What is a storyboard?

killianfallon

Hey everyone, I'm trying to apply for the IADT Animation course starting in September and the portfolio asks us to complete at least 2 storyboards. It says that a storyboard is basically a comic without the speech bubbles but is that literally all it is? Do you think it have detailed drawings that took time and colour and a lot of effort going into each drawing individually or is it more a sketching exercise that is used to assess your ideas? Any help would be fantastic, or even anyone who I can message about it.

Thanks

alastair

Storyboards comprise sequential framed sketches that illustrate your intent (point of view, movement, composition etc) - no need to dress them up any more than neccessary.

Nonmonotonic

From the 2012 prospectus.

IADT portfolio guidelines

A portfolio is a sample collection of your best work. It should be edited, easy to look through, and well presented.
Your portfolio should:
-Be selective: include and highlight only your best work, excluding early
works unless there are some exceptional pieces. Do not “pack” it with any
more than 30 pieces. (We appreciate quality, not quantity)
-Show evidence of hard work, commitment and quality
-Not include 3D work (only 2D documentation of 3D work)
-Clearly identify your role if team work is included
-Include notebooks, cuttings, creative sketchbooks or visual diaries
indicating your interest in the discipline
-Present your work to your best possible advantage
-Not be a copy from photographs. Do not include any artwork which is a
copy of someone else’s work
-Include a CV (one per programme applied to) with details of hobbies,
technical skills and involvement in activities related to the programme
you are applying to. As information on age or educational background is
not used for assessment purposes, this should not be included in your CV.

We would like to see a portfolio that demonstrates a high level of visual skill, creativity, self-motivation, inventiveness, experimentation, flexibility and stylistic variation.

DL041 – BA (Hons) in Animation

Make sure you include:
-Observational drawings: include a variety of drawings such as life
drawing, drawings of friends, family, animals, landscapes, objects, etc
-A selection of your best original artworks showing your interests in art,
animation, and the world around you
-A minimum of two storyboards setting out ideas for short animated films/adverts, etc, any subject or style. (Storyboards are like comic strips without the speech bubbles. They outline key moments of the sequence, usually actions, events and emotions)
-3D work (photographs or prints only).

Portfolio is to give Lecturing staff an insight into the students potential/ability.

Storyboards are just visual notes ( as explained by alastair ) on how a story idea would play out. Its just a rough idea of the plot so there are no marks for neatness!

example:


Many colleges do portfolio preparation courses.

melissavm

This should help you -
http://www.fridgemonsters.com/storyboarding/storyboarding.pdf

killianfallon

Oh thank you so so so much! You are a lifesaver