Effective Storyboards and Planning
Film Featurette:
Task
Plan it Out - Walk from front door of classroom to a distant part of the room; invent some purpose for doing so
- Plan 6 camera moves, all in one take, that captures the event (no more, no less)
- This will work better at full wide-angle (or close to that)
- Don't improvise; plan it out first (storyboard) so everyone knows where to be when
- Keep the camera as level and still as possible; move around like you have a full cup of hot coffee and don't spill any
- Make all moves slow, deliberate, graceful
- Try to finish with a dramatic shot/framing
- Zooming is probably too hard, but be creative; choreograph a dance between camera and actor
- around
- over
- under
- near
- far
- high
- low
- Storyboard those six moves using digital camera (set to small size); frame the shots just the way you want it to look with the video camera
- Upload stills to Pages template (Word Processing > Miscellaneous > Storyboard; 1 page only) See how here.
- Add scene directions and dialog
- Export as PDF (File > Export; Quality=Better)
Shoot the Scene - Shoot the scene exactly as storyboarded (hand held; steady as possible; don't spill any) so that all 6 moves are in one continuous take
- The whole scene should be roughly 20-30 seconds; certainly less than one minute
- upload to iMovie '09 project (Do NOT check Analyze for Stabilization while Importing footage)
- Stabilize footage (see how here)
- Import clip into iMovie '09 Event (Do NOT check Analyze for Stabilization while Importing footage)
- Select the portion needed and add to a project
- Double-click project clip > Clip >Smooth Clip Motion; Adjust Maximum Zoom
- Share > Export > Medium
Publish your Work Upload storyboard as a media file (not the Paper Clip; you want the one-page PDF visible) and movie as a media file (BOTH in same Blog entry)- Share storyboard with whole group and then movie; how close are they?
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