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As things return to normal at Section 13 (except for the fact that Black’s on “disciplinary probation”), Jade gets down on herse ...

Exercises Go through the Premise of Jackie Chan Adventuresto number and list all the beats (or scenes) that will be needed. Kee ...

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CHAPTER 10 Storyboard for Writers 153 The Way It Was For many years in animation there were no scripts. U.S. artists took a gene ...

and get the basic story beat out onto cards that can be thumbtacked to a wall. Next the creator or a writer may write a detailed ...

Television Storyboard Considerations The storyboard artist is the visual director. It’s his job to tell the story as creatively ...

Locations should be researched or planned carefully before the board is started. What locations are already in stock? Can the nu ...

better identify as being real. The storyboard poses are the best poses possible to reveal and show off each character. Character ...

Figure 10.3 (a) The girl is silhouetted. The action is a bit boring. (b) This shot is better. The girl’s action and emotions giv ...

Figure 10.6 Samurai Jackis noted for its beautiful design and Japanese-influenced style. This Emmy ® winning series is boarded i ...

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Storyboard for Writers 163 Locations The background is kept simple so we can focus on the action. Board artists watch back- grou ...

turbing. The audience must frequently be oriented to where they are with establishing shots and long shots (unless you want to d ...

The best board artists will consider the point of the story and whether the mood requires a camera move. They won’t overuse pan ...

Jefferson High Gym, Tonight.” We truck back to an establishing shot of the gym’s interior already decorated for the party. Three ...

Storyboard for Writers 167 Some of the best cartoon design uses the fantastic inventions of the imagination. Nothing can top the ...

168 Animation Writing and Development The character’s mouth should be kept shut when there’s no dialogue. Overseas, infor- matio ...

logue is paced, unnecessary action skipped. A rhythm will be evident with the timing, but the board includes surprises to break ...