Dream Works provides us with 10 tips to create great storyboards. Storyboards are probably one of the most important parts of the animation process, because they set the whole direction for an animation and decide how every shot looks.
Avoid flat staging unless necessary, it is not very engaging for the viewer and creates a boring scene. Laying down grids helps create depth in your storyboard.Logically grouping characters will help making cutting back and forth easier to understand for the audience. Do not allow everything to be parallel to the frame, it creates an uninteresting shot. Be weary of how you fill your frames, overcrowding does not make good use of space. Over shoulder shots really help deliver dialogue.
When a character is squared off and does not look directly at the camera it makes the scene more inviting. Higher angles establish weakness, while lower angles establish dominance. Last but not least is to motivate your cuts by writing in sounds or actions.
I find all this information really important to listen to because when you want to see if your story board is up to standard, you could easily run through this list. These tips will be especially useful when we are doing our storyboards this week!
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