User guide

44 Matrox Marvel – User Guide
Step 1 – Planning and shooting your movie
You can start bringing video in without a plan for your movie, but for better results,
you should start with a plan. Organize your thoughts with an Avid Cinema
storyboard.
A storyboard is a shot-by-shot plan for a movie. Each idea you visualize translates
into a shot you’ll film or import. You can write a storyboard for yourself or to give
to others who will help you bring your ideas to life. With the storyboard, you can
capture your ideas about what you will do in the editing phase of movie making.
You can plan your movie around a generic story, like “Birthday Party”, then
personalize it. Generic stories are called storyboard templates and Avid Cinema
provides them for shooting and editing family occasions, school events and business
presentations. (You can select templates by clicking the
Plan button in the Welcome
dialog box.) You can also start with a blank storyboard and write the story of your
movie from scratch.