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This guide provides information on VPL's Indigenous Film Collection.

This guide provides information on VPL's four collections of streaming theatre and music: Theatre in Video, National Theatre Collection, Royal Shakespeare Company Collection, and medici.tv.

Explore your roots at VPL and beyond: resources and services for genealogists.

From the basics of internet searching to building your first website, we have a technology class for you!

Honour Pink Shirt day with award-winning author Robin Stevenson. Best suited for School Groups Grades 4 - 9, but everyone is welcome.

Be among the first kids ever to read new books! With Kids Read it First, you get to read and review Advance Reading Copies (ARCs) of books even before they hit the book store shelves.  

Here are some storyboard templates to get you started. You can print them out at the library or at home, or save them and use them in a program like Photoshop.  The templates are all different aspect ratios to best suit your projects. You can also write additional notes or directions.  Storyboard templates Feature Film Storyboard:   Image   Movie Storyboard:   Image   Animation Storyboard:   Image

Because storyboarding is a visual medium made to represent other visual mediums, it is important to think about what the storyboard will look like and what the camera will show. Think of the camera as another “character” in your scene: what are they seeing, and how can you use that to tell a story?  Thinking about visuals in your storyboard is especially important as this will convey the mood and atmosphere of your project to any other collaborators, such as camera directors, animators, actors, etc.  Some aspects of visual considerations include:  Light, focus, and atmosphere This influences the

Storyboarding uses conventions and terms that are found in film and animation. Depending on the project, some of the terminology might be different. Some of the terms can be found below:        Live Action Animation Meaning Scene Sequence All action (individual panels) occurring in one time and place Shot Scene Panel Each individual camera position (may involve many panels, e.g. zooming) Dialogue Dialogue Lines delivered by character in the shot/scene, from the script Notes Action/Notes Clarifying details FX Either practical effects (for filming) or notes for post-production   Often, there are some visual

Before you start creating a storyboard, you might want to consider the following: Having a script and shot scene list: Having a script of your work as a reference for visuals will make storyboarding easier.  Deciding on settings, action maps, and guides: Knowing what your project’s set is and how it’s laid out will allow for consistency of movement though the storyboard and work. Deciding on the formatting and project dimensions: Different projects will need different size formats. A social media video filmed on a phone will have different dimensions than a film camera at a professional studio.   A