It is a truth that really most people are not able to visualise a scene for a movie, TELEVISION commercial, training video, sales video, or any other kind of video simply from reading the script or a text.
Present those same people with a photo or image of some sort and they will grasp the concept right away. The old expression is that “a picture tells a thousand words” and for many people that holds true. Attempt, for instance to describe the appeal of a Red Admiral butterfly to somebody in words without showing them a photograph. Unless your name happens to be Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, or Colleen McCullough, you may find it extremely hard trying to make clear to them exactly what it appears like. In fact, you may have a tough time trying to visualise it on your own as you attempt to describe it.
However, present those very same people with a photograph or a painting of a Red Admiral and they will get the message instantly.
The Same With A Film Script
It is exactly the very same with a movie script or a book that you wish to develop into a film. It can be very difficult to discuss to someone how terrific your TVC or video is going to be when you just have words to explain it. In numerous circumstances, they actually can’t “see” it.
What you need is a method of creating an image revealing your idea in a way where it can immediately be understood by the individual or individuals to whom you are presenting it.
Enter the freelance storyboard artist. A storyboard artist is someone who has the capability to visualise the idea of a script or other piece of text and turn it into an image or series of images so that it can quickly be understood. Simply puts, he (or she) can see an image in his mind’s eye and then draw it so that anyone can understand what is going on in a scene.
An Additional Step
Some people believe that having a storyboard produced prior to starting production of a movie or TVC is merely an extra step which adds greater expense to the total budget and really isn’t a necessity. Nevertheless, this is far from the fact. Certainly, utilizing a freelance storyboard artist adds a little extra expense, however the time and expense savings later on can far outweigh this.
Your storyboard will show each shot of the film or video in the appropriate order and will have notes mentioning exactly what is going on in the shot and describing any script that is being utilized in the scene. This makes it incredibly simple to discuss to your potential client, your group, or certainly anybody else, how the video will continue and what it is everything about. The majority of stakeholders find it really hard to visualise something from a script, however your storyboard shows them precisely how the video will play out.
It Will Help Considerably When It Comes To Production
Your storyboard will also help significantly when it comes to production. In effect you have developed a prepare for shooting your film or video which includes all of the numerous shots, the order where they take place, and how the script will communicate with them. It allows you to plan your coverage– the numerous electronic camera angles that you will use– and it also makes sure that you don’t mistakenly leave any scenes out and need to go back to film them in the future: that of itself might save a substantial amount of cash if you are recording on place. It will also conserve you time invested in modifications later if you do not have a storyboard and something does not rather exercise the way that you considered.
Some individuals will tell you that you can produce a storyboard on your own, however it is a lot easier said than done, particularly if you are not excellent at drawing. It’s true that you do not require to be a Picasso considering that a bad illustration is better than no drawing, but nonetheless you have to depict each shot as precisely as possible. You likewise need to add the script below each drawing with notes about what is going on in that certain shot.
Many individuals simply do not have the abilities to produce their own storyboard, so it is far better to employ the services of a freelance storyboard artist such as Dean Mortensen who can visualise what it is that you want to state then draw the shots properly for you.
Making Storyboards For 30 Years
Dean Mortensen has actually been an art director of an advertising firm for 30 years, and has been producing storyboards for all 30 of them. He has now left the advertising business as a full time art director and is working out on his own as a freelance storyboard artist. He has the special capability to take a look at your script or text and then create a storyboard showing each shot precisely as it ought to look, together with the accompanying notes and script. What’s more, because he has been producing storyboards for many years he can produce them really rapidly when there are time constraints.
Dean has actually produced storyboards for the major companies such as Revlon, Y & R Group, Avis, Foxtel, Cuddly, Emirates, NSW Transport Maritime, Colgate, Tabcorp, visitnsw.com, BWM, and a lot more. He has operated in various markets consisting of alcohol, FMCG, tourist, telecoms, retail services, entertainment, motor vehicles, and sport, among lots of others. He has also won prominent awards consisting of Gold & Bronze Cannes Lions, London International, D & ADVERTISEMENT, One Show, and New York Festivals.
Dean is fully equipped to handle local work, and US based freelance jobs with ease. Thanks duly to Dropbox and the world wide web, he is able to work remotely and supply his same exceptional quality and accuracy, as if he were just in the next studio, in the next room.
Dean’s storyboards can be produced in different designs such as fast line basic, graphic pencil, line and a splash of colour, or what he calls line and the entire caboodle.
So now you know why you ought to have a storyboard produced and why you ought to utilize a freelance storyboard artist in order to get the best outcomes. You can contact Dean at +61-432564690 or email him at [email protected].