Resources/Storyboarding

Before you go out and shoot, you will want to do some storyboards based on your ideas. Storyboards outline the action in each scene in your spot and the words that will be spoken by actors or a narrator. They also include any onscreen type or special effects. They don't have to be as fancy as the Buick/Tiger Woods spot below. Stick figures will do. Just combine words and pictures to show how they will fit together, and get an idea of what you need to shoot. They'll help you as a guide to editing your spot.
 

VIDEO The 2000 Olympics. Beauty shot of huge guy throwing the shot-put.  He grunts and lets it fly.		AUDIO Heroic music and SFX throughout. SFX: Exaggerated sounds of the athlete's breathing, footsteps, grunting, etc.
The shot-put soars through the air and lands heavily in the grass.		SFX: THUD!
A golf ball whooshes down and plots into the grass just beyond the shot-put.		SFX: PLOP!
The judges, one with official rule book in hand, shake their heads.  Tiger is disqualified.

Note: The scenes above represent approximately 10 seconds of a 30-second spot.