1. Story boarding & Stop-motion assignment
INTRODUCTION TO
Story boarding & Stop-motion assignment

2. WHAT IS A STORYBOARD?

3. THE LANGUAGE POINT OF VIEW or P.O.V.
LONG SHOT vs. MEDIUM SHOT vs. CLOSE UP vs. EXTREME CLOSE UP
ESTABLISHING SHOT
EYE LEVEL
WORMS EYE VIEW vs. BIRDS EYE VIEW
TILT
HORIZONTAL PAN vs. VERTICAL PAN vs. DIAGONAL PAN
ZOOM IN vs. ZOOM OUT

4. Point of view (POV)

5. Long shot

6. Medium shot

7. Close up

8. Extreme close up

9. Establishing shot

10. Worms eye view

11. Birds eye view

12. Tilt

13. YOUR SKETCH HERE STORYBOARD FORMAT WE WILL USE SCENE: 1
MOVIE TITLE: Your title here
YOUR SKETCH HERE
DESCRIPTION: Briefly describe setting (NYC, early morning, present day, etc). Briefly describe what is happening (Woman walking dog down street).
SOUND: Briefly describe sounds and/or verbal dialogue
MUSIC: Is there music? Does it work with the scene?

14. Example

15. STORYBOARD VIDEO/LINKS
THE PURPOSE OF STORYBOARDING
ANGLES AND COMPOSITION IN STORYBOARDING
SCREEN DIRECTING IN STORYBOARDING
STOPMOTION METHODS & APPROACHES
STOPMOTION TIPS

16. ASSIGNMENT: OBJECTIVE: EXECUTION:
IN YOUR ASSIGNED GROUPS, YOU WILL CREATE A 1 ½ TO 2 ½ MINUTE MOVIE TRAILER ON A FAKE MOVIE TITLE PRESCRIBED BY ME. YOUR TRAILER WILL BE BASED ON YOUR OWN INTERPRETATION OF THE TITLE GIVEN. KEEP ALL TRAILERS PG-13.
EXECUTION:
STORYBOARD: WILL BE BETWEEN SCENES/DRAWINGS. WHEN FINISHED, YOUR GROUP MUST POST ON BULLITEN BOARD AND WALK ME THROUGH EACH SCENE BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. YOU WILL MAKE A VIDEO OF THIS.
MOVIE TRAILER: MUST BE 100% STOP-MOTION ANIMATION. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS, PROPS, AND ENVIRONMENTS. YOU WILL RESEARCH REAL MOVIE TRAILERS TO GET AN IDEA FOR HOW THEY ARE COMPOSED BEFORE JUMPING IN.
EQUIPMENT: ONE iPAD WILL BE PROVIDED TO EACH GROUP. YOU MAY ALSO USE YOUR PHONES AND CHROMEBOOKS. THERE ARE SEVERAL FREE STOP-MOTION APPS TO CHOOSE FROM, OR YOU MAY USE YOUR OWN MOVIE MAKING SOFTWARE.

17. ASSIGNMENT (CONT.) STORYBOARD BETWEEN 16-20 SCENES/DRAWINGS
TRAILER BETWEEN 1 ½ - 2 ½ MINUTES LONG.
I WANT YOUR INTERPRETATION OF THE MOVIE TITLE. THE PLOT AND SETTING WILL BE COMPLETELY UP TO YOU.
MUST BE PG-13 (NO SEXUAL CONTENT, CURSING, ANTI-SEMITIC, HOMOPHOBIC, OR RACIALLY OFFENSIVE GESTURES OR LANGUAGE).
100% STOP-MOTION.
MUST DESIGNATE THE FOLLOWING ROLES WITHIN THE GROUP:
DIRECTOR (ONLY 1 PERSON)
PRODUCTION DESIGNER (1-2 PEOPLE)
CINEMATOGRAPHER (1-2 PEOPLE)
MUST DISPLAY THE FOLLOWING AT ANY POINT IN THE CLIP:
MOVIE TITLE
NAMES OF GROUP MEMBERS AND THEIR ROLES (EX. DIRECTED BY _______, CINEMATOGRAPHY BY _______)