It is a truth that many individuals are unable to visualise a scene for a movie, TELEVISION commercial, training video, sales video, or any other type of visual production simply from looking over the script or a text. Successful concept artist evolve in different aspect of their work, it’s like ideas popping every second.
Present those same individuals with a picture or picture of some sort and they will understand the idea instantly. The old expression is that “a picture tells a thousand words” and for many individuals that holds true. Try, for instance to describe the beauty of a Red Admiral butterfly to somebody in words by themselves. Unless your name is actually Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, or Colleen McCullough, you may find it very tough trying to make clear to them exactly what it appears like. In reality, you may have a difficult time attempting to visualise it for yourself as you try to describe it.
Nevertheless, present those same individuals with a picture or a painting of a Red Admiral and they will get the message immediately.
The Same With A Film Script
It is exactly the exact same with a movie script or a book that you want to become a film. It can be really tough to explain to someone how excellent your TVC or video is going to be when you only have words to discuss it. In numerous instances, they literally can’t “see” it.
Exactly what you need is a method of developing an image revealing your idea in a way in which it can instantly be comprehended by the individual or persons to whom you are showing it.
Enter the freelance storyboard artist. A storyboard artist is someone who has the capability to visualise the concept of a script or other piece of text and turn it into an image or series of images so that it can quickly be comprehended. Simply puts, he (or she) can see an image in his mind’s eye and after that draw it so that anyone can understand what is going on in a scene.
An Additional Step
Some people think that having actually a storyboard produced before beginning production of a movie or TVC is just an additional action which includes higher cost to the overall budget and truly isn’t really a needed step. Nevertheless, this is far from the fact. Certainly, employing a freelance storyboard artist adds a small extra expense, but the time and expense savings later can far exceed this.
Your storyboard will reveal each shot of the film or video in the correct order and will have notes specifying exactly what is going on in the shot and describing any script that is being used in the scene. This makes it very simple to discuss to your prospective client, your team, or certainly anyone else, how the video will proceed and exactly what it is all about. The majority of stakeholders find it very challenging to visualise something from a script, however your storyboard shows them precisely how the video will play out.
It Will Help Considerably When It Comes To Production
Your storyboard will likewise assist substantially when it concerns production. In effect you have actually created a prepare for shooting your film or video that includes all of the various shots, the order in which they occur, and how the script will connect with them. It enables you to prepare your protection– the numerous cam angles that you will utilize– and it likewise guarantees that you do not accidentally leave any scenes out and need to go back to film them later: that of itself might conserve a significant quantity of money if you are filming on area. It will likewise conserve you time invested in revisions later on if you don’t have a storyboard and something does not quite work out the manner in which you considered.
Some people will inform you that you can create a storyboard on your own, but it is a lot much easier said than done, particularly if you are not great at drawing. It’s real that you don’t need to be a Picasso since a poor illustration is better than no illustration, but however you require to depict each shot as properly as possible. You also require to include the script beneath each drawing with notes about exactly what is going on in that particular shot.
Lots of people merely do not have the skills to create their own storyboard, so it is far better to utilize the services of a freelance storyboard artist such as Dean Mortensen who can visualise exactly what it is that you desire to state and then draw the shots accurately for you.
Producing 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 advertising business and is working full time as a freelance storyboard artist. He has the distinct capability to look at your script or text and then develop a storyboard showing each shot precisely as it need to look, together with the accompanying notes and script. What’s more, due to the fact that he has actually been developing storyboards for really many years he can produce them extremely rapidly when there are time restraints.
Dean has actually 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 much more. He has actually operated in many markets consisting of alcohol, FMCG, tourist, telecoms, retail services, entertainment, automobile, and sport, amongst numerous others. He has actually also won prominent awards including Gold & Bronze Cannes Lions, London International, D & ADVERTISEMENT, One Show, and New York Festivals.
Dean is readily setup to handle freelance jobs from Australia clients, and international freelance jobs with ease. Thanks duly to Dropbox and the web, he is able to create your frames remotely and deliver his same exceptional quality and accuracy, as if he were just in the next studio, in the next room.
Dean’s storyboards can be developed in different styles such as quick line standard, graphic pencil, line and a splash of colour, or exactly what he calls line and the entire caboodle.
So now you know why you should have a storyboard produced and why you ought to utilize a freelance storyboard artist in order to obtain the very best outcomes. You can get in touch with Dean at +61-432564690 or email him at [email protected].