scripts and story boards

• who are scripts used by?


  The director, actors and camera operators
• what are scripts used in?

  Any product with dialogue such as video products, audio products, animation products and computer games
• name 3 video products

  movies, tv adverts or tv dramas
• name 2 audio products

  A radio play or radio advert
• name an animation product

  Short films
• where would a script be used in video games?

  Scenes with a short storytelling part or interaction between characters
• what ade the 4 purposes of a script?

  To identify the location where the action takes place, to identify who will be in the scene, to provide dialogue for the characters and to provide stage directions for the director and production crew
• name 3 stage directions


  Sound effects, camera angles, any movement
• name 4 parts of the content of a script

  Names of characters, dialogue and how it is said, set/location and scene descriptions
• name another 4 parts of the content of a script

  Stage directions/what happens in the scene, camera movement, shot types and sounds
• why should scripts follow conventions?


  To make it easier to scan and follow, so ensure to use appropriate fonts, capitalisation and indentation
• what does a storyboard do?

  Used to illustrate a sequence of moving images, which has a flow of scenes that follow a timeline
• what projects are storyboards used in?

  video projects, digital animation, video computer game sequences to illustrate or narrate the story
• how are storyboards different to visualisation diagrams?

  Visualisation diagrams are only for a single static product
• what are the 3 purposes of a story board?

  To provide a visual story of how a media project will look along a timeline, to provide guidance on how to edit the scenes into a story and to provide guidance on what scenes to film/create
• what is a panel number on a story board?


  The required scene sequence/order when edited together
• how is the length of scenes measured on a story board?

  In seconds
• give 2 locations


  indoors, at the beach
• what are images used for in a storyboard?


  The content of each scene
• give 3 camera shots

  Long shot, medium shot, extreme close up
• what does detail about camera shots do?


  Helps the camera crew and director to use correct equipment and place cameras
• give 4 camera angles

  Low angle, high angle, wide angle, extreme wide angle
• what does description of camera angles help with?

  plans the placement and viewpoint of the camera
• give 4 camera movements

  pan, tilt, zoom or use track and dolly
• what goes under the umbrella term of lighting?

  Types of lighting and direction of lighting
• give 3 examples of sound

  dialogue, sound effects and music
• give 3 types of camera

  Still camera, video camera, virtual camera
• when could a virtual camera be used?


  animations, 3D modelling or computer games
• give 2 visual effects

  Fade and hide
• name the 11 things that make up the content of a storyboard

  panel number, length of each scene, locations, images, camera shots, camera angles, camera movements, lighting, sound, camera types and visual effects