Storyboard Drawing, Shot Sizes, Framing and Rule of Thirds

this is my storyboard techniques, when it comes to storyboarding, it is better to use person figures called ergonomes rather than "stick people." by using ergonoms, you can create a picture of much greater detail showing exactly what the person is doing in the shot, is is shown is the sketch i have done to the right.


when it comes to framing, positioning is key, in a scene were you have someone running across the screen for example, it is a lot better to have them position to the right hand side of the camera shot so they have a lot more room to run across the screen (or vis versa if running in the opposite direction.)

in a interview like shot, rather than having the person being interviewed in the centrer of the shot, it is better to have them positioned to the left or right hand side of the shot. by doing this, it allows room for text such as titles or names of the person.



on the right hand side, you can see some shot sizes i have draw, i will go more in-detail what they are used for and what they mean in my next post.

this image shows how the rule of thirds is used in a shot. every shot is brocken up into a invisable 3x3 gid that shows the postion of everything in the shot.

The rule of thirds is a concept in video and film production in which the frame is divided into into nine imaginary sections, as illustrated on the right. This creates reference points which act as guides for framing the image - 


http://www.mediacollege.com/video/shots/rule-of-thirds.html



http://www.howtophotography.org/the-rule-of-thirds/