Project 1: From Story to Board

Choose 1 section from a provided script, and draw storyboards of that scene.  The sequence of events must be true to the script provided, but you will have complete control of the cinematography.

This project is meant to emulate what you would do in the real world as a storyboardist, where the story itself is typically handled by someone else.  You will be breaking the script down into beats, create beat storyboards (concept art for all major moments) and then finished storyboards for the scene.  Think about the camera's placement both in terms of keeping the action easy to follow as well as maximizing the emotional impact of the scene and the characters.

These will just be concept boards - they do not need to be fully 'finished'.  The boards are meant for communication, and only need to be rendered as much as needed to make the point clear.  The characters don't have to be 'on model', so long as we can tell who is who.


Rubric:
1)  Clarity: Are the storyboards easy to understand and follow?  Are there any problems with continuity? Are there enough storyboards to show everything that needs to be shown?  Is there too much information crammed into individual boards?

2)  Cinematography:  Are the cameras arranged in a way that keeps the action clear and maximizes the emotional impact?  On the flip side, does the camera arrangement cause confusion or implies something unintentionally?

3) Flow:  Do we have a good impression of the flow and timing from these boards?  The presentation will help with this.

Aesthetics/use of color and drawing skill will be factored in only as much as it affects the clarity and cinematography.  Add color or implied lighting if you feel it will help increase the emotional impact/make the scene easier to read.


Important Dates
   Class 11 - Beat Boards:  Take the script and convert it to beats.  From there, draw concept art for every important moment in the script.  They don't have to be directly continuous.  The objective is to highlight all of the important parts of the story.
   Class 13 - Concept Storyboards:  Using your Beat boards and critiques as a reference, create a draft of storyboards for the script.
   Class 16 - Animatic: Take the storyboards you've created and put them together in a simple animatic, focusing on the timing/spacing of the panels.  Change, remove or add additional panels as needed to make the animatic more effective.