Reverse Storyboarding

REVERSE STORYBOARD - "THE INCREDIBLES" 

MOVIE CLIP

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. PLAY AND PAUSE ON EACH SHOT FROM THE PROVIDED CLIP, AND DRAW WHAT YOU SEE
2. INDICATE ANY CAMERA MOVES, CHANGES IN POSES AND EXPRESSIONS, RECREATE THE POSES, FRAMING AND SUBJECT PLACEMENT FOR EVERY SHOT. 50-60 PANELS.
3. KEEP IT ROUGH AND SIMPLE, IMAGINE YOU ARE REVERSE-ENGINEERING THE SEQUENCE AS YOU BREAK DOWN THESE SHOTS TO STORYBOARD THEM. 
• THINK ABOUT THE PACING AND EDITING, WHY THE SHOTS ARE FRAMED THE WAY THEY ARE, WHERE THE NEGATIVE SPACE IS, WHEN AND WHY DOES IT GO TO CLOSE-UPS, AND WHERE IS THE MAIN FOCAL POINT IN EACH SHOT.
4. AS YOU GO, ILLUSTRATE THE COMPOSITIONAL ELEMENTS USED TO DIRECT AND LEAD THE STORYTELLING.
5. THINK ABOUT HOW THE CAMERA WAS USED TO DRAW OUT YOUR INITIAL EMOTIONAL RESPONSE AND VISUAL LANGUAGE TO THE SCENE.

DUE: Beginning of Class, Friday 10/14