Prepare to board! : creating story and characters for animated features and shorts / Nancy Beiman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beiman, Nancy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animation (Cinematography).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 pages)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Successful storyboards and poignant characters have the power to make elusive thoughts and emotions tangible for audiences. Packed with illustrations that illuminate and a text that entertains and informs, Prepare to Board , 3rd edition presents the methods and techniques of animation master, Nancy Beiman, with a focus on pre-production, story development and character design. As one of the only storyboard titles on the market that explores the intersection of creative character design and storyboard development, the third edition is an invaluable resource for beginner and intermediate artists.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Author

Introduction to the Third Edition

Section I: Getting Started

1: First Catch Your Rabbit: Creating Concepts and Characters

Logging In: Finding an Idea

Walking the Story Line

Story Outline and Character Explorations

Shopping for Story: Creating Outlines

Where and When Does This Story Take Place?

Getting the Treatment and Beginning Character Development

A Story Should Always be Told by the Most Interesting Characters

Nothing Is Normal: Researching Action

2: How Storyboard Took Over the Movies (and Television)

Live-Action and Animation Boards

The Hybrid Film

Graphic Novels: Shaping the Frame

Screen Ratios: The Fixed Frame

Television Boards and Feature Boards

Commercial Storyboard: An Interview with Elliot Cowan

Who Loves Short Shorts?

3: Putting Yourself into Your Work

Symbolic Animals and Objects

See You Later, Allegory

The Newsman's Story Guide: Who, What, When, Where, and Why

4: Situation and Character Driven Stories

Linear Stories

Character Arcs and Story Subtexts

Nonlinear Stories

Formulaic Characters and Stories

"What If?" The Possible Story

Defining Conflict and Story Arcs

Stealing the Show

Parodies and Pastiches

Beginning at the Ending: The Tex Avery "Twist"

5: Treat 'em Rough: Beginning Character Design and Setting Story Rules

The Line of Beauty and the Line of Action

Establishing Story Rules

6: Appealing or Appalling? Designing Characters with Personality

Form Follows Function

Size Matters: The Importance of Scale

Reading the Design: Silhouette Value

Scale and Storytelling

Getting Into Character

Foundation Shapes and Their Meaning

Evolving the Characters

The Shape of Things.

7: Working with Multiple Characters

Triple Trouble: Contrasts in Design

Tying It Down: Standardizing Your Design

My Good Side: Choosing the Best Angles

Getting Pushy with Prop Designs

Designing Locations with the Characters

8: Beauties and Beasts: Creating Character Contrasts in Design

I Feel Pretty! Changing Standards of Beauty

A Face That Only a Mother Could Love?

Gods and Monsters: Contrasting Appearance and Personality

9: Color and Design in Storytelling

Location, Location, Location

Establishing Shots

Colorful Characters

Symbolic Colors

I Can See Clearly Now: Reference and Atmosphere

Section II: Technique

10: Starting Story Sketch: Thumbnails and Tonal Sketches

All Thumbs: Quick Sketches and Thumbnails

How and Why Do You Thumbnail a Sequence for a Storyboard?

Reality Is Overrated

Graphic Images Ahead!

The Drama in the Drawings: Using Contrast to Direct the Eye

The Best-Laid Floor Plans

11: Boarding Time: Getting with the Story Beat

Working to the Beat

Sizing Things Up

Beat Board to Storyboard

How Many Panels in a Story Beat?

12: Roughing It: Basic Staging

Made You Look: Directing the Eye

I'm Ready for My Close-Up: Storyboard Cinematography

Structure: The Mind's Eye

The Wonderful World of Color Accents and Color Keys

13: The Big Picture: Creating Story Sequences

Types of Sequences

Story and Character Arcs in Longer Films

Sequential Construction in Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Act One

Act Two

Act Three (Epilogue)

Subplots and Secondary Storylines

Pacing the Film

Acting Out: Sequential Storyboards

A-B-Sequences: Prioritizing the Action

Naming Names

14: Patterns in Time: Pacing Action on Rough Boards

How Many Panels Do You Use in a Storyboard?

Yakkity Yak: Dialogue on the Storyboard.

Rights and Wrongs: Using Transitions

Climactic Events

15: Present Tense: Creating a Performance on Storyboards

Working with Music

Visualizing the Script

16: Color My World: Art Direction and Storytelling

Fishing for Complements

Saturation Point: Colors and Tonal Values

Writing the Color: Color Scripts

O Tempora, O More or Less

Section III: Presentation

17: Show and Tell: Presenting Your Storyboards

Pitch Etiquette and Procedure

Digital Pitches

The More Things Change: The Turnover Session

18: Talking Pictures: Assembling a Leica, Story Reel, or Animatic with a Scratch Track

This Is Only a Test: Refining Story Reels

19: Team Storyboard: Working on Group Projects

Two People, Three Arguments

Story Team Etiquette

Making, but Not Taking, Things Personally

Switching Story Gears

20: Maquette Simple: Modeling Characters in Three Dimensions

21: Build a Better Mouse: Creating Final Model Sheets

Keep It Clean

22: Screen and Screen Again: Preparing for Production

Appendix 1: Discussion with A. Kendall O'Connor

Appendix 2: Caricature Discussion with T. Hee

Appendix 3: Interview with Ken Anderson

Animation Preproduction Glossary

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781315156248

1315156245

9781351652339

1351652338

9781498797061

1498797067

OCLC:

1385508642