For my final storyboard, I didn’t feel confident in drawing 20-60 frames myself, so I decided to use photography instead.

After brainstorming the story, I found quite easy to write the final version with an inciting incident, climax and resolution.

I then decided to use pipecleaners to make simple puppets for my characters, and I made a set out cardboard and paper. I found it quite tricky to figure out how much detail I needed, particularly in the set. I considered printing off pictures to stick to the cardboard background, to create a backdrop, but worried this would limit the amount of angles I had available for photographing the panels.

For the panels, I photographed several angles and compositions so that I would have more than one option for putting it all together. By keeping the puppets/models simple, I could also reuse photographs to speed up the process.

I was pleased with this method of creating a storyboard because as well as reducing the amount of stress and time it would have taken to draw all the panels and compositions I wanted, it links to my main interest in stop motion. I found the process of composing close-up photographs of miniatures more challenging than I had anticipated, and I was glad to have the chance to develop that skill a bit further.