Two-Column Storyboard

Today, we learnt how to use a two-column storyboard and created one ourselves. In doing this, I understood what is important in when creating a two-column storyboard such as clear action of shot, shot angles and editing notes. If all of these are consistent throughout a two-column storyboard, then when it comes to filming (and editing), it will be a lot easier to get things done. One reason for this is if you forget how you wanted to film something, you can refer back to your storyboard, and if it is clear and detailed in all aspects, you will be able to re-gain your idea again. Other aspects that are important to consider when creating a two-column storyboard are that you must storyboard the whole sequence of shots, but not necessarily each individual shot. It would also be useful to specify the lighting, special effects and sounds used in individual shots/sequences. Doing this would enable the editing stage to be simpler as all of the information will already be there for you.

Using this information, I drafted a practice two-column storyboard for the opening sequence of my music video. Once I did this, I gave it to a peer and asked if they were able to understand my idea and to write notes on what I did well and what I could improve on for next time. As you can see I received positive feedback on the clearness of my idea.
This was useful as a trial storyboard for the reason that I had forgotten to include the audio time slots for each slot which may have proven difficult when it came to filming, if this were the real thing.