Lab Activity 1B

Reverse Storyboard Development

Analyse a completed video and reconstruct it as a scene-by-scene Canva storyboard.

Task Brief

Group task: 2–3 students. Select one completed short video. Pause the video at meaningful changes, capture screenshots, and reverse-engineer its visual planning in Canva. Produce a minimum of 3 storyboard pages with 6 scenes per page—at least 18 scenes in total.
1

Select and analyse

Choose a suitable short video. Identify major actions, transitions, camera framing, text, audio cues and timing.

2

Build in Canva

Page 1 must show the group details and source-video link. Then prepare at least three storyboard pages, with six scenes on each page.

3

Describe every scene

Insert one screenshot per scene and explain the visual, action, camera shot, audio/dialogue and approximate duration.

Suggested Reference Video

The Bread – Animated Short Film by GULU

Open the reference video in a separate tab. You may use this example or another lecturer-approved short video.

Open Reference Video

Submit Group Details and Canva Storyboard

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