Pursuing A Career As Story Artist

It is a fact that many people are unable to visualise a scene for a film, TELEVISION commercial, training video, sales video, or any other kind of film merely from looking over the script or a text. Each one of us has different interest, some interested to be a Doctor or an Engineer but seldom could find a job if you are a freelance storyboard artist, you need to have an artistic background and of course a portfolio.

Present those very same people with a photo or picture of some sort and they will understand the concept immediately. The old expression is that “a picture tells a thousand words” and for very numerous people that is real. Try, for instance to describe the charm of a Red Admiral butterfly to somebody in words without showing them a photograph. Unless your name happens to be Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, or Colleen McCullough, you might discover it very tough attempting to get across to them exactly what it resembles. In reality, you might have a difficult time attempting to visualise it on your own as you try to discuss it.

However, present those same individuals with a photo or a painting of a Red Admiral and they will get the message immediately.

The Same With A Film Script

It is precisely the very same with a movie script or a book that you wish to become a movie. It can be very difficult to describe to somebody how great your TVC or video is going to be when you only have words to explain it. In many instances, they actually can’t “see” it.

What you need is a way of producing an image revealing your concept in a manner in which it can instantly be understood by the person or individuals to whom you are presenting it.

Enter the freelance storyboard artist. A storyboard artist is someone who has the ability to visualise the idea of a script or other piece of text and turn it into an image or series of images so that it can easily be understood. To puts it simply, he (or she) can see a picture in his mind’s eye and then draw it so that anybody can comprehend exactly what is going on in a scene.

An Additional Step

Some individuals believe that having a storyboard created prior to beginning production of a film or TVC is simply an additional step which adds higher cost to the general budget and really isn’t really a requirement. Nevertheless, this is far from the reality. Certainly, employing a freelance storyboard artist includes a little extra expense, but the time and expense savings in the future can far surpass this.

Your storyboard will show each shot of the film or video in the correct order and will have notes specifying what is going on in the shot and explaining any script that is being used in the scene. This makes it very simple to describe to your potential client, your group, or undoubtedly anybody else, how the video will continue and what it is everything about. Most stakeholders discover it very tough to visualise something from a script, but your storyboard shows them precisely how the video will play out.

It Will Help Considerably When It Comes To Production

Your storyboard will also assist significantly when it pertains to production. In effect you have produced a prepare for shooting your movie or video which consists of all of the various shots, the order where they occur, and how the script will connect with them. It allows you to prepare your protection– the numerous camera angles that you will utilize– and it likewise makes sure that you do not mistakenly leave any scenes out and have to go back to film them later: that of itself could save a considerable amount of cash if you are recording on place. It will also save you time invested in modifications later if you don’t have a storyboard and something doesn’t rather work out the way that you considered.

Some individuals will tell you that you can develop a storyboard by yourself, but it is a lot simpler said than done, especially if you are not excellent at drawing. It’s real that you do not have to be a Picasso since a poor drawing is better than no illustration, however nevertheless you need to depict each shot as accurately as possible. You likewise have to include the script underneath each drawing with notes about what is going on in that particular shot.

Numerous people merely do not have the abilities to develop their own storyboard, so it is far much better to use the services of a freelance storyboard artist such as Dean Mortensen who can visualise exactly what it is that you wish to state and after that draw the shots properly for you.

Making Storyboards For 30 Years

Dean Mortensen has actually been an art director of a marketing company for 30 years, and has been producing storyboards for all 30 of them. He has actually now left the marketing business as a full time art director and is working out on his own as a freelance storyboard artist. He has the distinct ability to take a look at your script or text and then develop a storyboard revealing each shot precisely as it ought to look, together with the accompanying notes and script. What’s more, since he has actually been creating storyboards for very many years he can produce them really rapidly when there are time restraints.

Dean has produced storyboards for the likes of Revlon, Y & R Group, Avis, Foxtel, Cuddly, Emirates, NSW Transport Maritime, Colgate, Tabcorp, visitnsw.com, BWM, and many more. He has operated in numerous markets including alcohol, FMCG, tourism, telecoms, retail services, home entertainment, motor vehicles, and sport, among lots of others. He has also won prestigious awards including Gold & Bronze Cannes Lions, London International, D & ADVERTISEMENT, One Show, and New York Festivals.

Dean is fully able to be assigned freelance jobs from Australia clients, and US based jobs with ease. Thanks duly to Dropbox and the web, he is able to work remotely and deliver his same exceptional quality and accuracy, as if he were just right next door in the next room.

Dean’s storyboards can be produced in various styles such as fast line standard, graphic pencil, line and a splash of colour, or what he calls line and the entire caboodle.

So now you understand why you ought to have a storyboard created and why you need to utilize a freelance storyboard artist in order to acquire the very best outcomes. You can call Dean at +61-432564690 or email him at [email protected].