Do you storyboard every frame?

[azmyth]

I have been storyboarding every single angle.. but the more I get used to shooting, the less I feel like I need to do that.

I've got 8 days worth of stuff to story board and don't have the time to do that much boarding.

I'm going to storyboard just the creative stuff, and shot list the standard stuff I always get.. sound like a plan?

[Dr. Benway]

sound like a plan?

Absolutely.

[Khaver]

Where you're storyboarding and creating shot lists you should be thinking about what emotions from the characters you want to emphasize. If in a dialogue scene one character is fearful or intimidated, shoot their shots more from above, and the other "alpha" character slightly below. Or whether a handheld or locked down camera is appropriate for the emotions. The camera is your paintbrush, and you are the artist. Even with a simple one on one dialogue scene where you originally planned on shooting only your establishing, mid-over-the-shoulder, and closeups, also think about shooting some extreme closeups (fiddling finders, twitching eyes, taking lips, etc.) These can help in forcing emotions on an audience during the edit. Put on your storyboards and shot lists what the characters emotions are in that scene and when you shoot use camera angles to accentuate those emotions.

[drapeama]

I'd say most of the work is on tripod, and provided your crew can do it with small directives without problems, just go without it. Most people could understand "Handheld Shot - Shoulder Height" or "Dolly Shot - On Table" or "Tripod Shot - 4ft Height - Pan Left to Right" . I guess (hope for you) though.
Just storyboard the shots that are more complex, so a newb looking at it and reading the description would know what to do: "Dolly Shot - on the ground - 30° from above - Pan Right to Left).

That's what I'd do. Provided you have some people with a minimum knowledge of video related stuff. Charlie has some, not expert, but she knows mostly what I want to do. Maybe it's by the time now...

[Almohada]

Yes!

[HD-tography]

Yes!

What he said...

What's a storyboard?

I've been there... my white board is not used nearly enough... but when I do, it's usually a rather good use of my extra time and productive to work out the crazy stuff floating around in MY head for others, often making me rethink important shots more carefully based on my collaborator's perspective and feedback, without my talent standing around idle too long, especially if it's under hot lights!

Do... Do Not... it depends on your shooting style I say. Advantages and Dis-advantages for both ways.

Godspeed M8!

[Janke]

Here's my storyboard for an 8-minute cartoon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Storybd.jpg

[MilesDyson]

Here's my storyboard for an 8-minute cartoon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Storybd.jpg

Phew. For a minute, I thought I was going to be able to see it.

[Janke]

Well, you can watch the whole movie on my Youtube account. Let YT search for "AnimatoFinland", I have a lot of my old animation there, and a couple of tutorials, too...

Here's a description of how I made it: http://www.saunalahti.fi/animato/cartoon/cartoon.html

[Tuluws]

Accck!! Now I'll be humming that tune from "Kidnapped" all day!!

[Janke]

Now I'll be humming that tune from "Kidnapped" all day!!

That is an unfortunate side effect... and the only remedy is to hum "It's a small world" for 2 hours - try it, you'll certainly get rid of "Kidnapping" !

[Tuluws]

Okay, that worked - any idea how to get rid of the "It's a small world" soundtrack blaring through my head?

[Janke]

any idea how to get rid of the "It's a small world" soundtrack blaring through my head?

Yeah, but you won't like it: Watch "Kidnapping" again... It's almost like the Ouroboros (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros )

[Krane]

Storyboarding is a tool. You use it as you see fit. When I absolutely need a straight line I use a ruler. Otherwise, I just draw the best line I can.