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| Author Biographies | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Achieving Success | |
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| Overview | |
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| The History of Storyboards | |
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| Early Storyboards | |
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| Storyboards from the Disney Studio | |
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| Plane Crazy (1928) | |
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| Who Hires Storyboard Artists? | |
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| Independent Contractors vs Staffers | |
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| Staffers | |
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| Independent Contractors (aka Freelancers) | |
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| Visual Literacy | |
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| Screen Reference | |
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| The Story Point | |
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| Emotional Response | |
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| Visual Appeal | |
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| Composition within Your Picture Frame | |
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| Working with Shapes | |
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| Lines | |
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| The Rule of Thirds | |
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| Design of the Shapes | |
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| Focal Point | |
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| Depth | |
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| Perspective | |
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| Contrast | |
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| Foreground, Middle Ground, and Background | |
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| Overlapping Forms | |
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| Change in Size | |
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| Drawing for Storyboards | |
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| Your Drawing Alphabet: SICO Shapes | |
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| S-Curves | |
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| Straight Lines | |
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| C-Curves | |
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| Ellipses | |
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| Compound Shapes | |
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| The Art of the Rough | |
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| Drawing Shortcuts | |
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| Simplify | |
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| Characters | |
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| Star People | |
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| Poses | |
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| Hands | |
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| Heads | |
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| Eyes | |
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| Cinema Language | |
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| Aspect Ratios | |
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| 1.33:1 | |
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| L66:1 | |
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| 1.78:1 | |
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| 1.85:3 | |
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| 2.35:1 | |
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| Shot Choice | |
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| Extreme Wide Shot (EWS) | |
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| Wide Shot (WS) | |
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| Full Shot (FS) | |
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| Cowboy Shot | |
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| Medium Shot (MS) | |
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| Close Up Shot | |
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| Choker Shot | |
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| Extreme Close Up (ECU) | |
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| Over the Shoulder Shot (OTS) | |
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| Point of View Shot (POV) | |
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| Reverse Shot | |
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| Reaction Shot | |
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| Insert Shot | |
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| Camera Position and Height | |
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| Camera Position Affects Emotion | |
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| Eye Line | |
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| Pivoting Motions of the Camera: Panning and Tilting | |
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| Moving Camera Shots | |
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| Other Specialized Shots | |
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| Camera Lenses | |
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| Long Lens (Narrow-angle Lens) | |
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| Short Lens (Wide-angle Lens) | |
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| Fisheye Lens | |
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| Zoom In/Zoom Out | |
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| Rack Focus | |
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| Drawing Different Camera Lenses | |
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| Drawing a Long Lens (40-120 mm) | |
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| Drawing a Short-angle Lens (18-40 mm) | |
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| Screen Direction | |
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| The 180� Rule | |
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| 180� Rule with Three Characters | |
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| Breaking the 180� Rule | |
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| Case Example | |
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| Story Structure | |
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| What Is a Story? | |
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| Story | |
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| Protagonist | |
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| Motivation | |
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| Conflict | |
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| Antagonist | |
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| Inciting Incident | |
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| Plot | |
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| Climax | |
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| Resolution | |
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| Story Charts | |
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| Incorporating Design in Your Scenes | |
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| Rhythm | |
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| Choice | |
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| Emotion | |
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| Juxtaposition of Shots | |
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| Staging | |
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| Secondary Action | |
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| Use Depth to Support Your Staging | |
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| Storyboard Types | |
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| Beat Boards | |
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| Continuity Boards/Shooting Boards | |
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| Live Action Boards | |
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| Feature Animation Boards | |
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| Advertising Storyboards/Pitch Boards | |
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| TV Animation Boards | |
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| Video Game Storyboards | |
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| Previs | |
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| Storyboarding | |
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| The Storyboard Process | |
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| Script Analysis | |
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| Fulfilling the Story Point | |
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| Subtext | |
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| Thumbnails | |
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| Starting Your Rough | |
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| Double Check Your Work | |
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| Finished Storyboards | |
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| Digital Storyboards | |
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| Checklist for Identifying Common Mistakes | |
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| Advanced Storyboard Techniques | |
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| Creating Efficiency | |
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| Complex Camera Moves | |
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| Transitions | |
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| Visual Transitions | |
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| Story Point Transitions | |
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| Audio Transitions | |
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| Effects Tansitions | |
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| Cutting Styles | |
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| Creative Dialogue | |
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| Creative Screen Direction | |
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| Awesome Action Scenes | |
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| Winning Animatics | |
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| Creating the Illusion of Parallax | |
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| Portfolios and Promotion | |
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| Portfolio Design | |
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| What to Avoid | |
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| R�sum� Basics | |
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| Finding Work | |
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| Online Presence | |
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| Starting the Search | |
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| Networking | |
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| Union vs Non-union | |
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| IATSE Local 800 (www.adg.org) | |
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| What's Your Rate? | |
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| Interviews | |
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| Freelance Work | |
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| Got the Job-Now What? | |
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| Spotlight: The Professional Storyboard Artist | |
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| Interview with Benton Jew | |
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| Interview with Jeff Zugale | |
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| Interview with Josh Sheppard (www.thestoryboardartist.com) | |
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| Interview with Sherm Cohen, Storyboard Supervisor at Disney Television Animation (www.StoryboardSecrets.com) | |
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| More Tips | |
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| Parting Thoughts | |
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| Resources | |
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| Filmography | |
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| Index | |