[Skills] Notes on creating a storyboard

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Creating a video requires a lot of pre-planning. When writing a document, it is relatively easy to delete a sentence that doesn’t work and start over, but it is difficult to do the same with video. For this reason, filmmakers traditionally have relied on detailed notes, in the form of a storyboard, to help guide their work.

If you have never created a storyboard before, one helpful way of conceptualizing the assignment might be to think of it as a rough draft of your video. This draft will articulate all of the elements of your video—audio, visuals, movement, etc.—in a way that will allow you to revise your plan for the video before you start.

Be sure to carefully read pp. 96-99 of Writer/Designer. When you do, pay special attention to the lists on pp. 97-98 . They will help guide your thinking about the project and this assignment.

If you are having difficulty getting started, it may help to practice creating a storyboard for one of the sample videos that was shared on the forum. As always, if you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

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