Preliminary Exercise 7: Storyboarding Camerawork Day 2 Blog Post

Introduction

In the previous post, sheet one and two were documented, but there was still much more to unpack in understanding other aspects included in the storyboarding process. 

The most famous, and effective example of strategies and methods of storyboarding still used to this day are by none other than the well-renowned, Walt Disney. According to, “https://sourceofinsight.com, Storyboarding the Disney Way, Walt Disney used storyboarding to quickly show and share progress on the walls of his studio.” The article further broke down Walt Disney’s storyboarding process in eight steps: Topic (pinning his idea on the wall), Purpose (the purposes for his film), Headers (primary points, plots, and attributes), Miscellaneous (a header that contains a random or unrelated idea to add to the film), Brainstorming (generating thoughts of possible solutions to the main conflict of the story), Hitchhiking (considering all of these previous steps into mind, and combining them), Flexibility (ensuring the storyline is flexible, and is cohesive of all the related ideas previously brainstormed), and lastly Incubating (which continues to add more ideas into perspective until the plan for the story is clear and complete.

In storyboarding, skills such as effectively planning, using proper time management, aesthetic, and artistic skills must all be combined to create the final product. With these skills that we put into practice, we were able to organize the rest of the plot for sheets three and four using shot size, camera angles, framing and composition.

                                    

Sheet 3- The climax, or peak, of the story is explained in these scenes.

Sheet 4- Here, the falling action of the story occurs, but then is abruptly followed with the story's epilogue (the ending).

 REFLECTION

        To conclude, the objective of this task was meant to helped students build of experience in planning, and developing a storyboard, which maintains all of our ideas into one cohesive storyline.

         Our experience of collaborating on this assignment has been an eye-opening experience that has exercised our creativity, and increased our hopes for our film. Our creative process began with thinking of an idea, doing research and learning about camerawork techniques, such as ones used by Walt Disney explained in the first paragraph and in our media studies class. Then, using time management skills, we ceased the time we were given and went straight to writing which shot techniques we would use. Next, our group drew visual adaptations of the action lines and techniques we previously wrote, to then add final details such as color, and cleaner sketches for our final product.

         During this second, and final day to work on this task, we became confident in the new skills that we developed from this exercise. After, we finalized our ideas in the last shots, we were honored to have been able to work together on this creative process journey of unifying all our ideas into one, final masterpiece! Putting the skills and knowledge we acquired from this activity had overall made completing this assignment much easier.

         As stated in the last post, our team members each worked on separate roles to contribute to the finished product of this assignment. Marley B contributed insightful annotations and in-depth research of camerawork, which we took reference to on both days we did this activity, Peyton P created the first sheet, Lexi M designed the second sheet, and I worked on the third and fourth sheet.  The technology Marley B used for all of her research was with the options of resources we were given such as school provided laptops, personal laptops, and phones, and due to her familiarity with working with these appliances, she was able to skillfully execute her part at an expert level.

WORK CITED:

 

-Anon, (n.d.). Storyboarding the Disney Way. [online] Available at: https://sourcesofinsight.com/storyboarding-the-disney-way/ [Accessed 4 Apr. 2024].