STORYBOARDS

• Explain 3 camera techniques for creating storyboards

 storyboard is created on three camera techniques- shot sizes, angles and timing.

• What is a two shot? When should two shots be used?

 Two shot includes view of two people or subjects in a scene, normally be used in the modern movie or modern tv show, such as Ugly Betty, 24 hours etc. It is used to show how the plot develops when two main characters do something similar or in the same time.  

• What is a canted angle? What types of films use canted shots?

 A canted angle is a type of camera angle shot which shows in the canted way,like left/right side of the objects or person. Normally, we can see this in Tv, cinematography, it  develops madness, generous, serious,disorientation, frantic or desperate of the  characters/objects. 

• When should close-ups be used?

 When the scene needs to show the expressions or changing details on the characters/objects.

• What type of shot would you use to establish two people arguing? Why?

 I would like to use media shot which can show two people's  half bodies, also clearly expression on their faces, such as many TV shows like Hanna Montana, Friends, Ugly Betty, How I meet your mother, Two and half men etc.   

• Who made the zolly shot famous? How does it work?

 It is based on "Dolly" and "Zoom",  it shows how characters/scene become not clearly, long, and  weird way. Alfred Hitchcock made the zolly shot famous in his film, Vertigo. 

• When would you utilize a tilt-up shot?

I'd like to use tilt-up shot when the object is high like high buildings or sky, this is the best angle to show how tall/high/far the objects are. 

STORYBOARDS

• What is visual storytelling?

 Visual Storytelling shows many scenes in a frame, and the connection sometimes is not really understandable or clearly but the themes or the plot developments are the connected. used as photographs, comics, magazines etc.  

• How does visual storytelling differ from film and animation to interactive games?

 Games and multimedia applications, on the other hand are interactive programs where the user both actively views and manipulates the program. 

• What are two ways to format a story?

 Two ways to format a story are telling the story with words or showing the story with motions, such as storyboards or visual storytelling.

• What is the difference between showing and telling?

 "If you tell a story, you try to entice the audience into imagining its content. When you show a story, you are molding ." said from the information book. Basically, showing is showing more details, such as motions, objects or movements. Telling is more like giving the information not describing or building the plots more exciting as showing.  

• What are the elements of the hero's journey?

The elements of the hero's journey are the problems and the extraordinary world of the beginning, then obstacles complications hero must face and solve . The middle of the story is always about fighting foes and saving or helping with friends. At the end, is about how hero reaches the points where all seems wrong and evil of the good resolution. 

• What is the hook of a story?

The hook of a story is always the interesting advertising to attract the attention from the audiences, such as some specific or interesting questions or situation happens. 

• What are storyboards? How are they similar to the comic strip?

 The storyboards are organized and based on managing the scenes or the movements of the characters, the similar elements to the comic strip are, they both show how the characters move, how the plots develop, and they are all drew in the specific boxes and orders. 

• What industries use storyboards?

The advertising and interactive design always use storyboards to help them memorize and understands the story , such as movie maker, movie editor, or film maker.