Lucy's "Lovely" Storyboard!

 

Hi and welcome back. I must warn you. You are about to see some of the best drawings you have ever seen. ;) I was assigned to do a storyboard to practice before I do the official one with my group. I have done a storyboard before but it has been while, so it was nice to get more practice in. I decided to do a quick story board on The Great Gatsby film and particularly the iconic introduction of Gatsby.

So now that you know what exact scene I’m talking about, be prepared to be amazed! 

I present to you my Storyboard!

Great, right? Obviously my drawings are horrible, but I try to detail the shots with notes on the side as much as I can. Primarily, I did learn a few things about storyboarding. Like most good films, they have details, which means the storyboard must be HEAVY on details. I am always astonished by how much effort and details must be put into these films so they can become as great as they are. I learned that you must include a lot of factors such as, music, sound, cuts, transitions, angles, effects, dialogue, lighting, etc. This is why it is necessary to know and understand the terminology because it is much more helpful and effective to do these storyboards. I also learned that it is probably better to have some artistic capabilities to do this because it helps you visualize it more, however, you can still manage to do it if you don't have them. Moreover, I believe that Storyboarding is important for any filming process because it manages your time and creates a guide for you. Since you already know everything you want about the shot and how it's supposed to be, the day of filming you won't be reshooting a bunch of times or trying to figure out what you want. This guide makes it much easier and it saves you a lot of time. I also believe that it helps those who learn from visuals to understand and see what is going on versus a script which may be more difficult and much more focused on dialogue. Lastly, some of the challenges that I found along the way were that Storyboarding takes effort. Which I understand, it must take effort, but it also takes time. To do almost every shot in a 2 hour movie is a lot of work, not only the drawing aspect but all the notes and little details that must be taken into consideration. But honestly the most challenging part for me was the drawing!

So that was my storyboard! It was fun to do and especially on such a dramatic and lavish scene. I’m excited to do the storyboard for The Art of Smiling to really get the visual of how it's going to look, but also to get my members to draw so we have a decent looking storyboard. :) Let's see what I’ll talk about next time! We’re starting the journey! See ya!

                                                                                                                      -Love, Lucy <3

                                                                                                                  

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