For our first class in storyboarding, we mainly looked into different compositions and shots used for different moods and scenes. We also looked into shape language of the characters and the environments around them.
These are the notes I made during the presentation.
Storyboard Exercise:
We had a mini exercise where we draw a panel of one of the prompts written in the presentation, and I chose “A surprising discovery”.
I interpreted the discovery to be something pleasant, thus setting the scene with some subtle clues of where the characters are (in a birthday party) I used the worms eye view bottom view to create a visually interesting piece. Based on the feedback however, I think I could definitely improve by showing the character’s expression and energy of the “surprise” before getting to the scene that I drew. (which I kind of sketched out in the 2nd panel after that).
QUICK PANORAMA LIFE DRAWING EXERCISE:
These are quick sketches of my point of view within the class, it was very interesting how I couldn’t exactly fit everything I see on the page or else it’ll be cramped up. In a way it felt like capturing a fragment of what I see in a viewfinder. Other than that, this exercise was quite fun and eye opening. If I had more time I would’ve definitely developed on it more.