Storyboarding

Storyboarding is a vital part of producing a film, because it allows you to dictate and experiment with your scenes before you film them.
Storyboarding is used in all forms of life from films to business as it gives you a clear picture of what you set out to do.
Definition: a panel or panels on which a sequence of sketches depict the significant changes of action and scene in a planned film, as for a movie, television show, or advertisement.
Definition from: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Story+Board?s=t

Ranges of institutions that use storyboards:

• Television
• Films
• Animations
• Business
• Comic books
• Websites
• Interactive Media

There are some websites that allow you to create storyboards on the internet and here's one of them
http://www.storyboardthat.com
Storyboardthat is a website that you have to pay to use but allows you to create and change your own storyboards aswell as, learn how to make a storyboard.

The art of storyboarding was first used by Walt Disney in the early 1930s and it soon became popular and was more commonly used. For example when writing about her father in Walt Disney's biography The Story of Walt Disney, Diane Disney Miller explained that the first complete storyboards were created for the 1933 short Disney film "Three Little Pigs".
Below is a picture of one of the scenes from the original storyboard

Three Little Pigs by Disney

Here is a link to a  video on the Purpose of Story boarding made by Disney Story boarders

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSOJiSUI0z8

My Storyboard

For my film I have made a simple storyboard outlining stage directions and camera angles for my film, however the storyboard is just a template at this stage as either the idea for the trailer will change due to reasons out of my control; like shortage of actors, or I will change how I feel about the film and possibly even change the genre of the film.

Introduction

The first thing we did as a class was to be introduced to the course and were told that it would involve each of us producing our own individual film trailer, that would be accompanied by a film poster and a magazine cover, and then an analysis of the; making, production, and final product of all three. We  were then set the task of analysing some trailers on the four key elements when making a film trailer which are; camera movement and positioning; editing; lighting and colour; and mise en scene.This task enabled us to analyse trailers and understand what's needed when we all make our individual trailers. The trailers we watched were; The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug; We're the Millers; and Donnie Darko.

The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug

I think in the trailer for the Hobbit the use of camera angles and movement was the most effective technique used because, it really helped to set the scenes as well as show the what all of the actors are doing in the scene. This is due to the wide range of angles and movement including establishing shots and panning.

The Heist

In my opinion through the duration of the trailer for the Heist, sound is the most effective technique used, because it helps to increase the tension as it tells the story. The use of non-diegetic and a theme song really helps to increase the tension in the advert at the same time that it tells the story. Despite this, the voice-overs tell the story tell the story of the film without revealing the entire story.

Donnie Darko

In the trailer for Donnie Darko I think that the editing was the most effective technique used, because it really set the tone of the advert. This is because, it disjointed the scenes especially, with the use of slow motion and speeding up the scenes. The technique of changing the speed of the scene for the advert also increases the tension and gets the audience wanting to see the film. Editing was also used to introduce the actors as it fades to a blackout.