One mistake that many newer directors make is in failing to properly plan their productions. One important pre-production step is storyboarding. While some short films may not require a storyboard, almost every longer project benefits from the pre-visualization help of storyboards.
Directors Boards by Directors NoteBook Software is a free application for managing storyboards. Create your storyboards and import them into Director's Boards: they can then be listed, searched and organized however you like. Want to see every shot with a dolly move? Which shots require visual effects? Once the storyboards are entered, you can manage them however you like. It turns your storyboards into a searchable database of shots.
Key Features in Directors Boards (from the Read Me):
- Very simple push-button interface allows you to get to work from the start without being a techhead.
- Search and sort all shot specific details any way you want.
- Built in Spell Checker
- Directors Boards has 1 print out in a standard 4Up AV Storyboard
- Import digital storyboard images with one mouse click
- Data entry short cuts such as: Using text already entered in another shot, pull-down menus and pop-up lists
- Present your "boards" in a digital slideshow with one click.
The company that makes this software offers several other storyboarding software programs with more features and greater capabilities. So if you find yourself saying, "This is great! I just wish it could do...", then they probably have another product to fit your needs.
Available from DirectorsNotebook.com
