Monday, July 29, 2013

Creating Effective Storyboards

There is more to creating a good storyboard than being able to draw and render well. There is the need for the ability to tell a story in a sequence of visual images. If the frames don't have everything they need to direct the viewer where you want them to go, the story will not be told. But you don't want to put too much information into the frames. This can backfire by not leaving enough to the viewers imagination. In my opinion, the perfect balance with storyboards is to include all pertinent information but don't get bogged down by details. Leave those to the viewers to complete in their heads. This will  allow for more interpretation by the production crews when they go to filming the final product where the completion of the creative process takes place.