Storyboarding:
Shot Types
12 Principles of Animation
For Fun!
Storyboarding: Camera and Techniques
100

What kind of shot type is a great tool to use to give the scene more energy and motivated camera movement that can help keep the audience engaged, and able to experience what the character is experiencing?

A POV or Point of View shot

100

The Toilet paper stuck to your shoe will follow these principles as you walk.

Follow through + Overlapping Action

100

Who did Amity want to ask to Grom?

Luz    

100

What kind of angle is one taken from a place above the characters?

High Angle

200

What type of Shot is this? (We will show it to you!)

Medium Shot

200

Before stabbing someone, Michael Meyers has to pull his arm back using this principle.

Anticipation

200

What instrument does Squidward play?

the Clarinet

200

What kind of shot is this? (We will show it to you)

Shot/Reverse Shot

300

Which shot type is done in one long take, "achieved with a single attempt or action"?

One Shot

300

A zombie growling and dragging its foot as it walks are examples of this type of action.

Secondary Action

300

What are the twins names in Gravity Falls? (First and Last)

Dipper and Mable Pines

300

What are panels in a storyboard called if they contain no dialogue or description but rather just images?

Thumbnail shot

400

Which type of shot is this? (We will show it to you)

Cut In

400

The principle where you might simplify a skeleton's bones into simple cylinders to give it form and weight.

Solid Drawing

400

What food items does Greg sing about in the show Over The Garden Wall? 

Potatoes and Molasses 

400

Name the two kinds of camera focuses we talked about today, and the different between the two. 

Shallow- the characters are clear but background blurred'

Deep- everything in frame is in focus

500

Quick Sketch time! Quickly draw an example of each: An Extreme Closeup Shot, Close-up shot, and Medium shot.

We will decide your fate. 

500

Uh Oh! The grim reaper just showed up! You are so frightened you not only scream, but your eyes pop out of your head as your soul comes out of your body. What is this an example of?

Exaggeration

500

Which Nickelodeon cartoon has a Broadway Musical adaptation?

Spongebob Squarepants

500

Quick! Make a storyboard panel example with two characters, a setting, and one line of dialogue!

We will decide your fate.

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