PLANNING- Storyboarding

As we are now moving on  with our planning, we have to start storyboarding.This is something which I haven't done before and didn't really understand how to do; so I found yesterday's lesson very helpful as I learned how to storyboard and why it was important.

I found it helpful and interesting to learn why storyboarding was important:

• it's pitching an idea to someone and helping them actually visualise what youintend to create rather than just imagining it from descriptions.
• it links the planning and filming process together
• we can visualiselinks between the shots,graphics and action
• timings, continuity and pace
• helps you gain technical awareness and understanding
• revise narrative sequencing
• it's a chance to make last minute decisions and make any changes

We also watched a video in the lesson of the director of 'The Sixth Sense' talking about storyboarding and how it helps him; I saw shots of his storyboards for the films which have helped me as I now know what they look like and how they should be designed. From watching this video I gained more of an understanding about storyboards. They allow you to think ahead and plan things which might be hard to film at one time; they stop people who watch the film from getting wrong interperetations if the shots are misleading and haven't been planned. It saves time on set  as the shots are pre planned; making films easier as well as saving money as it literally doesn't require anything except drawing, whereas some directors choose to plan it on a computer which costs a lot of money.