FD DEG Storyboarding 101

• Film
• Higher Education (non-degree)

 Storyboarding 101

Why storyboard? 

Step by step guide to storyboarding

Some examples of storyboarding 

Useful resources 

Why Storyboard? 

• It is crucial to understanding Production requirements
• It's communicates the directors ideas in great detail
• Budget can be assessed more easily
• It can benefit all production departments. 
• Crucial for actors performance. 

Directors Previsualisation Workflow

Rehearsals should be ongoing through pre production.

Script 

Breakdown/ Look Book

Shotlist 

Floorplans

Storyboard/ anamatic 

Artwork

drive.google.com

www.studiobinder.com

shotdeck.com

Madi's Digital Drawing

I will show everyone how I use Pro Create to make previz for films. 

You can have a go at digital drawing, which is what I use to work. 

 

Summary 

• Try to know your location like the back of your hand

• Ideally maximise time to work with actors & DOP etc.

• Record rehearsals for everyone's benefit. 

• Use a combination of pre visualisation techniques appropriate to time and capacity.

Past Student work