Storyboarding Foundation [C-OT-101]

Film directors places significant emphasis on storyboards, which is critical to all movies, it's the best way to get ideas across to everyone from studio heads to props maker and production crew, literally working out what a film maker can do on paper and in mind.

Storyboarding Foundations is an essential to participants who want a strong understanding of camera rules, composition, perspective, reading of site specific floor plans, props and film language. Participants will be introduced the different types of sequential boards before putting story ideas to pictorial representations to depict the flow of the film.

Film makers who are armed with a clear and specific storyboards not only communicates the idea across to everyone on set, saves on a huge amount on production costs. A good storyboard at its best doubles the budget in a film production.

Who should attend?

• This course is designed for participants who are interested in pre-visualizing a story in the right sequence before the actual filming process.

Corporate companies benefited from this course!

• Singapore Polytechnic (SP)
• Institute of Technical Education (ITE)
• Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)
• Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies (CSIT)

Introduction

• History of the use of storyboard
• Explain the importance of storyboard
• Purpose of sequential visualisations

Story Structures

• Describe the key elements of storytelling
• Perspectives and perceptions in creating story structures
• Visualising from Camera's point-of-views

Mediums and Techniques

• Employing the right styles for a visual presentation
• Composition of pictorial representation
• Styles, techniques and illustrating various types of characters and scenes

Processes

• Translating from scripts to shot lists
• Camera rules and appropriating the right camera's point-of-views
• Filming terminologies

Methodologies

• Visualising from director's research and resources
• Producing from pitch board, storyboard to a shoot board

Summaries

• The importance of a synchronised storyboard

Duration

Intensive > 2 days from 9:30am - 5:30pm

Part time > 4 weeks once a week (3 hours per session), 6:30pm - 9:30pm

Price

$450 per person

Corporate discounts are available, email us for more info.

*The course will be conducted with a minimum of 4 students.