Looking for Storyboard Template Samples

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matthewd5

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Hello.

i am working with a few people and we're hoping to do several shorts as soon as spring starts and thank god they are VERY organized and great at preproduction.

we are looking to make a great template for storyboards, does anyone have any ideas/samples??

matthew
 
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Just for you, one Matthew to another.... (and thank you for giving me the kick in the pants needed to post this, I was waiting until I finished all of them, but what the heck)

http://www.birthofthecool.com/preproduction.html

There is another that I sometimes use to block things out, but right now it exists only on graph paper, maybe in a few days I'll get into Illustrator and make a PDF version.

Best,

Matt
 
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thanks for the link, i like the template you have.

i'll check out the rest of the site later, gotta make dinner for my wife!

matthew
 
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has anyone ever tried putting some common things along the edge with checkmarks to make it more standardized?

matthew
 
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i don't know, i thought i saw a template once that had 4 or 5 things to check off.

i can think of a few like the CU, MCU MS etc.

or INT EXT DAY NIGHT

i find its always better to look at what other people have done before you reinvent the wheel.

matthew
 
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Look at some of the other forms, I use those types of things for the scene breakdown (when I line the script) and the shot continuity forms.  For storyboarding, I wouldn't really use that I don't think, I just try and draw what I'm seeing in my mind.  As far as a CU or MCU, well you would be drawing that right?  I suppose you could have a checklist for dolly or pan too, but there are conventions for drawing that stuff right in your storyboard.

You might want to check out a book called "From Word to Image" (Storyboarding and the filmmaking process) by Marcie Begleiter.  But, you know, at the end of the day you just do whatever works for you.  I'm not an artist, so for me, I just storyboard after I've put together the scenes with index cards just to sort of flush out what I'm seeing.  Hell, you could use stick figures if you wanted to.

Matt
 
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Mmmmm.... Quaker Girls..... Those bonnets drive me wild...
 
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Like I said; they work for me.

LOL MattC - Quaker Girls are cool. IN a Witness kind of way.
 
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I like the birth of cool one.

I know this is probably a stupid question to most, but, what is the overhead and Key, and Camera Plot fields for if I may ask please ?

thanks,
Derrick
 
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Well I use the overhead to lay out a basic diagram of the set, I might include basic lighting or camera position. If I use symbols in the overhead, I make a legend (or KEY) just like a map. Camera Plot I use as a description of where the camera is or how it's moving along with drawn in references. So for example, if I'm dollying in on a shot, I'll draw the wide shot, then in that I'd draw a box of the CU that I would dolly into, using arrows to indicate a dolly move. In the camera plot field I might right, Dolly in from wide to CU or I might ignore that since it's drawn in and instead make a quick note as to camera hight or orientation. Basically it's just a spot for me to clarify what I'm drawing since I'm, ah, artistically challenged.

Matt
 
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By the way, this storyboard form came from the book I mentioned earlier in this thread, I just made some minor adjustments. It is a great book with a variety of resources. The best part is you get to see storyboards from many movies.

matt
 
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