Storyboard Workshop

             Another interesting workshop which I attended was the Storyboard workshop with Deborah Truck again. Here are some of the tips which I acknowledged from these sessions:

• ·         Drawing is not the most important skill when you have to create a storyboard although most people think likewise. Far more valuable could be some initial filmmaking, av and photography knowledge which would enrich the creator’s imagination for shot setting.
• ·         The drawing skills which are required from a storyboard artist are only basic and could be developed by drawing more and more storyboards.
• ·         Storyboards usually do not include details of the interior since their main role is to illustrate the type of shot, not the props list. The drawings also do not include parts of the script, only abbreviation of the type of shot used (MS – medium shot) and the transition from the previous shot (cut to).
• ·         However an exception could be if you’re a filmmaker who is responsible for most of the key roles of his video (storyboard, filming, audio, etc). In this case you could add some information to the storyboard, such as notes, audio used, second for a shot, text, included in the shot, etc. in order order to schedule your vision for the different components of the final project and to safe time.