Dreamworks gives some great tips on storyboarding. The first is avoid flat staging unless necessary, this makes for an uninteresting storyboard. Set a grid and use different grounds to keep the character grounded and to create depth. Logically group characters to make shots a lot easier. More of these include using different shots to show height, dialogue, and reactions. Last but not least motivate your cuts, without motivation your cuts are uninteresting and bland. Motivation also gives a lot more light in your characters and animation. Storyboards are a very important step in animation.
This article was great it gave a lot of good and important tips on storyboarding. I especially like the last tip about motivation which is also the most important in animation especially. I learned a lot of new things more importantly how to group characters to make shots easier. One thing that I am wondering is if they do storyboards for non- animated films. This is relevant to the animation side of digital media.
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Some people do use storyboards for non animated features. If you have ever seen the movie Argo, the main character carries around some storyboards for the film he is making.
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