Storyboarding Essentials

BENJAMIN REID PHILLIPS has been teaching drawing, storyboarding, and sequential art courses at SCAD since 2004. He is also a sequential artist and illustrator. DAVID HARLAND ROUSSEAU has taught drawing and design courses at SCAD since 2005. He is an author, award-winning illustrator, graphic designer, and former video journalist.

• ContentsForeword, by Stratton LeopoldIntroduction1. What Is Storyboarding?The Types of StoryboardsA Visual Road Map2. Interpreting the Written WordScript BasicsScript BreakdownsSpec Scripts Versus Shooting Scripts“And Now, a Word from Our Sponsor”Exercise: Script Breakdowns and ThumbnailsA Difference of Opinion: The Great Savannah RaceInterview: Kenny Chaplin, DGA/DGC3. RenderingRough or Polished FinishLittle Drawings, Big IdeasThe Right Tool for the JobCompositingA Difference of Opinion: Un-DeadwoodInterview: Keith Ingham4. Principles, Elements, and ConventionsAspect RatiosGetting StartedBlocking the CompositionStaying OrganizedNumberingHow to Insert ShotsExercise: Numbering5. ContinuityWhat Is Continuity?Axis and AlliesBreaking the Axis30 Degrees of SeparationNeutralizing and Cutaway ShotsScreen Direction and Visual LogicAvoiding ConfusionBuilding Tension and Creating a SurpriseDon’t Turn AroundA Difference of Opinion: Hyde from Jekyll—the Chase6. What the Camera SeesThe CameraDeep and WideShooting on LocationFraming Heights and AnglesOther Shots to ConsiderCut to the ChaseBehind the ScenesExercise: Identifying Framing Heights and Angles7. Move Me!No Reaction Without “Action!”MovementsDrawings Versus DiagramsCamera Moves as DrawingsPhotomatics and DigimaticsOrder Out of ChaosExercise: Movement CallsA Difference of Opinion: Hyde from Jekyll—TransmogrificationInterview: Whitney Cogar8. The Martini ShotPutting It All TogetherA Toast to StoryboardingAfterword: Humans Tell Stories, by Tina O’HaileyAppendixIndex