What is storyboarding?

> Story boarding helps to organise shots and details before your shoot day in order to have the most efficient filming day possible. 

> Drawing and writing about details of your shots also really helps to visualise your sequence and create a more detailed picture in your head. 

> Story boarding also allows you to try out many different ideas in order for the sequence to be as creative as possible, even if many ideas are scrapped. 

What goes on a storyboard?

Storyboards can vary, however usually they consist of the following.

> Drawings - A small but detailed drawing of each shot. Gifted artists may provide more detail in their drawings and therefore less written, however if you are not as talented at drawing you may want to add more detail in words but still attempt to draw the shot as best as you can.

> Shot number - In order to know in what order your shots go in and help you remember which shot you are working on at the time. 

> Location - Each shot needs to include the location of where you will be shooting it. This is so no confusion or complications are reached between the group and for more efficient timing. 

> Action - Each shot needs to include the action taking place on screen. More or less detail of the actions should be written down depending on how detailed the drawing is. 

> Lighting - Any lighting that needs to be organised before the shoot or a time of day that the shot needs to take place. 

> Transition - What kind of transition will occur between different shots.

> Shot duration - knowing roughly how long each shot will last. 

Examples:

I decided to research some advanced and successful storyboarder's to show many different ways they can be done.

This is a section from a story board by Josh Shepard showcased on thestoryboardartist.com, which includes very detailed drawing and therefore there is not as much need to write a lot of detail. 

This is the storyboard my group will be using as it has a clear layout with lots of space for detailed writing and some space for small drawings that are going to be drawn by Matilda.

We will all do one shot each and move on to the next whilst Matilda draws the shot in the boxes.