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Storyboard, 2015

The Travelling Circus

2015

24-panel storyboard sequence, visual storytelling class final

The Travelling Circus is an original 24-panel storyboard sequence drawn by Subin Yu (유수빈) as a visual-storytelling final in 2015, with establishing shots, over-the-shoulder reverses, inserts and camera moves noted on the frames.

The sequence, 24 shots

Panel 24

  1. Wide: a man and a boy walk toward a circus tent. A red IN arrow marks a push-in.

    0101

  2. Closer: the pair from behind, the tent ahead, IN arrow.

    0202

  3. Over a woman's shoulder: a uniformed man and the boy. Focus pull marked A to B.

    0303

  4. Extreme close-up of hands. A Tilt Up arrow at the left edge.

    0404

  5. Profile two-shot of a man and a woman.

    0505

  6. Close profile. Focus shift marked 1 to 2.

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  7. A man seated at a table beneath a frame, a girl beside him.

    0707

  8. From behind two silhouettes: the girl between them.

    0808

  9. Extreme close-up of a sweating profile.

    0909

  10. Dark close-up of a crying face.

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  11. Close-up of the boy, dim light.

    1111

  12. Dark foreground silhouettes. The boy and a small child in the gap.

    1212

  13. The boy and the uniformed man from behind.

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  14. A hand lifts a paper from the grass; Pan Down notation.

    1414

  15. A hand holds up a note in front of a counter; IN arrow.

    1515

  16. Two men in profile, one handing something to the other.

    1616

  17. Close-up of the boy looking down at a document.

    1717

  18. Same framing, the boy's eyes lift.

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  19. A crowd of faces. The boy in the middle, lit.

    1919

  20. The boy sweating, clutching the document.

    2020

  21. Two men face to face, one gripping his collar.

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  22. Wide: figures pass through tent curtains.

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  23. Two figures walk away, smoke drifting.

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  24. Same two figures, the taller one glancing back.

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Read all panels
  1. Wide: a man and a boy walk toward a circus tent. A red IN arrow marks a push-in.
    01 01. Establishing wide on the tent. Camera pushes IN.
  2. Closer: the pair from behind, the tent ahead, IN arrow.
    02 02. Closer on the two of them. Still pushing in.
  3. Over a woman's shoulder: a uniformed man and the boy. Focus pull marked A to B.
    03 03. OTS. Focus pulls from A to B.
  4. Extreme close-up of hands. A Tilt Up arrow at the left edge.
    04 04. ECU on the hands. Tilt up.
  5. Profile two-shot of a man and a woman.
    05 05. Profile two-shot.
  6. Close profile. Focus shift marked 1 to 2.
    06 06. Close profile, focus shifts ① to ②.
  7. A man seated at a table beneath a frame, a girl beside him.
    07 07. Medium, the table.
  8. From behind two silhouettes: the girl between them.
    08 08. Between silhouettes.
  9. Extreme close-up of a sweating profile.
    09 09. ECU, sweat.
  10. Dark close-up of a crying face.
    10 10. Dark close-up.
  11. Close-up of the boy, dim light.
    11 11. The boy.
  12. Dark foreground silhouettes. The boy and a small child in the gap.
    12 12. Through the crowd.
  13. The boy and the uniformed man from behind.
    13 13. From behind.
  14. A hand lifts a paper from the grass; Pan Down notation.
    14 14. Insert. Pan down to the paper.
  15. A hand holds up a note in front of a counter; IN arrow.
    15 15. The note. Push IN.
  16. Two men in profile, one handing something to the other.
    16 16. The exchange.
  17. Close-up of the boy looking down at a document.
    17 17. He reads it.
  18. Same framing, the boy's eyes lift.
    18 18. Eyes up.
  19. A crowd of faces. The boy in the middle, lit.
    19 19. The crowd turns.
  20. The boy sweating, clutching the document.
    20 20. Close, clutching.
  21. Two men face to face, one gripping his collar.
    21 21. Face to face.
  22. Wide: figures pass through tent curtains.
    22 22. Through the curtains.
  23. Two figures walk away, smoke drifting.
    23 23. Walking away.
  24. Same two figures, the taller one glancing back.
    24 24. A glance back. End.

A boy arrives at a travelling circus with a uniformed man. Money changes hands, a crowd watches, and the boy is left holding a paper he did not expect. I built the sequence to practise coverage. A wide shot establishes the tent, over-the-shoulder reverses carry the conversation, extreme close-ups on hands carry the exchange, and a crowd shot changes the pressure in the scene.

The panels are clean digital line over three flat greys so that foreground, middle ground and silhouette separate at a glance. Camera notes are written on the frames. IN for push-ins, Pan Down, Tilt Up, and focus pulls marked ① to ②.

This is student work from 2015 and it is dated that way. It is on the site because it is the one sequence here that is mine from start to finish, with no client brief.