Film/Media: Personal Projects – The Art of Storyboarding – University Tutorial With Dr Alec Plowman From University of East Anglia

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In this live interactive Film/Media tutorial, we will be joined by Dr Alec Plowman, Lecturer in Media Production in the School of Media, Language and Communication Studies at University of East Anglia, who will present Personal Projects – The Art of Storyboarding.

Storyboarding is one of the most important – and most overlooked – aspects of the film pre-production process. Get storyboarding right and you’ll make films with a vision (and stay on schedule!) Get it wrong and you’ll end up with a spiralling production that doesn’t go anywhere.

In this session, we’ll talk through the ins and outs of the storyboarding process: why we do it, what information our storyboards need and which types of shots we use when. We’ll also explore some of the different ways to put a storyboard together and learn that we don’t need to know how to draw to create great storyboards.

Lecturer Profile: Dr Alec Plowman

Our events are designed so that a group of students can take part from a classroom, or students and teachers can take part as individuals, either from school or from home.

As a live, participative event, this session will not be recorded but we will share slides and other resources, where available.

Suitable for: Key Stage 5, and equivalent, students studying or with an interest in studying Film, Media and related subjects. Teachers and members of school staff, as always, are welcome too and participants can join as individuals from school/college or home, or as a group from school/college.

Preparation/Pre-Reading: Students are asked to consider some of the key issues and any questions or challenges they face relating to storyboarding.

The IT Setup: The event will be run on Zoom and participants will be able to join using laptops, tablets, and mobile devices. If you are joining as a school group, we recommend connecting with one device and projecting on to a whiteboard. You will be able to interact with the university via a microphone and/or typed comments and questions. Full details will be sent to those who have registered (see below) prior to the event.

Booking a Place: This is free for schools and colleges. If you would like to take part in this event, please register your interest using the link to the registration form below:

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