‘The budget for Jubilee was very tight, with no luxury of multiple takes, so Derek worked out all camera angles and positions of actors meticulously before he shot anything’. . BFI National Archive

Every scene he imagined was realized first through intricate storyboards before being executed with actors. Few directors were as reliant on the drawings, fewer were as brilliant at making those visions a reality.

 

In film the process of creating a story board can be approached in many different ways and each one has it benefits depending on the limitations and resources that you have to work with. some of the most esteemed and respected had some very interesting ways do creating their story boards and for me some of those really stand out as a creative way to visualize their film. In my opinion some of the most useful are the ones that fully create their shot on a piece paper