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Part Three: Presentation
by Nancy Beiman
Prepare to Board! Creating Story and Characters for Animation Features and Shorts
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
Dedication and Thanks
Part One: Getting Started
1. First, Catch Your Rabbit
Linear and Nonlinear Storytelling
Setting Limitations and Finding Liberation
Shopping for Story: Creating Lists
Nothing Is Normal: Researching Action
All Thumbs: Quick sketch and Thumbnails
Reality Is Overrated
Past and Present: Researching Settings and Costumes
2. Vive la Difference! Animation and Live-action Storyboards
Comic Boards and Animation Boards
Television Boards and Feature Boards
3. Putting Yourself Into Your Work
The Use of Symbolic Animals and Objects
The Newsman’s Guide: Who, What, When, Where, and Why
4. Situation and Character - driven Stories
Stop If You’ve Heard This One
Defining Conflict
Log Lines
Stealing the Show
Parodies and Pastiches
5. What If? Contrasting the Possible and the Fanciful
Beginning at the Ending: The Tex Avery ”Twist”
Establishing Rules
6. Appealing or Appalling? Beginning Character Design
Reading the Design: Silhouette Value
Construction Sights
Foundation Shapes and Their Meaning
The Shape of Things
Going Organic
Creating Characters from Inanimate Objects
Across the Universe
7. Size Matters: The Importance of Scale
Practicing Your Scales
Stereotypes of Scale
Triple Trouble: Working with Similar Character Silhouettes
Getting Pushy
8. Beauties and Beasts: Creating Character Contrasts in Design
The Great Dictator: Charlie Chaplin’s Character Acting
I Feel Pretty! Changing Standards of Beauty
A Face That Only a Mother Could Love?
Gods And Monsters: Contrasting Appearance and Personality
9. Location, Location, Location: Art Direction and Storytelling
Part Two: Technique
10. Starting Story Sketch: Compose Yourself
Tonal Sketches
Graphic Images Ahead!
The Drama in the Drawings:Using Contrast to Direct the Eye
The Best Laid Floor Plans
Structure: The Mind’s Eye
11. Roughing It: Basic Staging
I’m Ready for My Close-up: Storyboard Cinematography
12. Boarding Time: Getting with the Story Beat
Working to the Beat: Story Beats and Boards
Do You Want to Talk About It?
13. The Big Picture: Creating Story Sequences
Panels and Papers: A Word About Story Board Materials
Acting Out: Structuring Your Sequences
A-B-C-Sequences: Prioritizing the Action
Arcs and Triumphs
Naming Names
14. Patterns in Time: Pacing Action on Rough Boards
Climactic Events
15. Present Tense: Creating a Performance on Storyboards
Working with Music
Visualizing the Script
16. Diamond in the Rough Model Sheet: Refining Character Designs
Tying It Down: Standardizing Your Design
Your Cheatin’ Part: Nonliteral Design
17. 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
Part Three: Presentation
18. Show and Tell: Pitching Your Storyboards
The More Things Change: The Turnover Session
19. Talking Pictures: Assembling a Story Reel or Animatic with a Scratch Track
This Is Only A Test: Refining Story Reels
20. Build a Better Mouse: Creating Cleanup Model Sheets
21. Maquette Simple: Modeling Characters in Three Dimensions
22. Am I Blue? Creating Character Through Color
Creating Color in Context
It’s a Setup: Testing Your Color Models
23. Screen and Screen Again: Preparing for Production
24. Further Reading: Books, Discs, and Websites
25. Appendices: Animated interviews
1: Discussion with A. Kendall O’Connor Discussion with A. Kendall O’Connor
2: Caricature Discussion with T. Hee
3: Interview with Ken Anderson
Glossary of Animation Preproduction Terms
Index
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