Today's Lesson 30/06/09 - Storyboarding

Today we practised storyboarding. The exam board say that this is one of the hardest things to get right. So, we going to do a lot f storyboarding over the next few months. You had to storyboard a short sequence from a thriller (no, not that one). Some things to remember:

• practice
• you are telling a story through pictures
• use a range of camera angles
• choose your angles carefully - what are you trying to show
• if you get time add colour to show the lighting
• try to add a description of the shot
• always say what the audience will hear (diegetic and non-diegetic)

Right, I'm off to see Transformers 2 (all 150 minutes of it!). But before I do; the last film I watched was Tropic Thunder. Which was good. Well, I laughed a lot especially at Robert Downey Junior. Would like to have seen more Jack Black and a little less Stiller, I thought his character was a bit dull. A good Saturday nighter, but be warned: loads of blood and nastiness. A 15 for a reason. 3 stars.