2 Column storyboards..

In todays lesson we focused on the creation of our storyboards and what makes a detailed, successful storyboard. A detailed storyboard, as a class, we said had to be easy to understand, shows clear shot angles and distances, clearly indicates the length of shot, must show the movement of the camera, it must be realistic, we must storyboard the whole sequence and not every shot, consider the lighting and sound, also we must record editing notes to refer to when it comes to editing the footage. Instead of storyboarding how we had before we focused on the 2 column storyboard, this is an easier method of storyboarding for this assignment because it involves the video and audio separated into two columns, without having to draw ever shot. The video column is what would be seen in the video, and the audio column is what would be heard in the video, e.g. Video: Man turns to camera, Audio: song for 00:00-00:10 seconds. This is a very useful method of storyboarding because I felt as though it gave more freedom, as in the past with illustrated storyboards I found it harder to follow the exact shots that we had drawn, it was less time consuming. It is also useful because we will have the option to change what we have planned, on the day of filming, because every member of the group will be there; so it won't be necessary to stick to everything that we would have written. The success of the two column storyboard will depend on how much detail we put into it, with the illustrated storyboard it was vital to include what shots, timings and lighting we were including but we had an option this time. As long as it made sense, the two column storyboard was extremely easier to follow. However, this storyboard would not be suitable to the production of a feature film because it doesn't go into as much depth as an illustrated storyboard. The illustrated storyboard converts the directors ideas onto paper so that everyone on set knows what their filming, this wouldn't be the case with the two column storyboard because it doesn't bring the idea to life as well as the illustrated one does. 

Individually we began storyboarding our own ideas for what we would like to see in our video, I then swapped with a person outside of my group to see if my storyboard was successful in explaining the contents of the video. I learnt from this feedback that I didn't specify the shots I was including in each part of the video, this made it difficult to understand because it didn't give much detail on how the video would look. However, I did include detail on the timings and how long certain shots would appear on screen and what lyrics were specific to what part of the video, this made it easier to understand what went where. When finalising the two column storyboard for our music video, I will ensure that we mention every shot type e.g. Long shot, establishing shot, close up, extreme close up so that it will be easily understood when someone else reads it. We will put as much detail into the separate video and audio columns even if we don't end up following it exactly. Our final storyboard must be clear to everyone who reads it. 

This is my individual two column story board: