Chapter 10: Storyboard
As the main creator, he can't influence the audience's judgment through lines and narration, so he can only design every shot as much as possible.
In Hollywood, when many blockbusters are established, it takes the director and cinematographer half a year or even longer to determine the storyboard script. And many big directors in China also pay attention to sub-shots. There are storyboard scripts made by Tsui Hark, Zhang Yimou and others during the filming of movies on the Internet, which are as exquisite as comics.
Let's say a scene, is the man on the left or right? Is the woman's position far or close to the camera? These can't be fooled around on the spot, they must be designed in advance. Words alone are not enough, but also drawing. Use a brush to simulate a shot to get a good idea.
"Sharpen the knife and don't cut the wood", this sentence is very suitable to describe the storyboard script. If you don't design it first, it will be a mess when the time comes, and everyone will be confused and won't be able to do anything. Not only is it a waste of time, but it will also cause resentment.
On the Internet, you can see that many micro-film teams have succeeded because they have done a good job of storyboard scripts. Of course, there are many examples of failures.
is like a few literary and artistic young people in the same city who met on Douban, and they made an appointment to make a micro-movie. As a result, except for feelings and a concept, there was no preparation, and the shooting was chaotic and constantly reworked. The morale of the whole team dropped again and again, and finally fell apart. Not only did nothing be done, but it also hurt the harmony, and several main creators tore it up on the Internet.
Xu Fu didn't have the heart to look at the joke. The failures of others can remind him how to avoid the traps in front of him. Whether it is Xu Fu or the fragile team that has just been formed, they can only win but not lose now.
After reading the storyboard script made by others for a long time, Xu Fu's hands were a little itchy and decided to do it himself. Xu Fu picked up the pen again and drew until half past three in the morning.
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Unfortunately, diligence cannot hide the weakness of talent. The next night, Xu Fu took the things he made to the library and showed them to Qu Jingmo, who had arrived there first. Qu Jingmo flipped it over, and immediately pursed his mouth happily, his eyes crooked with a smile.
Storyboard scripts mainly use paintings to express shots. Because the drawing is more intuitive, the simulated picture can be seen by anyone at a glance. Xu Fu has the right way of thinking, but his painting skills are extremely poor, almost similar to that of elementary school students.
The figure is a stickman, the head is a circle, and the body and torso are straight lines. The background painting is crooked, and I have to write the names of each item in words......
Xu Fu felt embarrassed: "When I was in elementary school, I had art classes once a week...... I didn't study ...... seriously."
"It's okay, it's okay." Out of curiosity, Qu Jingmo flipped through Xu Fu's storyboard script, and his face turned red because of the smile. She hid her smile and said, "If you want to draw better, you can find Tingting." She has drawn comics before, and her skills are ...... This is good. Hehehe~"
In the end, Qu Jingmo still couldn't hold back, and his voice was very cute.
Xu Fu's face couldn't hold back, and he was very embarrassed. It's really good and evil that will be rewarded in the end.,When I was in elementary school, I made trouble for the teacher in art class.,Now it's retribution.。
After a while, two other girls came. They looked very affectionate, arm in arm. However, if you look closely, you can find that Huang Tingting is a little unwilling. It is estimated that if Li Faka hadn't held Huang Tingting hard, the two girls would not have been close like this.
Li Faka, this girl is very handsome, but she is scared to death when she makes trouble. From afar, you can hear her voice: "Tingtingsang, I only love you for one ......"
Then Huang Tingting disliked it as a matter of course: "You let go of me!" The heat is dead! Sweaty sweat! ”
Although Xu Fu felt that these two people were quite loving, he knew how to measure and would not participate in them. He got down to business: "This is the script and storyboard I did. The storyboard is a bit rudimentary, don't laugh when you read it. ”
"I haven't seen the storyboard yet." Li Fakea was curious, let go of Huang Tingting, and took it over to look at it in a hurry. As a result, I was stunned when I saw it, and I couldn't react for a long time. It was a long moment before she burst out laughing.
Huang Tingting also looked at it, covering her mouth very ladylikely, but her shoulders shook and moved.
The flush of laughter on Qu Jingmo's face did not subside. She didn't want Xu Fu to be too embarrassed, so she helped speak: "Anyway, it's just a few people, just explain the meaning." ”
Although Xu Fu's painting is simple, it is exhaustive. Elements such as the character's positioning, the close-up of the dialogue, and the camera transitions are not missing.
Li Faker forced himself to watch it, but he couldn't stand such a strange painting style. She took her phone and checked the role of the storyboard. Only then did I know that Xu Fu was not fooling around, and the storyboard script was the homework that all directors had to do.
Huang Tingting was bored next to her, and took a piece of Xu Fu's "primary school student work" in her hand, she looked at it for a long time, and then took out her notebook and drew it.
Huang Tingting has also been fanatical about ideals before. In the past, she wanted to be a cartoonist like Xia Da.
At that time, Huang Tingting drew a set of girl's comics in one fell swoop and mustered up the courage to submit articles to the magazine...... And then there was no then.
Although she has never drawn a comic book seriously since then, how can the almost stubborn love at that time be extinguished? At this time, looking at Xu Fu's powerless things, I felt awkward and uncomfortable. It happened that there was nothing to do at this time, so I took the pen and redrew it without much thought.
Xu Fu quickly noticed her. remembered that Qu Jingmo had just said that Huang Tingting could draw comics, and Xu Fu suddenly had an idea.
Huang Tingting's painting skills are really high. In a short period of time, the interaction between the two protagonists was sketched, and even the background was roughly drawn.
Xu Fu was surprised: "You actually draw so well?" ”
Huang Tingting said "ah", not very embarrassed. Instead, it was Li Faka, who didn't know why he was proud: "Amazing, right?" My Tingting is very good at drawing comics, and she has contributed to magazines before! ”
Xu Fu wanted to ask Huang Tingting to do the storyboard script. He said: "When I designed this storyboard, I wanted to focus on the panic of the heroine and contrast it with the calmness of the male lead. The heroine is the center of gravity and is close to the camera. The actor stands far away and uses the language of the camera to hint at his calmness. Do you draw to see? ”
"Oh." Huang Tingting originally had itchy hands, so she came casually. As a result, Xu Fu asked for it, but she didn't know how to refuse, so she wrote again.
Huang Tingting drew quickly, and in just a few clicks, a simple comic image came out.
Xu Fu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Senior Sister Huang Tingting, you can help me make this set of storyboard scripts together!" Your drawing skills are so good that you can read them as a comic. The script of the equal shot is done, and we take it to find someone else to read. This way, we can fix the questions in advance before shooting! ”
Because of the difficulty of this mission, Xu Fu needs to stop losses in advance. Rather than finding out the mistakes after the shot is made, it is better to use various means to simulate the finished product, get feedback, and make continuous revisions at the beginning. Prepare in advance, and then do it.
Even if there is still a problem during shooting, it is still a flaw at the execution level, and the final work is not far behind!
"Good!" Li Faka was the first to respond, and clapped his hands very proudly, "You should have the bottom in your heart before you do it." Then let's draw a storyboard together in the next two days. ”
Huang Tingting was stunned for a long time when she heard this, and whispered: "You don't want this, right?" How can I have so much time to draw? ”
Xu Fu hurriedly said: "This is the first time we have made a micro-film. Generally speaking, if the first work can't be a hit, the mood will be extinguished. If you want to try again in the future, you haven't done it yet, and you will retreat first. So, this time I want to do my best to make this work the best it can be. Please help me as much as you can, can you? ”
Li Faka was not afraid of a big deal when he saw the excitement, and agreed next to him: "You're right! Tingting is like that. She used to draw comics and contribute articles to magazines. As a result, after the manuscript was rejected, I never touched the comic again. ”
Huang Tingting was poked at the pain point and glared at Li Faka angrily.
Li Haircard hugged Huang Tingting and shook it vigorously: "Tingting!" It's my first time as an actor. If I fail as an actor this time, I may never have the opportunity to act in a movie again. Tingting, can you bear to see me leave a heartache? ”
"I can't bear it! You let go, the sweat on your body is sticky! Huang Tingting struggled hard in Li Fake's arms.
"If you don't agree, I won't let go. Since you won't let me be an actor, I'm going to hang on you for the rest of my life! Li Fake's face is so handsome that it can make other girls blush, and a pair of sword eyebrows are more heroic than many little boys, but they use such a childish tone to play tricks.
"......" Huang Tingting couldn't make trouble with Li Faka, so she simply admitted it. She thought for a long time, looked at Xu Fu and said, "I want to try again anyway." This storyboard is well drawn and I can send it to my micro. Bo up? ”
Xu Fu nodded in agreement. It doesn't matter. It's not a super blockbuster, so why worry about spoilers?
Huang Tingting was even more hesitant. What if the drawing is out and uploaded to the Internet, so that the people who follow her can see it, and they are indifferent to it? Doesn't that mean that her talent in comics is actually not as high as she thinks......
Xu Fu didn't know what she was thinking, and said with great interest: "Your micro. How many followers are there on Bo? If so, please give them some advice! We ran in small steps, and instead of drawing the entire script and uploading it all at once, we drew it in batches. Upload a batch after drawing a batch, so that you can keep revising it. The first batch of uploaded plots, how about drawing the first point to watch at the beginning? ”
"Oh. Good. Huang Tingting couldn't find a reason to refuse, so she agreed.
She still has some self-doubt, so she is not very interested, and if she is alone, she may drag on one day and one day perfunctory. But Li Faka was still watching from the side. Li Fake's eyes lit up and said, "Tingting, let's skip class in the afternoon!" Storyboard seems to be a lot more fun than class! ”
Huang Tingting rolled her eyes and could only take a stroke.
Once she started writing, her long-hidden enthusiasm instantly surged, and it was so serious that even she couldn't believe it.