It is a fact that very many people are unable to visualise a scene for a movie, TV commercial, training video, sales video, or other type of film simply from looking over the script or a text. The freelance storyboard artist have a great visuals can communicate complex scenarios simply.
Present those very same people with a picture or image of some sort and they will grasp the concept right away. The old saying is that “a picture tells a thousand words” and for extremely numerous people that holds true. Attempt, for instance to describe the charm of a Red Admiral butterfly to someone in words by themselves. Unless your name is actually Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, or Colleen McCullough, you might find it really hard attempting to get across to them precisely what it looks like. In truth, you might have a tough time attempting to visualise it on your own as you try to explain it.
However, present those same individuals with a photograph or a painting of a Red Admiral and they will get the message immediately.
The Same With A Film Script
It is exactly the very same with a film script or a book that you desire to become a film. It can be extremely hard to explain to someone how fantastic your TVC or video is going to be when you just have words to explain it. In numerous circumstances, they actually can’t “see” it.
What you require is a method of creating an image revealing your concept in a way in which it can quickly be understood by the individual or persons to whom you are displaying it.
Enter the freelance storyboard artist. A storyboard artist is somebody who has the capability to visualise the principle of a script or other piece of text and turn it into an image or series of images so that it can easily be understood. In other words, he (or she) can see a photo in his mind’s eye and after that draw it so that anybody can comprehend exactly what is going on in a scene.
An Additional Step
Some people believe that having actually a storyboard developed prior to beginning production of a movie or TVC is simply an additional action which adds higher expense to the overall budget and really isn’t a needed step. However, this is far from the fact. Definitely, utilizing a freelance storyboard artist includes a little extra expense, but the time and expense savings later can far outweigh this.
Your storyboard will reveal each shot of the film or video in the appropriate order and will have notes specifying what is going on in the shot and describing any script that is being used in the scene. This makes it exceptionally easy to explain to your potential customer, your team, or indeed anybody else, how the video will proceed and exactly what it is all about. Most stakeholders find it very hard to visualise something from a script, but your storyboard reveals them precisely how the video will play out.
It Will Help Considerably When It Comes To Production
Your storyboard will likewise assist considerably when it concerns production. In effect you have actually created a prepare for shooting your movie or video that includes all the different shots, the order where they occur, and how the script will connect with them. It allows you to thinking your protection– the numerous cam angles that you will utilize– and it likewise makes sure that you don’t inadvertently leave any scenes out and need to go back to movie them later on: that of itself might conserve a substantial amount of cash if you are filming on location. It will also save you time invested in modifications later on if you do not have a storyboard and something doesn’t rather exercise the manner in which you considered.
Some individuals will inform you that you can produce a storyboard on your own, but it is a lot easier stated than done, specifically if you are not good at drawing. It’s real that you do not require to be a Picasso considering that a poor drawing is much better than no drawing, but nonetheless you have to depict each shot as properly as possible. You also have to add the script underneath each drawing with notes about what is going on in that certain shot.
Lots of people just do not have the skills to produce their own storyboard, so it is far much better to use the services of a freelance storyboard artist such as Dean Mortensen who can visualise exactly what it is that you wish to say and after that draw the shots precisely for you.
Making Storyboards For 30 Years
Dean Mortensen has actually been an art director of an ad agency for 30 years, and has actually been producing storyboards for all 30 of them. He has actually now left the marketing business as a full time art director and is working full time as a freelance storyboard artist. He has the special ability to look at your script or text and then create a storyboard showing each shot exactly as it need to look, together with the accompanying notes and script. What’s more, because he has been producing storyboards for extremely lots of years he can produce them extremely rapidly when there are time constraints.
Dean has produced storyboards for the major companies such as Revlon, Y & R Group, Avis, Foxtel, Cuddly, Emirates, NSW Transport Maritime, Colgate, Tabcorp, visitnsw.com, BWM, and a lot more. He has actually operated in many markets including alcohol, FMCG, tourism, telecoms, retail services, entertainment, motor automobiles, and sport, amongst lots of others. He has actually likewise won prominent awards consisting of Gold & Bronze Cannes Lions, London International, D & AD, One Show, and New York Festivals.
Dean is readily able to be assigned freelance jobs from Australia clients, and international assignments with ease. Thanks duly to Dropbox and the web, he is able to work remotely and deliver his same standard of quality and accuracy, as if he were just right next door in the next room.
Dean’s storyboards can be produced in various styles such as quick line fundamental, graphic pencil, line and a splash of colour, or exactly what he calls line and the entire caboodle.
So now you know why you ought to have a storyboard created and why you need to utilize a freelance storyboard artist in order to get the finest outcomes. You can call Dean at +61-432564690 or email him at scenesbydean@gmail.com.
