Sometime back we gave you 10 Tips for Creating Storyboards<\/b><\/a>, those tips came from illustrator Ben Caldwell<\/b><\/a> and Dreamworks<\/b><\/a>. Today we’re going to give you a few additional tips with the hope of allowing you to take your storyboards to the next level.<\/p>\n Just like with any film you want to start with the script. From the script you can gain a sense of how to best approach the visuals for the film. From this point it would be a good idea to begin creating a shotlist.<\/p>\n A shotlist does exactly what it says it does. It runs down a full list of every shot to be filmed in your project. It is a great way to checklist and organize your shots so you reduce the need for reshoots<\/strong>. Also, a shotlist can help bridge the gap between certain sequences. It does this by not requiring a storyboard for every shot of the film and allows for some fluidity. Lesson Bucket<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>has a great page devoted to shotlists with a video tutorial video from the article author Brett Lamb<\/b><\/a>. Film Sourcing<\/a><\/strong> has all the documentation you need including a shot list<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\nThe Shotlist<\/h2>\n