Storyboard and Script

Storyboard

What a storyboard means?Having a storyboard is vitally important in determining the success and quality of your movie. A storyboard is simply a sequence of images that tell what the scenes that your movie will go through. Your movie flow will follow what the storyboard depicts.


Examples of storyboards
This is an example of a storyboard, of one of Alfred Hitchcock's films Psycho (1960) that was given to me in my media studies class.



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Why is a storyboard important?

Clarity during development - By having a storyboard, the production team will be clear of what is expected of them and they will have a clear overall picture of what the whole movie will look like.

 Improved movie quality - A movie will be enjoyable when the camera angles are correct. That is when the zooming fits in nicely and the characters are properly portrayed. This is integral also for animation productions. So when all this is shown on the storyboard and errors are corrected, the final movie will be more enjoyable to the audience.

Cost reduction - Without a proper storyboard, the whole scene of a movie needs to be redone when it is deemed unsatisfactory. But with a storyboard, the scenes are laid out on paper and unsatisfactory ones can be redrawn using a new storyboard even before the movie goes into production. This saves time and resources.

My Groups Storyboard Plan (for the prelim task)  

This is a storyboard a member of my group made and it isn’t the best of drawings, but this gives an indication of what the film sequence is going to involve. What this storyboard explains is of a man, who wants his money back from an individual. But little did he know that the scared individual (man) hasn't got his money. So this creates a serious problem. 

Scripts



What a film script means?

A script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. 

Examples of a film scripts

Below is an example of a film script, of 'The Bourne Identity'.

DARKNESS. THE SOUND OF WIND AND SPRAY.

MUSIC.  TITLES.

EXT. OCEAN -- NIGHT

The darkness is actually water.  A SEARCHLIGHT arcs across

heavy ocean swells.  Half-a-dozen flashlights -- weaker

beams -- racing along what we can see is the deck of an

aging FISHING TRAWLER.

FISHERMEN struggling with a gaff -- something in the water --

A HUMAN CORPSE.

EXT. FISHING BOAT DECK -- NIGHT

THE BODY sprawled there.  The Sailors all talking at once --

three languages going -- brave chatter to mask the presence

of death --

SAILOR #1

-- Jesus, look at him --

SAILOR #2

-- what? -- you never saw a dead

man before? --

SAILOR #3

-- look, look he was shot --

(nudging the body--)

SAILOR #1

-- don't, don't do that --

SAILOR #2

-- he's dead, you think he cares? --

SAILOR #1

-- so have some respect -- it's a --

(stopping as--)

THE BODY MOVES! -- convulsing -- coughing up sea water -- the Sailors -- freaked -- jumping back -- standing there, as --

THE MAN begins to breathe.



My Group Film Script (for the prelim task)   

A male walks into a room (in a angry mood) where a female is located.

Seun

-- Where's my  money !!! --

Sandra

-- I don't know ??? --

Seun

--If you don't have my money by 24 hours, you know what going to happen to you !!! --

Sandra

--SHOCKED reaction-- 

This is my groups own film script (for the prelim task). The reason why it is short, is because the prelim task only lasts no longer than 1-2mins. As it only needs show required media aspects, such as 'shot reverse shot'.


Why a film script is important?
A film script is important because it allows the film stars, director, etc to know what is expected of them and they will have a clear overall picture of what the whole movie will look like. But most importantly film stars are occasionally allowed to go against the script and say something that not on it. Meaning film scripts are flexibly, just a indication of the narrative.