Part of my job, arguably the largest part, is telling a story in pictures. Ideally, the story is coherent enough that it could make sense with no sound/dialogue. A tool to model the shots that will tell this compelling narrative is the storyboard.
Plenty of people who can't draw don't let their lack of artistic ability prevent them from scrawling and doodling their way through a set of storyboards. Even huge directors who could well hire storyboard artists sometimes draw their own, which I love.
In that spirit, here are some of mine:
Pretty clear so far, right? You can tell what's going on. There are some guys, they're doing something. The guy in the middle looks clearly uncomfortable.
Amazing! It's almost Hitchcockian (hitchcockesque?) Anyway, it's brilliant!
Wait, that's kind of the same shot isn't it? Are you sure you want to follow that one with this one? Or is this a different guy?
Okay, now you've lost me- something's definitely wrong, and why are there two frames- unless we're looking out a vehicle's rear window...ohhh, I get it, clever..
Well hello, dolley.
Back to this? Wait, now it's the front windshield of a different vehicle (then why aren't the figures reversed, Rembrandt?)
The horror, the horror!
Damn! Until now, I thought this was a comedy. No one's laughing now...
Ha! Spoke too soon. What's the arrow mean, up with peep-hole?
I couldn't afford art school. Actually, the sad truth is, I kinda went to art school..
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