At out first lesson, the tutor Izzy presented the purpose of a storyboard, which was to communicate the story and the idea/emotion, to plan the budget, to produce cheaper, etc. Then we were shown some cinema pictures as examples, we got to know how to make our storyboard look like different emotions in each frame. For example, the use of diagonal lines, horizontal lines and vertical lines. Horizontal lines give a peaceful feeling, while diagonal lines give an unsettled feeling. We also got to know the rule of thirds, which meant the character is the most focused point when they were in the position of one third or two third in the picture.

Then we did an activity on class which to choose one theme from five below:

a/running away from a monster

b/knocking down an antique vase

c/a surprising discovery

d/running late for a job interview

e/encountering the worst nemesis

I chose the first one, running away from the monster and here’s my work below:

(Actually we only had to draw one picture but I didnt hear that so I did five)

Comparing to other’s work, my storyboard is lacking change in perspectives and not clear enough for what I want to illustrate/express. Ive always wanted to show uniqueness while producing something but fail to tell the story first. In the future productions I would aim to improving on perspective sketching and story telling.