Storyboarding For Animation Introduction

Overview

Basically an introduction to Storyboard Pro software. Theory such as editing theory, use of composition, etc. were not covered.

Instructor: Pete Michels

Board artist roles

• Director
• Editor
• Actor — body language, facial expressions, reactions
  Emphasize clean facial expressions & hands
• Timer e.g. expressed with the Timeline in Storyboard Pro, which allows syncing with dialog
• Layout Artist — perspective (syncing character to BG), composition
• Writer
• Designer

Use of color

In general use only black lines.

Exception: One prop or character needs to be differentiated from the the rest of the scene.

Exception: Crowd with hook ups & character continuity can be handled by coloring characters separately. Also label characters on the SB.

General rules for production storyboards

Do not use too many layers in Storyboard Pro. It makes revision difficult; the revision artist will need to hunt through the layers to find any layers that need to be edited.

Size comps are important. Animators will resize according to the SB, potentially hurting the overall composition.

Keep naming of layers in Storyboard Pro consistent. This way it’s possible to scale across panels.