Tuesday, 2 February 2010

Storyboards

Storyboards were created by Disney in the early 1930's, after improving the initial idea that had been used previously by other animation companies, and Disney itself, before then.






These two storyboards are from the film No Country From Old Men. The whole film was planned out in storyboards, so as such these are just tiny sections of the film, but ones that contain action, and lots of movement. The first one shows a view from the drivers from a truck driving it round a corner, before coming into a collision with a car; hitting it on the side. The storyboards are clearly labeled, so it helps confirm what the image shows, and clarifies what you may have been unsure about. The second storyboard has a different view of the action, as this scene shows the crash from the view from the corner that the truck speeds around before hitting the parked car. Yet again, this is clearly labeled, and gives you all the information that you need; as well as information on where the scene takes place, and other minor details. I believe that this scene contains more action than the other one, even though they are portraying the same thing, and this is because of the more dramatic angle the second storyboard takes on.



This is a storyboard for a stage adaption of Disney's Tarzan, and as such it uses the same character design found in the animated movie. The storyboard shows Tarzan jump down onto a branch, face the viewer, pound his chest, then finally swing along vines before landing in front of the audience, facing them. This storyboard gives a clear idea as to what will happen in the sequence, and it contains quite a lot of action. The storyboard uses lots of dynamic poses and facial expressions, and this makes the seuquence easy to imagine when it is animated. Whilst it doesn't show every little bit of movement, it leaves in enough to give you a clear idea as to what is happening, and it all flows well, so you don't have to wonder what happens between one part and the next; it is easy to see.

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