Although it seems old fashioned, most of the professional storyboards are still made by hand. They visualize the information given by shot lists and create a clearer picture of the final product. It is necessary for construction of the set and helps the filming crew to prepare in advance of the shooting.
Most commonly storyboards are made in pen or pencil. Photographs and digital images are also used. It can also be a collection of shots filmed on the location before it is set up.
Images are followed by descriptions from the shot lists that they were drawn on. They have to include the following: shot number, location, action, shot (the angle and scale)/movement (it can be also presented by direction arrows drawn on the picture), sound, lighting, transition and duration.
Jaws (1975)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Storyboard Artist: Joe Alves
The story-boarding process was developed at the Walt Disney studio during the early 1930s. It became popular in live-action film production during the early 1940s. Implemented by filmmakers and television commercialists, storyboards created an advantage of visualizing sections of the potential products and finding problems before they occur. The technique was then adapted to business and used to propose projects and other motions intended to convince or compel action.
Walt Disney pitching Pinocchio
Visualizing data in business presentations
The list of famous storyboard artists includes:
Saul Bass (Psycho, 1960)
Dean Tavoularis (Apocalypse Now, 1979)
J. Todd Anderson (No Country for Old Men, 2007)
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