It’s probably one of the most overlooked parts of filmmaking when you’re just trying to make a small short film.
Storyboards can seem like extra work that will slow down your pre-production time. But I can’t stress enough just how much they can speed up both production and post-production.
Even if you’re only making a film that’s a few minutes in length, storyboarding out your shots will be an immense help. It means never having to pause production to figure out where you’re going to put the camera. It means not wasting the time of your crew (even if it’s just you) with reshoots when you don’t like the angle of a shot. Or, worse, figuring out during editing that you don’t have a shot you need.