15. Storyboard & Animatics

After you script is done and film opening visualised in your mind, you can draw a storyboard for it, attempting to see how it might actually look in sketches. You will make use of this as well during the filming sessions as visual aides.

You can create your storyboard either by hand, or in Paint, or other digital drawing apps you have already used.

If you need a suggestion, you can use https://theplot.io/ You have 14 days free trial, that should be enough time for you to have it done. :)

Example of storyboard from other students: https://vanessaisip.wixsite.com/asmediastudies/post/script-and-storyboard-development

Example of storyboard from actual feature films: https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/storyboard-examples-film/#Horror-Movie-Storyboards

ANIMATIC PRESENTATION

After finishing your storyboard attempt putting it in a video format - use the drawings of each scene as they would be camera shots and put them together as you would the actual footage of your film opening. Leave them as long as they need to be, to match the timings. See if there is any need to add more shots to your film opening, or change the pace to make it more suited for your genre and film idea.

Example: https://vanessaisip.wixsite.com/asmediastudies/post/animatic-presentation-of-storyboard