Story Board

Key

Blue arrow- camera movements for example, zoom in and out.

Yellow arrow- Character movements

Black arrow- spinning

Red arrow- eyes moving

Scene 1- Dina the Dinosaur goes for a walk

Shot 1- Medium shot of Dina walking casually from one side of the camera shot to the other. Camera stationary throughout. 

• Handbag sways in the rhythm of Dina's walking.
• Eyes blink.

Estimated time= 2 seconds.

Shot 2-Camera in the same position. 

• Dina nearly off screen.

Estimated time= 1 second.

Shot 3- Camera still stationary. 

• Doughnut character appears from left hand side of screen. 
• He sneaks behind a tree momentarily then rolls to another tree when Dina is off screen.

Estimated time= 2 seconds.

Scene 2- Dina sees Doughy

Shot 1- Close up shot of Doughy the Doughnut hiding behind a tree.

• Slightly spin movement from Doughy as he tries to sneak to another tree.
• Eyes blink.

Transition= slowly zoom to left part of shot. 

Estimated time= 2 seconds.

Shot 2- Camera pans out to capture Dina in the shot. 

• Dina sees Doughy hiding.
•  Question mark appears first above her head and then an exclamation mark.
• Dina blinks and mouth goes wider- eyes turn to Doughy.
• Doughy's eyes 'hide' behind the tree and his body shakes a bit.

Transition= slowly zoom out.

Estimated time= 2 seconds.

Scene 3- The Meeting

Shot 1- Medium shot capturing both characters. 

• Dina stops walking, eyes turn to Doughy and he spins from behind the tree to face Dina.
• Dina's eyes continuously watch Doughy. 
• Dina's mouth goes back to normal.

Estimated time= 2 seconds.

Shot 2- Camera zooms in on characters.

• Speech bubble appears above Doughy.
• Then a heart appears in the speech bubble.
• Both characters blink.

 Estimated time= 1-2 seconds

Shot 3- Camera same as before.

• Speech bubble appears above Dina.
• Then a heart appears in the speech bubble.
• Speech bubbles fade away gradually.

Estimated time= 1-2 seconds.

Shot 4- Camera same as before.

• Characters move towards each other.
• Heart appears in middle, the heart grows larger, fades from red to pink.
• Heart 'beats' ( size changes: small-large-small etc.)

Estimated time= 3 seconds.

Scene 4- The first 'Kiss'

Shot 1- Camera same as before.

• When close enough, Dina quickly opens her mouth.
• Doughy's eyes change and his mouth becomes wider.

Estimated time= 0.5 seconds.

Shot 2- Camera same as before.

• Dina takes a big bite of Doughy.
• Speech bubble appears saying, 'Yum...'

Estimated time= 1 second.

Shot 3- Camera same as before.

• Dina chews so mouth opens and closes.
• Doughy blinks.
• Speech bubble fades away gradually.

Transition= fade out to white screen.

Estimated time = 2 seconds.

These are my initial sketches when I first come up with my storyboard (click to enlarge):