Welcome
- This piece of activity provides you the information about the storyboard.
- You will learn what is it and how to start making your own.
- Work in pairs to create a storyboard as a guide for your comics.
- Enjoy!
Credits
- This is an educational resource for the project "From static image to short film. Plastic and audiovisual experiences".
- Author: Yolanda Cobas Fernández.
- Tools: Impress js
- License: CC BY-SA
A storyboard is a set of illustrations in sequence that serves as a guide to understand a story.
Big Toe Big Evil StoryBoard. Movillefacepalmplz on deviantart CC BY-SA
When you create a comic, you make a storyboard as a previsualization of the main scenes and a summary of the plot.
Storyboard Template. 70Jack90 on Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA
Types of shots
- The use of different types of shots in a comic is the staging.
- A page is more interesting to look at when it contains different kinds of staging.
- Keep this in mind when planning your comic.
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Close up When the camera zooms in really close on an object or the character’s face. |
Medium Shot When you can see most of a character’s body, or a couple of character’s bodies in a panel, it is a medium shot. |
Long Shot If you can see almost the entire scene in just one panel of the comic, then that panel is called a long shot. |
Personal elaboration based on The call of the hurd. El Dream machine on art9libre CC BY-SA
Task 1. Making a storyboard
Task 1
Imagine an interesting or exciting story. If you have no ideas, you can choose a poem, a song or a tale. Summarize this story in a few paragraphs.
Personal elaboration
Task 1
Make a timeline with the main scenes and descriptions of the shots and dialogues. Use about 6 to 8 panels for the summary of your story.
Personal elaboration based on Storyboard Template. 70Jack90 on Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA
Task 1
With the guide of the timeline, fill the panels with sketches of your story. Remember to use different shots depending on the scene.
Personal elaboration based on Storyboard Template. 70Jack90 on Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA
This storyboard will be useful for you and your team partners to create a comic.