PlayBoards
We were asked to create a storyboard for a game based on the model that we had made. The challenge was that we had to have at least three different moves that can be made by the main character which created a branched storyboard, I decided to create five different possible choices.
How I created my PlayBoard
I hand drew my story and got it scanned in. After I got it scanned I used a piece of software that I hadn’t used before (INDESIGN). I used this to piece together all of the parts that I had drawn and then I finally saved it as a PDF file which was then uploaded to Weblearn. I changed the file format again to JPEG images when I uploaded them onto WordPress.
StoryBoard
Unlike a Playboard which shows off how the story progresses in detail, a StoryBoard is used for the planning of the shots and character actions that will happen within the Story itself.
At the beginning of Year 2, we were given a task to create a StoryBoard on Mind Tricks which was written by Rachel Langford who is another student at Nescot College, it was also edited by my Art Teacher from the first year of my course (Graham Chalk). Each student was told to create a story board on one part of the story, I was told to create a storyboard on the first part of the story where one of the characters named David, tries to convince his friend (Connor) that his sister was a jedi from Star Wars. Due to some of the writing being unreadable I’m going to type what it says at the bottom of each shot.
1. Starting shot = View of space.
2. The camera pulls out to reveal it’s a poster with a Darth Vader figure.
3. Camera Cuts to reveal TV and bean bags on the floor in front of another wall.
4. The camera pulls out to reveal the whole room which shows one other wall that is adjacent to the other two showing another poster with shooting stars, a sofa with the back of two heads of the two boys and a “Mission Control” poster hanging above their heads.
5. The camera cuts again to show a makeshift table with a chess board and a half finishes take away meal within a pizza box. It also shows the two boys feet.
6. David gets up and starts to walk towards the shelf with the Darth Vader figure.
7. The camera switches to a view of David’s hand from above as he reaches for the figure.
8. The camera cuts to the front of the sofa showing the front of the two characters (David & Connor) David sits on the arm of the chair.
9. The camera cuts to the front of Connor’s face with David waving his arm holding the figure within his hand.
10. Final Shot = The camera moves up as Connor leans back and smirks.
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