Story Board Language

- the first role of a story board is to allow the film maker to pre-visualise their ideas
- secondly clearest way to communicate ideas to entire production team
- you need to include shot type, camera position, movement, camera action, dialogue, detail, notes
- high camera angle (looks down on subject)
- low camera angle (makes person seam powerful)
- level camera angle
- long shot ( broader range of setting)
- use arrows to illustrate camera movement 
Pan: sweep from one point to another
POV: point of view shot
Reaction Shot: a shot of someones reaction
Tilt: up or down on a tripod
Zoom: zooming in or out
Edit: fade, dissolve, jump cut
- a story board is an illustrated script and shouldn't leave much place for interpretation 
- one drawing in one panel
- panel annotations they are sometimes put in an arrow or circle
- camera movement (different colour frames)
- list the scenes about three frames per scene
- establishing shot (the scenery normally long shot)
- arrows can show zoom in zoom out with a blue frame as final product
- SHOW DON'T TELL an action can say a lot