Hello readers, this week we were tasked with creating a mood board for a 2-minute movie clip.In this blog, I will be discussing the storyboarding process, my challenges, and my favorite parts.
For my clip, I used a piece from the movie, Think Like A Man, based on the book by Steve Harvey. For a simple summary, in my storyboard, we witness two couples go on first dates (pink and blue being one couple and orange and yellow being another,) and the first impressions they gain when women are being picked up to go on the date.
Now let's look at the storyboard...
Let's start with my overall opinion on storyboarding and what I've learned. I definitely think storyboarding makes the production process easier, as these scenes would be difficult to make using just verbal descriptions. The storyboard helps place specific elements of misc-en-scene into the event, elevating the storytelling. From doing one based on a scene, I've learned how to take an image and portray it in an incomplete way while making sure the main parts are properly conveyed. I've also learned how to make understandable stories without specific character dialogue to convey mood. For example, many scenes in my storyboard would seem plain or emotionless without minor scenes like close-ups, or elements like the way the shot is edited.
Next, we're going to talk about my challenges. For my challenges, I would say remembering that not everyone is going to see the scene I am trying to show the same way I see it, figuring out how to show cutaway scenes/different camera movements. For a lot of the shots, when I first started sketching, I felt like I could've done a better job conveying the emotions and actions of the characters in a way that the person looking at my storyboard could fully grasp the intent behind the scene. Also, there was serval scenes thar utilized cutaways to build tension between the characters or have camera movements which are difficult to show as it becomes confusing unless you are watching the scene, so I had a hard time trying to fully display those shots and how they interact with each other. But overall it was a good learning experience for me to test my skills and practice developing a story visually.
Well, that's it for today. Thank you so much for reading and can't wait to see you on the blog!
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