Storyboarding is an important part of the pre-production phase, where you can plan out your commercial, music video, documentary, or another type of video carefully, ensuring the results capture your vision and send the right message. Storyboarding allows you to refine your ideas and share them with the video production team. Because the pre-production phase is so important, the more you understand how to make a storyboard and how it can help you during the shooting phase, the better your final product will be.
Creating Storyboards During the Pre-Production Phase
Storyboards can be an effective way to visually organize your video before you start filming and a great way to visualize the entire video in advance. In the past, storyboards would be sketched on paper. These days, you can use modern digital tools, animation, photography, and notes to highlight important scenes and characters and go back and make edits, easily. Whether you’re creating a storyboard for a commercial, documentary, or music video, there are key points you must learn that will help you refine the process.
Identifying Key Concepts
When you create a storyboard, it’s important to know the story you’re telling. Breaking up the narrative or script is the best starting point to work from. Mark up the key parts of a story, highlighting plot points, staging, locations, and actions. This helps you create the frames for the storyboard, so you can easily determine how to move from one scene to the next.
Mapping Out Key Scenes
Give each key scene a title and number so it will be easy to link them back to the broader story.
Adding Images
When it’s time to visualize each scene, you can brainstorm the visual features of each key part of the story. You can do this by using reference photography, sketches, location shots, screenshots, or illustrations.
Describing What Occurs in Each Frame
Describe the behavior, mood, and style of each character. As you’re writing out the details of a scene, consider the framing and composition, transitions, and dynamic actions.
Sharing What You Learn
If you’re working with a video production company, they can collaborate with you on your storyboard and provide feedback. This can help you see how other people will interpret your vision for your story. It can also help you make any final tweaks while you’re in the pre-production phase. During this time, you can change the order of the frames or edit content, based on the feedback you receive.
Using Your Storyboard as a Reference
During the production process, you and the video production team you’re working with can use your storyboards as a reference that can easily be accessed on a laptop or phone. By having easy access to your storyboards, you and the videography team can ensure your project is progressing as it should.
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Once your storyboard is complete, you should have a clear vision of how your video will turn out. If you work with the team A-Wing Visuals, we can collaborate with you, throughout the entire process, so you can be sure that your vision is accurately captured. At A-Wing Visuals, we offer a wide range of video production services, using the latest equipment and techniques, to deliver exceptional results. We can collaborate with you during the pre-production phase, every step of the way and help you create a video that exceeds your expectations. Contact us today to schedule a consultation.
