Practice in Animation Storyboards – The Last Scene 04

Getting to the end here.  Start of an unfinished third scene.  I might just add these images to the existing scene two page here.

Storyboard sequence from an animated film. Sequence shows man walking into abstract shot.  There's lots of exposed wire and a lightbulb in shot.Lighting effects!  So that’s it.  Last of the BREAK PROGRESS practice storyboards.  Next time I’ll start posting boards from an animated short about robots and evil vine plants.  Huzzah.

Practice in Animation Storyboards – The Last Scene 02

Getting to the end here.  Start of an unfinished third scene.  I might just add these images to the existing scene two page here.

Storyboard sequence from an animated film. Sequence shows man stepping away grom gin still and letting go a light bulb.Love that last shot.  Got the movement down pretty well I think!  (not sure what the shot adds from a narrative perspective though…)

Practice in Animation Storyboards – The Next Scene 13

AKA: The Layout Special

Scene one is here and scene two now has a home here.

I have a confession to make.  When I do “camera moves” for my storyboards, I skip a step and go straight to workbook — is that phrase in use anymore? — or even to some sort of preliminary layout stage.

I used to (and sometime still do) tell people I’m a storyboard artist, but I’m much more interested in how every stage of production fits together to create the final whole; divisions between storyboards, layout, or even editorial can be a bit fluid with that mindset.

A workbook or layout of a shot from a self-directed animated feature project.  Digital drawing feature a truck-out, pan up camera move showing a woman opening a door and the crazy gin-still setup she has on the second floor.Only after drawing something like this workbook/layout/whatever would I break it down into sequential panels to imply camera moves (in this case a combination truck-out and pan up.)

I never got around to breaking this one down.  Maybe I recognized the purpose of the exercise had come to a close?

I’m on TV! …kinda

Some News!

I’ve added a production experience tab to my website.  Super exciting no?

Yeah… not really.

But, that also means I can be vocal about a project I worked on several months ago – no more vow of secrecy for me!

Yup, I did the storyboards for the animated opening to CESAR 911, Cesar Millan’s (The Dog Whisperer) new show on Nat Geo Wild.  It’s airing March 7th and 9pm.

Go watch.

 

Oh, and the storyboards:

Storyboard panel for animated opening to Cesar 911.  Shows dog runing down sidewalk in suberbia. Storyboard panel for animated opening to Cesar 911.  Shows dog chasing man on bike. Storyboard panel for animated opening to Cesar 911.  Shows POV dog about to bite man's foot. Storyboard panel for animated opening to Cesar 911.  Shows dog runing through and knocking over trash cans. Storyboard panel for animated opening to Cesar 911.  Shows dog running towards woman walking a small dog. Storyboard panel for animated opening to Cesar 911.  Shows POV dog about to bit woman with small dog. Storyboard panel for animated opening to Cesar 911.  Shows woman with small dog freaking out. Storyboard panel for animated opening to Cesar 911.  Shows dog running towards mail man. Storyboard panel for animated opening to Cesar 911.  Shows POV dog about to bite mailman. Storyboard panel for animated opening to Cesar 911.  Shows mailman freaking out. Storyboard panel for animated opening to Cesar 911.  Shows close up of a phone with "Doggy 911" written on a big button. Storyboard panel for animated opening to Cesar 911.  Shows woman's hand hitting the big phone button.

Storyboard panel for animated opening to Cesar 911.  Shows wide shot of dog running down suburbian street.  Man (Cesar Millan) stands bravely in his way.It was called “Doggy 911” back in the day.