Storyboards Information

Once an idea for script is written for a film or animation, the next step is to make a storyboard. A storyboard visually tells the story of an animation or film panel by panel, like in a comic book.

A Storyboard convays:
- What characters are in the frame, how are they moving?
- What are they saying/doing?
- How much time has passed from each frame.
- Where the "camera" is in the scene.
- Close or faraway?
- Is the camera moving?

Creating a storyboard helps a filmmaker plan their project out shot by shot. You can make changes to your storyboard before you start animating or filming, instead of changing your mind later. You will also be able to talk about your animation or film with others and gain feedback on your ideas.

Here is some storyboard language I learnt while studying Storyboards:-

Close-up Shot: A close range of distance between the camera and the subject.
Dissolve: A transition between two shots, where one shot fades away and simultaneously another shot fades in.
Fade: A transition from a shot to black where the image gradually becomes darker is a Fade Out; or from black where the image gradually becomes brighter is a Fade In.
High Camera Angle: A camera angle which looks down on its subject making it look small, weak or unimportant.
Jump Cut: A rapid, jerky transition from one frame to the next, either disrupting the flow of time or movement within a scene or making an abrupt transition from one scene to another.
Level Camera Angle: A camera angle which is even with the subject; it may be used as a neutral shot.
Long Shot: A long range of distance between the camera and the subject, often providing a broader range of the setting.
Low Camera Angle: A camera angle which looks up at its subject; it makes the subject seem important and powerful.
PAN: A steady, sweeping movement from on point in a scene to another
POV: A shot which is understood to be seen from the POV of a character within the scene
Reaction Shot: A shot of someone looking off screen
Tilt: Using a camera on a tripod, the camera moves up or down to follow the action.
Zoom: Use of the camera lens to move closely towards the subject.