Planning: Storyboard.

A storyboard is a breakdown of all the scenes that happen in a film. It’s basically a plan that everyone can follow, so they will know what they are doing.

The advantages of having one are that everyone will know what they are doing, and when they will be doing it. This will keep everything flowing, and organised as all the cast and crew will know what needs to happen in a scene. For example, people will need to know what actors are needed on set during each scene, when they enter and how long for. The storyboard will tell that information, along with other things such as the editing technique that will be used, the type of sound that will be used, and the actual camerawork that will be used during one scene.

The key conventions that need to be considered when designing a storyboard are the following:

·         Shot number

·         Duration

·         Scene

·         Cinematography

·         Lighting

 

Overall, this process of storyboarding has been beneficial to my group and I because we have been able to stick to a plan throughout the process, and each of us has know what to do, and when it needs to be done. As the sound technician, the storyboard helped me to understand what type of sound needed to be used during each scene, which music that needed to be included, and when it needed to change to something else.