8/10/16 – Storyboarding
In today’s lab we were discussing storyboarding. Having had a few lectures on the topic last academic year, we knew the basics and terminology around the subject, including different styles of shots, camera movements and zooms. Storyboarding also includes the placement of objects within the frame which can convey different messages and emotions to the viewer.
We were given a short excerpt from a script, and after reading though it, we discussed how we would personally choose to film each scene. It was really interesting to hear about other people’s ideas, as some of them differed quite significantly from my own. After we shared and discussed all our ideas, we were shown the actual excerpt from the film to which the script corresponded – it was Gravity, released in 2013, directed by Alfonso Cuarón.
Again, it was interesting to see how the creative decisions of the director for Gravity were similar, and in some cases very different, to the decisions that we made as a group. We then started to draw out our personal storyboard ideas on paper, including notes and arrows for camera and actor movement. My finished items can be seen below!
References and Further Reading:
tobysanderson.co.uk 
