Week 1 - Storyboarding

Exercise #1 - Create a Storyboard of your morning.  On completion, we will review them in class and discuss different styles.


Exercise #2 - Reverse Storyboard

• Draw 2 storyboards of existing TV advertisements -  

• Refer to the professional storyboards of Sherm Cohen.  These are are great guide for what sort of information and style is appropriate for a professional animation storyboard.
• Focus on the purpose of a storyboard (pitch an idea, create visual reference, create understanding of camera movements, action and other animation elements)
• Include enough information so that anyone can understand the sequence of events
• Avoid detailed clutter that distracts from the more important visual elements of the story
• Include all camera movement, transitions, dialogue/narration and actions
• Break time and location of events into different numbered scenes (where appropriate)

Resources: Storyboard Template (PDF)

Exercise #3 - Create a animatic (Basic Animation of storyboard)

Choose one of the TV Ads you have just storyboarded

• Scan your storyboard panels 
• Crop each panel image in Photoshop to remove storyboards notes etc 
• Import all panels to Adobe Flash or MS Powerpoint and replicate the timing and camera movements of the finished advertisement