Forum: Writers


Subject: A Question for Forum Members

cryptojoe opened this issue on Mar 24, 2005 ยท 12 posts


deemarie posted Sun, 27 March 2005 at 5:11 AM

OK - when in college I took an advertising course, where we had to create, direct, and oversee the filming of a TV commercial. Here are the steps we took. Determine how long your presentation will be - how many minutes. From there ... you have to create a storyboard storyboards are essential! A really good storyboard will have each frame outlined. This does not need to be fancy I personally like to sketch a storyboard on paper, using primitive drawings - you can even do stick figures with little cartoon balloon text. You might want to do your storyboard in a program like Photoshop But, think-out and work-out, your complete story in advance. Once you have your storyboard completed. Putting the presentation together will flow! Of course, once you finish your first draft you will need to edit it for content and for time. Editing is the fun part and remember, every story has to be edited to quote Stephen King All first drafts are crap! If you would like us to preview your presentation either in the storyboard stage, or in the actual animated stage please do not hesitate to post your project here we would all love to give you as much help as possible :) Also, my hubby is a Nuclear Engineer, so, have an in-house tech editor if you need one :) Dee-Marie