Hello all and welcome to week 5 of blogs! This post is going to be the only planning post for this week because it's PRODUCTION WEEK! YAY! But before I talk about all of that, I first have to tell you all about our storyboard! So sit back, grab a super awesome snack and let's get on with it!
SO WHAT'S A STORYBOARD AND HOW DID YOURS COME TO BE?
A storyboard can be defined as a sequence of panels that include quick sketches used to pre-visualize the shots that will be included in a production. The storyboard typically goes over the whole script written by the main writer of a production, and is definitely important to the entire process and makes lives a whole lot easier! Our storyboard came to life soon after the final script primarily written by Nico got done, and was drawn by none other than ME! I! EMI!
As you can probably tell, many long shots are going to be used throughout the opener due to the fact that Westerns typically feature a number of these types of shots while also being very slow paced. I also used the descriptions of the shots stated in the script and wrote out any pieces of dialogue (voice over in this case) that will be said during a specific shot, which to be honest, really helped me understand the script a lot better, which will be very important as I very much have to understand each shot so I already know what directions to expect while acting! To further deepen my understanding on shots, I wrote out little details about some of them, like in the 4th panel of the first page I wrote "hair tucked in" and in the last panel I wrote "She then shovels dirt back!"
Making this storyboard was quite the arduous effort, but I of course enjoyed every bit of it! Drawing this took me about 2 hours to finish because I'm totally not a perfectionist and wanted each drawing to look good even for a storyboard where stickmen are acceptable. After the two hours, I FINISHED IT! I notified the group and they immediately wanted me to send it, and so I did...AND THEY LOVED IT! What a very happy day that was.
THATS SO AWESOME! WAS IT HELPFUL?
It has been proven that this storyboard made us a lot more sure about our shots and helped us insanely yesterday during filming as we were able to know specifically what shots were done and what shots were needed to be filmed! During filming, anytime we needed a refresher on a certain shot, we would pull out the storyboard and go from there, and I think production would have been a lot harder without it, so when we film the rest of the needed shots in our opener, we will definitely be using it again! Storyboards will always be an absolutely needed item in filming and I will continue to use (and draw) them until time itself ends! So thank you, storyboard, for all the great things you have done.
CAN I SEE IT?
Yes of course you can my beloved blog viewer, there it is right down below!
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