18 January 2017
Recently, I did an entry in my inspiration notebook that focuses solely on storyboarding because being a storyboard artist is an incredibly important role in the art department of a film. Directors or cinematographers can be the ones to draw the storyboards, but oftentimes, storyboarding is an entirely separate job. Perhaps this is because of the weight this role holds -visually displaying to the entire crew what exactly is going to happen on the screen.
Recently, I did an entry in my inspiration notebook that focuses solely on storyboarding because being a storyboard artist is an incredibly important role in the art department of a film. Directors or cinematographers can be the ones to draw the storyboards, but oftentimes, storyboarding is an entirely separate job. Perhaps this is because of the weight this role holds -visually displaying to the entire crew what exactly is going to happen on the screen.
Storyboarding is essential to pre-production, and successful filmmaking, because it allows for filmmakers to have discussion based on a visual plan -and most filmmakers are very visual people. Once a storyboard is made, changes can be made, based on this plan, during the shooting process. Storyboarding is very useful for the entire cast and crew to create a meaningful and powerful sequence.
In my inspiration notebook, I've gathered some storyboarding examples from some films that I enjoy. It was interesting for me to see the diversity in the styles that the storyboard artists use; this goes to show that anyone can storyboard and they don't have to be meticulously detailed all the time. However, on the other hand, the detailed and colourful storyboards are incredibly inspiring, and I can imagine they moved or inspired the rest of the crew before they even started shooting. I think it's amazing that there is this much diversity in these storyboards and it has challenged me to think of ways I can develop my own storyboarding style in the future.
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