CIS 421Exercises › Video Storyboard

Ex. 4. Video project storyboard (10 points)

Create a storyboard for your Flash movie and link to it from webmaster.htm page on your Web site.

Grading sheet to upload to Blackboard

Examples

Wedding Video Storyboard

Student examples:

http://www.storyboards-east.com/anm-fm.html

  • Click on the storyboard samples link.
  • This site show actual storyboards done for commercial clients. The artwork is very nice, but the descriptions are too simple

Methods

  • Use one of these methods to display a storyboard for your video
    • PowerPoint slides
    • HTML pages

How to create storyboard images in Flash

  • Open the fla version of the Flash movie
  • Use the playhead at the top of the timeline to move to the image you want to export from Flash
  • Click File>export image to save a copy of the image in that frame
    • Choose jpeg or gif as the file type in the dropdown list box
    • save the image
  • Import these images into your PowerPoint slides or HTML pages
  • Slide 1: Title of Flash movie and main idea of storyline (what's it about)
  • Slide 2: Opening shot -- title, what's it about
    • Tell what is in Flash animation clips - include a copy of opening frame & any animation effects
    • Describe content of audio clips & any audio effects
    • Tell what is in any titles & describe title effects--
  • Slides 3 - 5 - describe story in middle of Flash animation
    • Tell what is in Flash animation clips - include copies of a Flash animation frame on each slide & describe Flash animation effects
    • Tell what is in audio clips & describe audio effects
    • Tell what is in any titles & describe title effects--
      • may have them if you switch scenes or move to another part of the story
  • Interactivity - discuss buttons, menus, input boxes, that viewer can use to interact with Flash animation
  • Final Slide describes end of video
    • Tell what is in video clips - include copy of video frame & describe video effects
    • Tell what is in audio clips & describe audio effects
    • Tell what is in any titles & describe title effects -- Describe end of story

Upload to your Web site

  • Create a link to your story board from the webmaster.htm page on your web site that introduces your movies
  • upload feedback grade sheet to Blackboard Assignment

If time permits, students may be asked to present their storyboards in class on due date