# Filmmaking Basics/Thumbnail Storyboard/Examples/Example 1

Narrative Film Production:
Course #01: The Basics
Lesson:
Creating the Thumbnail Storyboards
Lesson Page:
Thumbnail storyboard examples
Examples:
Thumbnail Storyboard Example #1
Thumbnail Storyboard Example #2
Thumbnail Storyboard Example #3
Thumbnail Storyboard Example #4
Thumbnail Storyboard by Ugoglen - Example #5
The Storyboard Worksheet • The Original Story · The Script Outline · All the Storyboard Frames · The Formatted Script · The Floor Plan. :
| This is an example Thumbnail Storyboard Start with a wide shot In this example, we start with a wide shot from behind the people.. In this view we see the two people looking at the movie poster on the wall. Then we dolly in to get a better view of the movie poster. | Thumbnail Storyboard Example #1 The Thumbnail Storyboards for "Seduced by the Dark Side" EXTERIOR - The local movie theater - NIGHT Fade In Dolly In (1) The Young Person and Old Person stand looking at the movie poster outside the theater. I want to start with an establishing shot which shows two people looking at the poster on the side wall of a local cinema. After two seconds of street sounds, I want to start the "Star Wars" musical theme as the poster becomes larger in the frame as the camera dollies in. I want to stretch this out as much as possible so once the camera is close enough to the poster to start the music for the poster, I want the camera to slow down and move steadily inward at the music plays for a full five seconds. Note: This is a wide angle shot to give the feeling of being far apart. The camera slowly dollies in. (Example: a 24mm lens in 35mm still camera equivalents) Pedestal Down (2) Young Person: "That was a great movie..." I want the young person to begin talking before the audience even sees the young person's face. Dolly Left (3) Young Person (continued): "but I do not understand one thing." After the camera dollies in and it dollies left (trucks left), I want to see the face of the boy as he turns toward the old person (and toward the camera.) Cut To (4) Old Person: "What's that?" I want to use a wide angle shot to emphasize the emotional distance between the two characters. Cut To (5) Young Person: "How can anyone be seduced by the Dark Side?" I still want to use a wide angle shot but not as wide as before. I still want the audience to feel that the two people are emotionally very far apart. Cut To (6) The old person thinks for a while. Now I want to become more emotionally involved with the old person. Therefore, I will begin using a mild telephoto lens. I want to pause for three seconds as "thinking music" plays. This will build tension. (7) Old Person: "What computer do you have at home?" I want to use a mild telephoto (85 mm lens in 35 mm film camera equivalent) Cut To (8) Young Person (eagerly): "A Macintosh!" I want to use a mild telephoto (85 mm lens in 35 mm film camera equivalent). Just enough to feel some warmth to the scene but not too much. For music, I just want a single musical note in the background, possibly angelic voices. Cut To (9) Old Person: "But what computer does your father use at work?" Now I want to use a telephoto lens to give a warm and close feeling (135 mm lens in 35 mm film camera equivalent) Before the man speaks, I want about 2 seconds of music to indicate that he knows what he is doing. Cut To (10) The young person thinks for a moment. I want to use a portrait telephoto to give a warm and close feeling (135 mm lens in 35 mm film camera equivalent) I want to stretch this out as long as possible. Therefore, I want five seconds of "Serious Thinking Music" to fill this gap in the dialog. (11) Young Person (amazed and excited): "Seduced by the Dark Side!" I want to use a portrait telephoto to give a warm and close feeling (135 mm lens in 35 mm film camera equivalent) To emphasize this, once the young person says this, I want a (musical) cord from the "Star Wars" theme. Cut To (12) The Old Person smiles. Now I want to use portrait telephoto lense to give a warm and close feeling (135 mm lens in 35 mm film camera equivalent). Again, I want to stretch this out as long as possible so I want really powerful music here which is very warm and happy. Cut To (13) Old Person and the Young Person walk toward home together. I want to use a portrait telephoto to give a warm and close feeling (135 mm lens in 35 mm film camera equivalent). This is shot full frame of just the old person and the young person. The rest is a matte painting. The dolly out shot will be done simply by compositing this into the matte painting and zooming out. Since the actual movie set is just a blank wall and a movie poster, everything else is a matte painting. Threrefore, I can use a 3D animated matte painting with characters from the Star Wars movie walking around the streets in front of the movie cinema. And of course, I want great music to associate the scene with the space port in Star Wars. (14) Fade to Black. The End |
| Point Of Reference: This scene will be filmed outside the line. (Away from the poster = In the pink area). Therefore, the camera will never cross the line. The Floor Plan for the Movie | Thumbnail Storyboard Example #1 The Thumbnail Storyboards for "Seduced by the Dark Side" EXTERIOR - The local movie theater - NIGHT Fade In Dolly In (1) The Young Person and Old Person stand looking at the movie poster outside the theater. I want to start with an establishing shot which shows two people looking at the poster on the side wall of a local cinema. After two seconds of street sounds, I want to start the "Star Wars" musical theme as the poster becomes larger in the frame as the camera dollies in. I want to stretch this out as much as possible so once the camera is close enough to the poster to start the music for the poster, I want the camera to slow down and move steadily inward at the music plays for a full five seconds. Note: This is a wide angle shot to give the feeling of being far apart. The camera slowly dollies in. (Example: a 24mm lens in 35mm still camera equivalents) Pedestal Down (2) Young Person: "That was a great movie..." I want the young person to begin talking before the audience even sees the young person's face. Dolly Left (3) Young Person (continued): "but I do not understand one thing." After the camera dollies in and it dollies left (trucks left), I want to see the face of the boy as he turns toward the old person (and toward the camera.) Cut To (4) Old Person: "What's that?" I want to use a wide angle shot to emphasize the emotional distance between the two characters. Cut To (5) Young Person: "How can anyone be seduced by the Dark Side?" I still want to use a wide angle shot but not as wide as before. I still want the audience to feel that the two people are emotionally very far apart. Cut To (6) The old person thinks for a while. Now I want to become more emotionally involved with the old person. Therefore, I will begin using a mild telephoto lens. I want to pause for three seconds as "thinking music" plays. This will build tension. (7) Old Person: "What computer do you have at home?" I want to use a mild telephoto (85 mm lens in 35 mm film camera equivalent) Cut To (8) Young Person (eagerly): "A Macintosh!" I want to use a mild telephoto (85 mm lens in 35 mm film camera equivalent). Just enough to feel some warmth to the scene but not too much. For music, I just want a single musical note in the background, possibly angelic voices. Cut To (9) Old Person: "But what computer does your father use at work?" Now I want to use a telephoto lens to give a warm and close feeling (135 mm lens in 35 mm film camera equivalent) Before the man speaks, I want about 2 seconds of music to indicate that he knows what he is doing. Cut To (10) The young person thinks for a moment. I want to use a portrait telephoto to give a warm and close feeling (135 mm lens in 35 mm film camera equivalent) I want to stretch this out as long as possible. Therefore, I want five seconds of "Serious Thinking Music" to fill this gap in the dialog. (11) Young Person (amazed and excited): "Seduced by the Dark Side!" I want to use a portrait telephoto to give a warm and close feeling (135 mm lens in 35 mm film camera equivalent) To emphasize this, once the young person says this, I want a (musical) cord from the "Star Wars" theme. Cut To (12) The Old Person smiles. Now I want to use portrait telephoto lense to give a warm and close feeling (135 mm lens in 35 mm film camera equivalent). Again, I want to stretch this out as long as possible so I want really powerful music here which is very warm and happy. Cut To (13) Old Person and the Young Person walk toward home together. I want to use a portrait telephoto to give a warm and close feeling (135 mm lens in 35 mm film camera equivalent). This is shot full frame of just the old person and the young person. The rest is a matte painting. The dolly out shot will be done simply by compositing this into the matte painting and zooming out. Since the actual movie set is just a blank wall and a movie poster, everything else is a matte painting. Threrefore, I can use a 3D animated matte painting with characters from the Star Wars movie walking around the streets in front of the movie cinema. And of course, I want great music to associate the scene with the space port in Star Wars. (14) Fade to Black. The End |
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