Storyboards9 J

Carranballac New Inventors

What’s in a storyboard?Today we are going to explore the components

needed to create a storyboard for our Inventors TV show.

Our aims for today are to Identify the main components of a storyboard Tell the difference between a long shot, medium

shot and a close upBecome familiar with the terms frame, shot, zoom,

cut, angleCreate our own storyboard

What is a storyboard?A storyboard is like a script but with pictures.The storyboard is used by the director, camera

operator and anyone involved with the making of a visual production.

It is the most important part of the making of a video, television show or film.

All involved look at the storyboard to know what they are to capture on film. The crew recreates the storyboard as closely as possible.

Examples of storyboards

A storyboard cell has these 4

elements

SHOT TYPE

CAMERA MOVEME

NT

DESCRIPTION OF ACTION

AND DIALOGUE

IMAGE

The storyboard image

The image shows what the camera is to shoot.

This is called a shot or frame

Storyboard to camera

CU

STILL

Justin staring directly at camera, tilted headBored expression

Shot type

Camera move

Close Up (CU)A close up (CU) is exactly what you think it is.

Close

The face and part of the neck and shoulders are seen.

Medium shot (MS)A medium shot (MS) shows the person’s face and body but not their legs

Long shot (LS)A long shot (LS) shows the whole person or object in relation to their surroundings

Extreme Close Up (XCU)An extreme close up (XCU) is extremely close The face is not shown in full only certain features are in frame

Two shot, Three shot, Four shotA two shot means there are two people in the frame/shot

Therefore a three shot means three people, four shot four people Very rarely will you see more than five people in a single tv/film shot because often the camera will not fit them all in.

Point of ViewA point of view shot is simply someone or something’s point of view, the camera often shakes and moves rapidly

POV

Tracking forward

Camera moves forward shakily, towards open door heavy breathing can be heard, shot is blurry

Your tasks today1. Storyboard the 3 photos on your table 1

CU, 1 MS, 1 LS

2. Create 3 storyboard frames of your choice – they can be a CU, MS, LS, XCU, XLS, POV

3. Photograph your storyboarded pictures

4. Watch New Inventors segment - Take note of shots used and storyboard the

segment