alexis Carrozza, ITF [email protected] Seminar 1: The Arts in New York November 19, 2015
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Storyboarding&theVideoAssignment
• Whatisstoryboarding?Howwillithelpme?Whatresourcesareavailable?
• Outcomes:– Learnbasicsofstoryboarding,pracRceinclass
– Developprojectplanningandmanagementskillsbyusinglow-stakesprojects
Right:StoryboardforJurassicPark(1993)byDavidLowerySource:Flavorwire:AwesomeStoryboardsfrom15ofYourFavoriteFilms
Youtube:“Crea-veSpark:Dus-nLanceBlack”“InthisvideoOscar-winningscreenwriterDusRnLanceBlack—Milk,J.Edgar—takesusthroughhisownprocess,fromhowhegoesaboutresearchingtohowhelaysoutsceneswri`enonhundredsofindexcards.”[Source]
Low-stakesAc-vity#1:Createastoryboardaboutmakingasandwich
Usingtheindexcards,create
astoryboardabouttheprocessofmakingasandwich.
YoumaywanttothinkofthisasastoryboardthatanswersthequesRon“Howdoyou
makeasandwich?”Considerthefollowing:• Keepingoneideatoacard• Whatisa“cinemaRc”imagefor
thisprocess?• Story=beginning,middle,end• Whoisyouraudience?
“TheAvengers”StoryboardarRst:JaneWu
Source:
“15MovieStoryboards:SeetheEarlyConcepRonsofYourFavoriteMovieScenes,”Screencrush.com
Low-stakesAc-vity#2:CreateastoryboardwithyourthreeobjectsUsingtheindexcards,createastoryboardforyourobjects.Useoneobject/cardsothatyoucanmovethecardsaroundasyouenvisionyourfinalassignment.Considerthefollowing:• Whydidyouchoosetheobject?
Howcanyoucommunicatethatreasontoanaudience?
• WhydotheseobjectscompriseanarraRveorstoryaboutyourself?
• Tryrearrangingthecardstoconsiderdifferentbeginning/middle/end
• Perhapsconsidertheobject’sconnecRontoyourgroup’stheme.
• MaybekeepaseparatesheetofpapertojotdownconnecRons,inspiraRon,ornotes
FindingNemostory-board
Source:Pa`yP.,userphotouploadedtoPixarAnimaRonStudiosonYelp
CreaRngyourvideoassignment&thevalueofthelow-stakesproject• Toprepforyour
assignment,createalow-stakesprojecttolearnhowtouseiMovie– Example:film3minutesofyourpet;editthefootageinto1minutemoviethatshowcasesyourpet’spersonality.
• Benefitsoflow-stakesprojects
Right:PixarStoryboardingRooms• BehindthescenesofInsideOut
• TheMakingofWALL-E
Keytakeaways
• TwomethodsofpreparaRonthatallowyoutotroubleshootinadvance:– Storyboarding– Thelow-stakesproject/acRvity
• Short-termbenefit:preparaRonforyourvideoassignment
• Long-termbenefits– Developproject&Rmemanagementskills– EnhancevisualthinkingandcommunicaRonskills
