It is a truth that very most people are not able to visualise a scene for a movie, TV commercial, training video, sales video, or any other kind of visual production just from reading the script or a text. Getting a freelance storyboard artist Sydney for your film or script is a jump start for you to achieve the concept that you want.
Present those very same individuals with a picture or image of some sort and they will understand the idea instantly. The old expression is that “a picture tells a thousand words” and for many people that holds true. Try, for instance to describe the beauty of a Red Admiral butterfly to somebody in words without showing them a photograph. Unless your name is actually Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, or Colleen McCullough, you may discover it really difficult attempting to get across to them exactly what it resembles. In reality, you might have a difficult time attempting to visualise it for yourself as you try to explain it.
Nevertheless, present those exact same people with a picture or a painting of a Red Admiral and they will get the message quickly.
The Same With A Film Script
It is exactly the exact same with a movie script or a book that you want to develop into a movie. It can be very challenging to describe to someone how terrific your TVC or video is going to be when you only have words to discuss it. In lots of circumstances, they literally cannot “see” it.
What you need is a way of developing an image revealing your idea in a way where it can instantly be understood by the person or persons to whom you are presenting it.
Enter the freelance storyboard artist. A storyboard artist is someone who has the ability 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 quickly be comprehended. To puts it simply, he (or she) can see a photo in his mind’s eye and after that draw it so that anyone can comprehend exactly what is going on in a scene.
An Additional Step
Some individuals believe that having a storyboard developed prior to beginning production of a movie or TVC is merely an added action which includes greater cost to the overall budget plan and truly isn’t really a needed step. Nevertheless, this is far from the reality. Certainly, employing a freelance storyboard artist adds a little additional cost, but the time and cost savings later on can far surpass this.
Your storyboard will reveal each shot of the film or video in the proper 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 describe to your potential customer, your team, or undoubtedly anyone else, how the video will continue and what it is everything about. A lot of stakeholders discover it really tough to visualise something from a script, however your storyboard shows them exactly how the video will play out.
It Will Help Considerably When It Comes To Production
Your storyboard will also help substantially when it pertains to production. In effect you have actually produced a prepare for shooting your movie or video that includes all the various shots, the order where they occur, and how the script will interact with them. It enables you to thinking your protection– the various electronic camera angles that you will use– and it likewise guarantees that you do not unintentionally leave any scenes out and have to go back to film them later on: that of itself might conserve a substantial amount of cash if you are shooting on area. It will also save you time invested in revisions in the future if you do not have a storyboard and something doesn’t quite exercise the manner in which you thinkinged.
Some individuals will inform you that you can develop a storyboard by yourself, however it is a lot easier said than done, especially if you are not excellent at drawing. It’s real that you don’t require to be a Picasso since a bad drawing is much better than no drawing, but however you require to portray each shot as precisely as possible. You likewise have to include the script underneath each drawing with notes about what is going on in that specific shot.
Lots of people simply do not have the abilities to produce their own storyboard, so it is far better to use the services of a freelance storyboard artist such as Dean Mortensen who can visualise what it is that you desire to state and then draw the shots precisely for you.
Making Storyboards For 30 Years
Dean Mortensen has been an art director of an advertising firm for 30 years, and has actually been producing storyboards for all 30 of them. He has actually now left the advertising business as a full time art director and is working full time as a freelance storyboard artist. He has the unique ability to take a look at your script or text and then develop a storyboard revealing each shot precisely as it must look, together with the accompanying notes and script. What’s more, because he has been developing storyboards for very lots of years he can produce them very quickly when there are time restraints.
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 much more. He has worked in many industries consisting of alcohol, FMCG, tourist, telecoms, retail services, home entertainment, automobile, and sport, among numerous others. He has actually likewise won distinguished awards consisting of Gold & Bronze Cannes Lions, London International, D & ADVERTISEMENT, One Show, and New York Festivals.
Dean is readily able to handle freelance jobs from Australia clients, and US based projects with ease. Thanks duly to Dropbox and the inter-webs, he is able to create your frames 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 fast line fundamental, graphic pencil, line and a splash of colour, or what he calls line and the entire caboodle.
So now you understand why you ought to have a storyboard produced and why you should utilize a freelance storyboard artist in order to acquire the very best results. You can call Dean at +61-432564690 or email him at scenesbydean@gmail.com.
