"Back to the Future" Storyboarding Task

•         In this session we learnt about storyboarding and what it is.
•          A storyboard is a series of illustrations or images displayed in sequence, with the specific purpose of helping to pre-visualise a motion picture/ animation etc.
•          Most storyboards are often annotated in order to convey the exact meaning of the shot being depicted.
•          A storyboard will typically include shot types; whether it is an extreme close up, long shot or mid-shot.
•          It should also include details within the shot, e.g. movement or direction. For example, if a character is moving, it should be clearly shown where the character is going. The same applies for any moving objects.
•          Camera movement should also be noted – the direction, speed, a pan or a tilt.
•          Cuts between scenes should be indicated, when they happen, and shown where they are cutting to and from.
•          Sound also plays an important part – a soundtrack, dialogue, diegetic or non-diegetic, etc.
•          We then created our own storyboards to the opening sequence of “Back to the Future”. Essentially, this is doing things in reverse – normally the storyboard is created before the movie is made.
•          The storyboarding exercise was to help us with our own coursework; as we need to include a storyboard, the task helped us to learn how to plan out and annotate our own. We also learnt about what features we could use to improve it.
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           I have also included an image from some of my notes from the session.
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