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Exercise 3: Outlines
What follows are some rough guidelines to get you started in developing your own short story or sequence. These outlines are meant to inspire creative story thinking. Add any amount of humor, angst, horror, drama, and action you want to make each sequence entertaining. You could storyboard the same outline many times and tell a different version each time.
The sequences here can be boarded as live action or animation, your choice. The biggest thing to remember is to have a good, solid ending, and enough shots to effectively tell your story.
1. A young boy has to climb a hill to find or rescue something. Is it urgent? Is it funny? What’s his motivation to complete his task? What impedes his way? Is he reluctant? ...
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