Rousseau David, Phillips Benjamin. Storyboarding Essentials

Watson-Guptill, 2013. — 192 p. — ISBN13: 978-0770436940.A comprehensive guide to visual storytelling from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), one of the world's leaders in sequential arts instruction. Storyboarding is the process of graphically organizing a project--a motion picture, animation, motion graphic, or interactive media sequence--in order to translate artists' ideas from story to screen. Whether you're a filmmaker, animator, ad director, writer, or video-game artist--storyboarding is a skill that is absolutely critical. Storyboarding Essentials covers everything students and working professionals need to master the art of writing and formatting scripts, creating frames, and following visual logic to create a cohesive narrative.What is Storyboarding?
The Types of Storyboards
A Visual Road Map
Interpreting the Written Word
Script Basics
Script Breakdowns
Spec Scripts Versus Shooting Scripts
«And Now, a Word from Our Sponsor»
Rendering
Rough or Polished Finish
Little Drawings, Big Ideas
The Right Tool for the Job
Compositing
Principles, Elements, and Conventions
Aspect Ratios
Getting Started
Staying Organized
How to Insert Shots
Continuity
What Is Continuity?
Axis and Allies
30 Degrees of Separation
Screen Direction and Visual Logic
Building Tension and Creating a Surprise
What the Camera Sees
The Camera
Deep and Wide
Shooting on Location
Framing Heights and Angles
Cut to the Chase
Behind the Scenes
Move Me!
No Reaction Without «Action!»
Movements
Photomatics and Digimatics
Order Out of Chaos
The Martini Shot
Putting It All Together
A Toast to Storyboarding