STORYBOARD

I love storyboards. They are so useful. A quick definition of storyboards is that they are a way of visualising a script through a sequence of panels. A shot list or a script are visualized in sketches. As the main writter ssing the story board that our teammate made felt so good. Because it cleared all the doubts I could have about the script, the planning of the shots, and just everything. And it is just gorgeous, the drawings are just so pretty. 

The story board covers the eniryte of the script. Having a panel per shot, which is great. It may skip some shots but its just because they are just the same and we just needed the visual guideline. It also has some notes that are useful for directing the actor, which is Emi which also is who made the storyboard so its her own language and she understands it. This makes the expierence on set easier as she is familirized with how the script goes, has the visual image of it, and already knows what kind of directions she'll get. 

The sequencing of the shots was somenthing that had me a little worried, as a lot of longshots despite thanks to our investigation is an extremely common thing in western, even more for opening scenes. It just felt a little scary. As to be honest in most of the projects I've worked on, shots are usually just medium shots or closer. Going wide is always harder for mics ands focusing the shot itself, but also to be honest its because I normally don't plan my projects that much. For this one planning was required and it shows of how useful it is. Because Im actually writting this after shooting. 

And I can just say that the story board just saves so much time at setting the shots. It just works as a visual guide on what to do, and allows other creative decisions to flow way easier. The script had description of the shots already, so we knew the shots by heart. But adding the storyboard just made everything even faster, better and way more efficient. 

Merriam Webster. “Definition of STORYBOARD.” Merriam-Webster.com, 2019, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/storyboard.