Storyboards

Storyboards are used within filming to create a visual aid to the directors so they fully know what the scene is meant to be like so that the filming goes smoothly. Storyboards can show exactly what needs to happen in each scene alongside the script to show a clear picture of the story. The layout of the storyboard is usually pictures and annotations in a comic strip layout to show in detail the description of the scene. Storyboards are a useful thing to have in production as they clearly set out what each scene involves such as the camera angles and the layout. Negatives of producing a storyboard is the fact that it needs to be detailed it is a very time consuming process and you may not have the time to produce a story board accordingly. Although a storyboard is quite detailed it only can convey so much detail through the drawings and the notes. Below is an example of a storyboard layout: