Storyboarding - 03 - When To Cut

http://StoryboardTips.com Today's storyboarding commentary video talks about one of the most common questions about storyboarding: when to cut.

As you'll be able to see in the video, it's important to cut closer on a character or an action when they're doing something specific that really needs to be seen.

The general principle that I use is that I try to get as close as possible to show whatever is most important at that moment, while still leaving enough room for any actions that might occur in that scene. That may mean that the shot is very wide -- for example: if I need to show somebody driving a car around the corner, the shot needs to be wide enough to see all of that action. If I'm trying to show a guy sitting in a restaurant drinking a cup of coffee, I would want the framing to include just the guy, the table, and the cup of coffee.

It's all about how important the specific action is to a scene. If the man at the coffee shop is putting a couple of creams in his coffee, there is no need to make a special emphasis on that action; so I would not cut in closer on him pouring in the cream. But... if somebody was putting poison into his coffee cup, that's a perfect time to cut in on that action for emphasis.

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[graphicanjelo]

Great tut...no questions Sir, understood every bit of it.