00:00Hello, today we will be learning about storyboards.
00:03Storyboards are sequences of drawings typically with some direction and dialogue representing
00:07the shots planned for a movie or television production.
00:11They are used as guides to help the videographer know what angles to get and also help the
00:16actors understand what they should be doing in that shot.
00:20Storyboards can range from being super detailed to basic depending on how much information
00:24is needed before filming.
00:26Even though the complexity may differ, the basic ideas of what is happening in the shot
00:31should still be understood.
00:33Now let's break down a storyboard.
00:36Each storyboard paper will have a set of boxes which are your camera view for what is happening
00:41on screen.
00:42Above that you will usually see a place to write your scene number in what type of shot
00:46it is.
00:47Below the camera view there is a space to add what audio or sounds will be happening along
00:53with a general description of what's going on.
00:56So how do I start drawing my storyboard?
00:58For this let's make a simple storyboard of a guy rushing through their morning routine
01:02and getting ready for work.
01:05First I am going to write the scene number.
01:08Think of the scene as a camera shot.
01:10When the camera shot changes so does the scene.
01:13Since I am working on a new project and this will be the first shot I am going to draw it
01:17will be scene 1.
01:19For the first shot I want to have a shot of his phone alarm going off showing it's the
01:23late alarm.
01:24So I am just going to do a simple drawing of a phone with some indicator that the alarm
01:28is going off.
01:30Then for the second shot I am going to show the guy turning over and hitting the alarm.
01:35For this I will show the bed and him laying in it.
01:38Remember we changed camera angles so this is scene 2.
01:48Alright, underneath my camera shot I am going to write turn off phone so that way I know
01:54what is happening in the shot when I come back to it.
01:59Now before I change camera shots again I do want to add another drawing of him quickly
02:05sitting up in bed and realizing he is late.
02:20Next let's add another shot from outside the bedroom in the hall where we can see him frantically
02:25getting dressed.
02:27For this I am going to use a few panels.
02:29First I am going to draw him hopping around putting on pants.
02:42Then I am going to have him pull on his shirt.
02:51You may notice I am drawing arrows in the panels.
02:55This helps to tell the actor and the videographer that the character is moving in the scene.
03:01Lastly, I am going to have him run out of the room and pass the camera.
03:13Okay, for the last shot I want to have an interesting angle.
03:20My idea is that he grabs a cup of coffee and then the camera pans to follow him out the door.
03:27To do this I will first draw the coffee on the table and him reaching for it.
03:32To show that the camera is moving I will make bold arrows that point towards the direction
03:36of the camera movement.
03:43Then in the next box I will show where that is leading to, which is the door where he leaves.
03:52Now we have drawn quite a few storyboard pictures, but remember it's only four scenes because that's
03:57when the camera has switched.
04:06So that's the basics of storyboarding.
04:08Hopefully this helps you to create your own storyboard in the future.
