Story Board

I have designed a story board for 'The Wild Swans.' This is a fairy tale written by Hans Christian Anderson in 1838 for the South Denmark University.

I have used a black and white theme for the storyboard because it is an age old fairy tale and this gives a classical feel to the story. But it can be easily adapted for colour as well.

I have used 6 shots for the story board and I will explain each of them. I have created them using Adobe Fireworks.

Board 1

This is my opening screen for the movie. I have used the concept used in Metrocolor Cartoon and designed it according my ideas. The image was designed and images were used as a film reel.

Board 2

The next screen will include the story title and the images of the swans to convey the idea of the main characters of the fairy tale. A gradient was used for the background. The same image was used on both end once inverted. This screen will appear in parts;
1. The background will fade in while the earlier screen fades out.
2. The swans will appear in different directions and stop where they are in this image.
3. Finally the text will become bigger from the center.

Board 3

This screen as you can see has Hans Christian Anderson which is put up in respect for him. This will not be animated as some people might take offense to it. But the text will be 2 seconds delayed from the rest of the screen. The background colour on this is derived from the original picture I obtained.  

Board 4

This screen will include the cast or the voices of the characters. They will appear from top down once at a time. I have used a black boarder to coincide with my black and white theme.

Board 5

This is the page for the directors credit. I have used a slate board to emphasize the fact this is about the directors.The slate boards will spin in to the screen and the director names will fade in following them. I have used a gradient back again to emphasize by black and white theme.

Board 6

This is credit to the screen play writers. Even thou Hans Christian Anderson wrote the fairy tale it has be written to suit modern motion picture technology which is done by screen play writers this is credit to them. The animation for this screen will be the same as it was for the previous scree. The only difference is the background gradient which is waves, it is to give the feeling of writers as they need to have a flow like waves.

That is my opening credits for the motion picture "The Wild Swans" a fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson.
Hope it will like as much as the tale it self.