Storyboard Pencils
From a recent storyboard job, these are a couple of my favorites. Every so often, the client just wants penciled frames, and I need to do them even quicker than usual, down and dirty.
Penciled frames like these don’t take too long, maybe 10-30 minutes each, depending on the content and level of detail. Once I have a shot roughed in, I sometimes take reference photos to get a quick idea of a particular gesture, and other times I jump right in and draw without a guide or net. The best boards, I think keep things loose, while still readable and “all there.” For this job, I did over thirty frames in just over a day.
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Wow! Thirty boards in one day. I’ll bet there was smoke coming off the drawing board.
Yeah, you gotta be flying to do that many. Actually, I’ve done before as many as 30-40 color frames in a day, so I’ve had to work even faster. With each storyboard job, I calculate how many frames the client needs, what size, and how much time we have to determine the level of finish and how long I can spend on each frame, roughly. Some boards, especially shooting boards I wouldn’t want to show anybody!