Notes from The Art of Storyboarding

Overview

Instructor: David Chlystek

Introductory videos

“How You Pitch For a Movie at Pixar (From Monters’ University)”—YouTube

Takeaway: It’s necessary to generate emotion; the audience has to feel something.

“Intro to Storyboarding”—Rocketjump Film School, YouTube

Assignment

Break down a scene from a favorite movie. (Badlands)

Composition

Negative space around characters draws attention. (TODO: insert illustration)

Eye Trace—thinking about where the eye moves from scene to scene—don’t jump around.

Public vs private compositions suggest the audience’s relationship with what is in the frame.

Frame within frame creates unease or tension by boxing in the characters within the frame.

Think of ways to convey emotion without relying on cutting from characters speaking dialog.

The “5 C’s” of cinemaphotography

1. Camera Angles
   Upshot, downshot, wide, close, etc. “Dutch tilt,” i.e. camera tilted relative to horizon
2. Continuity i.e. “hook ups”
3. Cutting i.e. editing
4. Composition
5. Close-Ups

“The Fine Art of Blocking and Composition”—Dan Fox, YouTube