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Cinestress — Storyboard Tutorial

Published: 2010-10-14 22:13:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 5831; Favourites: 54; Downloads: 98
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Description I originally wanted to do this as a video tutorial, but time and technical difficulties got to me, so I did the best I could with a written one. Please excuse the incredibly awkward drawing. I'm horrible at drawing with a mouse. My tablet was at my in-laws' house.

You can get a storyboard template from me here .

I hope you find this useful!

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Note
A storyboard is just a representation, not the actual film itself. It helps the director plan things out and get ideas for how the film flows. You do not use frames directly from the storyboard into the final film, this is why you could even doodle it on a napkin with stick figures. The fancy well-done storyboards that you usually see are for audience purposes and selling... they more than likely were not done for pre-production. This isn't always the case, but it often is.
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Comments: 9

DinoLover09 [2020-05-31 18:24:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the steps. But what do ES and CU mean?

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Cinestress In reply to DinoLover09 [2020-05-31 19:58:55 +0000 UTC]

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DinoLover09 In reply to Cinestress [2020-05-31 23:59:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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Cinestress In reply to DinoLover09 [2020-06-01 00:59:04 +0000 UTC]

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zatsukiis [2018-05-05 03:36:09 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much this really helps!

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apelsinchoklad [2010-10-15 18:46:30 +0000 UTC]

( ...and don't forget about the 180° rule (basicly don't confuse your audience by placing the camera wrong).. and think about directions and where your audience will have their focus, especially when doing fast cuts since it takes some time to refocus... )

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Marker-Guru [2010-10-14 23:37:57 +0000 UTC]

fabulous

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Cinestress In reply to Marker-Guru [2010-10-14 23:39:40 +0000 UTC]

I tried, haha.

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Marker-Guru In reply to Cinestress [2010-10-15 03:58:16 +0000 UTC]

its great

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