Importance of Storyboarding

Why is storyboarding so important?

1. It gives you an overview of what it will look like.
2. It gives you a plan to follow when you are filming.
3. Helps separate different scenes, and shots.
4. Helps you to keep track of the pace, and timings of shots.
5. It links the planning and filming processes together.
6. Pitching an idea.
7. Helps you to visualise your ideas.
8. Gives you a chance to go back and make changes.
9. It links between the shots.

The use of arrows:

• It is cost effective.
• You are showing what happens.
• Effectively drawing the shot type.

What do you need to include in your storyboards?

• Camera angles.
• Direction of movement.
• Sound.
• Mise En Scene.
• Shot lengths.
• Transitions. 

Based on what you have learnt, in what way is a storyboard important to a director?

• The storyboard allows the director to visualise what the scene is going to look like. 
• It is cost affective.
• It allows them to overcome a lot of problems that may occur during filming.
• It gives the director a plan to follow when the filming process begins.