# Filmmaking Basics/3D Storyboard/FrameForge:Getting Started SBTDS
## Messages for students

This school is:
Narrative film production - Wikiversity Film School
This course is:
The basics of narrative filmmaking
This lesson is:
Lesson: 3D Storyboarding
Pages of this Lesson:
Storyboarding using 3D software
Introduction to FrameForge 3D Studio free demo version
Getting started with FrameForge 3D Studio
Quick Exercise - Over-the-shoulder shot - 4 points
Page 1 - Getting started storyboarding "Seduced by the Dark Side!"
Page 2 - A simple example
Page 3 - Building a movie set inside FrameForge
alternative
Page 4 - Creating depth of field inside FrameForge free demo version
Before and After: corrections by instructor
The corrections for Sir Mok
All the completed storyboards by students
The amazing storyboard from Gare Cline
large version
Optional
Example #1 · Example #2 · Other software for storyboards · 3D storyboard creation in DAZ Studio - Croc :
The steps of this lesson
The steps for this lesson
Step 1
Complete the Quick Exercise which teaches you about over the shoulder shots. Send me your .previs file and I will send it back corrected. (Please SAVED AS a cross platform file which is big and fast. This is one of the options when you save the file.)
Step 2
Create or download the movie set.
Step 3
Put your actors on the movie set.
Step 4
Create a rough version and send the .previs file. (Please SAVED AS a cross platform file which is big and fast. This is one of the options when you save the file.)
Step 5
Go to the next lesson which is on lenses and complete that.
Step 6
Return to this lesson and correct any shots which you need to correct and send me your final .previs file.
Always select cross platform when you save the file. It is under the FORMAT option. :
Getting started with FrameForge 3D Studio
Creating a simple movie set
To do rough storyboarding with FrameForge 3D Studio, you do not need a movie set.
However, a movie set looks nice and helps you get orientated.
Therefore, I have built a movie set which you can download or there are optional instructions for people who want their own movie set. :
1. Create a wall in FrameForge 3D Studio
Shot #01
Here is a frame from the storyboard.
Shot #02
Here is a frame from the storyboard.
Shot #03
Here is a frame from the storyboard.
Shot #04
Here is a frame from the storyboard.
Shot #05
Here is a frame from the storyboard.
Shot #06
Here is a frame from the storyboard.
Shot #07
Here is a frame from the storyboard.
Shot #08
Here is a frame from the storyboard.
Shot #09
Here is a frame from the storyboard.
Shot #10
Here is a frame from the storyboard.
Shot #11
Here is a frame from the storyboard.
Shot #12
Here is a frame from the storyboard.
Shot #13
Here is a frame from the storyboard.
Shot #14
Here is a frame from the storyboard.
Click on pictures to see full size.
Shot #15
Here is a frame from the storyboard. :
What is wrong with these pictures?
Original
In this scene, the boy and the man become friends. How to I show that using the camera lens?
Something's wrong!!!!
Above is a rough storyboard. What is wrong with it?
The mood of the lenses
All of the shots use the same lens. In the next lesson, you learn that different lenses (different focal lengths) create different moods.
By using the same lens, there is only one mood for the entire story. That is wrong!!!
Corrected
Therefore, I start with a wide angle lens and end with a telephoto lens. :
1. Create a wall in FrameForge 3D Studio
Shot #01
Here is a possible correction by your instructor.
Shot #02
Here is a possible correction by your instructor.
Shot #03
Here is a possible correction by your instructor.
Shot #04
Here is a possible correction by your instructor.
Shot #05
Here is a possible correction by your instructor.
Shot #06
Here is a possible correction by your instructor.
Shot #07
Here is a possible correction by your instructor.
Shot #08
Here is a possible correction by your instructor.
Shot #09
Here is a possible correction by your instructor.
Shot #10
Here is a possible correction by your instructor.
Shot #11
Here is a possible correction by your instructor.
Shot #12
Here is a possible correction by your instructor.
Shot #13
Here is a possible correction by your instructor.
Shot #14
Here is a possible correction by your instructor.
Click on pictures to see full size.
Shot #15
Here is a possible correction by your instructor.
Click on pictures to see full size. :
| When two actors talk Eye direction Watch the eyes When two people are talking, their eyes are pointed the opposite way. One points left and one points right. | Eyes right? Not good Both actors eye's point the same direction |
| When two actors talk Eye direction Watch the eyes When two people are talking, their eyes are pointed the opposite way. One points left and one points right. | Their eyes cross! Better The actors' eyes point in different directions. |
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