Storyboard.

Making a storyboard is where it begins. The first step is to understand what we are trying to show and what our intended message is. If we don't understand our message, neither will the audience. Creating a script or storyboard will help ensure that we and the audience understand our intent. It is like a basic picture story, but we must keep in mind the ‘5 W’s’ – Who, What, When, Where, and Why as it helps us fill in the main body of the story. Additionally, we must also keep in mind other terms such as protagonist, antagonist, plot, setting, dialogue, points of view and so on.

By creating a storyboard, it is easy to map out the whole concept of our story. We can pre-visualise each and every shot, each line of dialogue, each beat of the soundtrack, and factor in other vital elements such as background and special effects.

Although the interaction between the storyboard and us is limited, there are many advantages of producing one. These are as such:

• It is more meaningful than flowcharts and other more technical diagrams for conveying the user experience.
• It is vague enough that the audience will pose questions that are useful
• It is a way to gain early-stage feedback
• It does not require programming skills
• It does not require artistic skills
• It  is a quick way to sketch ideas
• It is easier to organize into a coherent description of users' actions
• It helps audience to also pre-visualise

I believe that by making a storyboard before filming, it would be very beneficial as we could always look back at it if we forget what we have to do next. It is also less time consuming if you think about it logically because if we did not acknowledge the importance of a storyboard and we began to film straight away, there would be more disagreements within our group as we would want to use our own outstanding ideas. We could also easily take out the shot we don't want or edit it whereas, it would take longer filming it as we cannot really pre-visualise what's happening.