09. storyboard


Have you ever had one of those moments where you discover that something you’ve been doing for a while is actually a real thing? Yeah, that just happened to me with discovering storyboarding.



for ages, I have drawn out scenes or specific things to inspire me whenever I’m writing a story, and (of course, its not the EXACT same thing as storyboarding for a movie) it’s similar enough that I instantly sat up in my seat when I found out that this was what the next blog post would be about. I LOVE drawing (do NOT ask me if im good at it, because I refuse to answer), and I also really really love visualizing scenes. Its perfect.



I learned, though, that it doesn’t matter how pristine and polished your drawing is. Whenever I used to do it, I’d always stress over making it look accurate to what was in my mind while also including the most amount if detail that I could. But that’s not at all the case! Storyboarding, like many other things, is something that should only be for you and your team. As long s you can understand and explain what you want to happen in a specific scene or frame, that’s all you really need. I also learned that not everything has to happen in one little box. Trying to draw in a whole entire scene in only one box was… let’s say busy? It got too crowded and ended up distracting me from being able to focus on each important part of a scene. Its okay to take things shot by shot.



One challenge that I have found staying with me even after learning more about storyboarding is the never-ending struggle to stay focused. I always end up going off the rails and off topic, but that seems more like a personal issue with me…



Anyway, I think I yapped about my personal struggles with storyboarding. Let’s get to the fun part, where I show you my version of a storyboard for one scene! The scene that I ended up picking for this was (of course) from the Barbie franchise! It wouldn’t be me if it wasn’t. would it?

 


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