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///////////////Storyboarding: Part I of II//////
Storyboarding is an incredibly useful tool within all genres of filmmaking. From documentary work to event filmmaking, storyboards provide a visual reference for the action that propels the movement of the story. Unlike writing out a shot list or just having general ideas of what shots and framing you want, drawing shots out on paper truly illustrates how each frame is juxtaposed with the next. The purpose of this entry is to introduce you to the usefulness of storyboarding, and my next entry will apply storyboarding to wedding filmmaking.
Sometimes I use storyboarding to quickly transfer an idea I have in my head onto paper. Sometimes I have an intricate and lengthly sequence in mind and I want to see how each frame will edit with the next. With storyboarding, there can be infinite levels of complexity within each sequence, so, to streamline the process I think of storyboarding as keyframing.
Applications like Final Cut Pro, Motion, After Effects, Maya, (the list can go on) all utilize keyframing – the setting of a point at the beginning and the ending of an action and allowing the computer to interpolate the action that will occur between those two points. I visualize storyboards as keyframes – they only show the crucial moments of a scene or sequence. Then, when I actually film the sequence, the actions of the people will fill in the moments between those keyframes.
This concept is even more relevant in wedding and event filmmaking where things happen unpredictably; however, the storyboard is not so much to create exact shots, but rather for planning out ideas and sequences and how key moments will edit and link together.
As wedding filmmakers we like to let things happen naturally, capturing true moments, emotions, and stories. Therefore, it might seem counterintuitive to this approach to attempt to storyboard. Instead, it actually provides a well of ideas to draw upon throughout the day.
But before I show you how I have storyboarded an upcoming Same-Day-Edit (Storyboarding part II, coming next month), I’d like to show you how I storyboarded a narrative corporate project for Cinevate, first aired at NAB. This commercial was part of a complilation of 5 different commercials made by other wedding filmmakers in the industry. (Ray Roman, Matt E, Joe Simon, and Patrick Moreau/Konrad Czystowski/Michael Wong).
If you look closely, you can see how a few things changed from the storyboards to the actual film; yet, you can also see how the general flow of shots remains strikingly similar. After taking the time to storyboard, I forgot to bring my drawing to the shoot….but the exercise of storyboarding apparently imprinted the shots and the flow onto my brain.
All the better to pre-visualize in whatever work you do.
Enjoy! ~ Casey////MIND|Castle Studios
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CINEVATE // THE DURUS UNIT from Casey Warren | MIND CASTLE on Vimeo.
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