It is a reality that there are lots of people are not able to visualise a scene for a film, TV commercial, training video, sales video, or other kind of visual production simply from looking over the script or a text. In creating your own storyboard you can hire a freelance storyboard artist to save time and money.
Present those very same individuals with a picture or picture of some sort and they will understand the concept right away. The old expression is that “a picture tells a thousand words” and for extremely numerous people that holds true. Attempt, for instance to describe the appeal of a Red Admiral butterfly to somebody in words only. Unless your name is actually Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, or Colleen McCullough, you might find it very difficult attempting to make clear to them exactly what it resembles. In fact, you may have a tough time attempting to visualise it for yourself as you attempt to explain it.
However, present those exact same individuals with a photo or a painting of a Red Admiral and they will get the message quickly.
The Same With A Film Script
It is exactly the same with a film script or a book that you wish to develop into a film. It can be really tough to explain to someone how terrific your TVC or video is going to be when you just have words to explain it. In numerous circumstances, they literally cannot “see” it.
What you require is a method of developing an image showing your concept in a way in which it can quickly be understood by the individual or persons to whom you are showing it.
Enter the freelance storyboard artist. A storyboard artist is someone who has the capability to visualise the principle of a script or other piece of text and turn it into an image or series of images so that it can quickly be understood. Simply puts, he (or she) can see a photo in his mind’s eye and then draw it so that anyone can comprehend what is going on in a scene.
An Additional Step
Some individuals believe that having actually a storyboard produced before beginning production of a film or TVC is just an extra action which adds greater expense to the total budget plan and truly isn’t a requirement. Nevertheless, this is far from the reality. Definitely, employing a freelance storyboard artist adds a small additional expense, however the time and expense savings later can far surpass this.
Your storyboard will show each shot of the movie or video in the correct order and will have notes mentioning what is going on in the shot and describing any script that is being utilized in the scene. This makes it very simple to describe to your prospective customer, your team, or undoubtedly anybody else, how the video will continue and what it is everything about. Many stakeholders discover it extremely hard to visualise something from a script, but your storyboard reveals them exactly how the video will play out.
It Will Help Considerably When It Comes To Production
Your storyboard will likewise assist considerably when it pertains to production. In effect you have actually developed a plan for shooting your movie or video that includes all of the different shots, the order in which they take place, and how the script will communicate with them. It allows you to consider your protection– the various video camera angles that you will utilize– and it likewise ensures that you do not unintentionally leave any scenes out and need to go back to movie them later: that of itself could save a significant quantity of money if you are shooting on place. It will likewise save you time invested in modifications in the future if you do not have a storyboard and something doesn’t rather exercise the method that you prepared.
Some individuals will inform you that you can develop a storyboard by yourself, but it is a lot much easier said than done, particularly if you are not great at drawing. It’s true that you don’t require to be a Picasso given that a bad drawing is better than no drawing, but nevertheless you have to depict each shot as precisely as possible. You likewise need to add the script beneath each drawing with notes about what is going on in that certain shot.
Many individuals merely do not have the skills to develop their own storyboard, so it is far better to use the services of a freelance storyboard artist such as Dean Mortensen who can visualise what it is that you wish to state then draw the shots properly for you.
Making Storyboards For 30 Years
Dean Mortensen has been an art director of a marketing company for 30 years, and has been producing storyboards for all 30 of them. He has actually now left the advertising business as a full time art director and is working out on his own as a freelance storyboard artist. He has the special capability to look at your script or text and then develop a storyboard showing each shot exactly as it must look, together with the accompanying notes and script. What’s more, since he has been producing storyboards for many years he can produce them very rapidly when there are time restrictions.
Dean has produced storyboards for the major companies such as Revlon, Y & R Group, Avis, Foxtel, Cuddly, Emirates, NSW Transport Maritime, Colgate, Tabcorp, visitnsw.com, BWM, and much more. He has worked in many industries consisting of alcohol, FMCG, tourism, telecoms, retail services, home entertainment, automobile, and sport, among numerous others. He has actually also won distinguished awards consisting of Gold & Bronze Cannes Lions, London International, D & ADVERTISEMENT, One Show, and New York Festivals.
Dean is fully able to be assigned local work, and US based assignments with ease. Thanks duly to Dropbox and the world wide web, he is able to work remotely and deliver his same exceptional quality and accuracy, as if he were just right next door in the next room.
Dean’s storyboards can be produced in different styles such as quick line fundamental, graphic pencil, line and a splash of colour, or exactly what he calls line and the whole caboodle.
So now you know why you ought to have a storyboard created and why you need to use a freelance storyboard artist in order to acquire the best outcomes. You can call Dean at +61-432564690 or email him at [email protected].