The Importance of Story Board and Scripting

In order to be able to being filming some preparations and planning must take place before hand. One of part of this preparations is storyboarding and scripting. Having a script is helpful as it is able to provide the actors with direction and ensure scene are carefully planned out. With out scene planning it can be easy to lose track of what needs to be completed with in that particular scene, this can cause the group to be off schedule. Not having a clear script and plan of what is being filmed could effect the narrative and the overall tone of the final production, this may lead to the production be hard to follow or having key scenes missing.

Story boards are an extension of the scripts and are the ideas of the production be made in to a visual form. Story boards are a good way of helping the people involved visualize how the scene is going to unfold, it can also give actors a focus of where they need to be and the camera workers an idea of what shots they are trying to film. With out the use of story boards it may be hard to establish when the desired shots have been achieved and having visual is a good focal point as ones ideas may be very different when compared to those of an another member in the group.

Here is a good example of a story board as it specifies what type of shot is required and details of the scene.

From this information about scripting and story boards I will apply it to my own planning when it comes to filming my own scenes. When working as part of a group it is important that all of us our are the same page and are working towards the same goals.