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Storyboards

We will use this storyboard worksheet (PDF) during our workshop in class.

The excellent storyboard will contain as much detail as possible about the proposed finished product.

• Remember what you've read about storyboards in our textbook.
• Remember what you've read in the additional information about storyboards (including suggested software and examples of completed storyboards accompanying their corresponding completed videos) at "How To Create Storyboards".
• Storyboards should contain detailed information about the following elements:
  • Setting
  • Movement by characters or objects
  • Script / dialogue
  • Soundtrack or sound effects
  • Shooting angle
  • Any other relevant element you will include
• Consider these questions as you create your storyboard:
  • Is the initial setting or context clearly evident? How is each setting or segment change represented auditorially, visually, spatially, or linguistically—via intertitles, transitions, or other means?
  • Is each character/interview/subject matter differentiated in some way (if it’s necessary to do so)?
  • Are important character or object movements indicated? (For example, if it’s important that a character is seen rolling his or her eyes, have you used arrows around the eyeballs or something else to indicate that movement? Or if a car is supposed to exit the right side of the frame, how have you shown that?)
  • Are snippets of major dialogue included underneath the storyboard visuals? If not, what are the key ideas that need to be expressed in each scene or segment?
  • Are sound effects or musical scores noted (usually under the dialogue or scene)? Do you indicate what these audio elements will be and how long or loud they will be?

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