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I have compiled in Windows Movie Maker an animatic of the storyboard to attempt to show how the film will play out and to discern an approximate running time of my short film.
Because I cannot tell how long each shot will last for until I have filmed my actors performing it, I set each shot to last five seconds although I know the average shot length will be less than this. I also set the first shot to be twenty seconds long as I knew that the news report will be a longer lasting shot. Therefore I imagine my film will be shorter than six and a half minutes and if it isn't then I will be prepared to make cuts where necessary.
All in all, I wouldn't say that making a storyboard and an animatic has benefited my creative process personally. I will still most likely only refer to my script, screenplay and shot list when filming my short film.
I have compiled in Windows Movie Maker an animatic of the storyboard to attempt to show how the film will play out and to discern an approximate running time of my short film.
Because I cannot tell how long each shot will last for until I have filmed my actors performing it, I set each shot to last five seconds although I know the average shot length will be less than this. I also set the first shot to be twenty seconds long as I knew that the news report will be a longer lasting shot. Therefore I imagine my film will be shorter than six and a half minutes and if it isn't then I will be prepared to make cuts where necessary.
All in all, I wouldn't say that making a storyboard and an animatic has benefited my creative process personally. I will still most likely only refer to my script, screenplay and shot list when filming my short film.