Stor-RE-Board (The Incredibles)

Flip through some clips from The Incredibles (linked above) and find one that you find interesting. Watch through it a couple of times to get a good sense of it.

On your sticky notes, or a piece of paper, reverse-thumbnail from the film. Pause at each shot or action, draw the rectangle (16:9, roughly) and thumbnail in it. Space, character in pose.

Keep going until you have at least 42 panels. Panels, not shots-- remember, each shot often shows action that needs two or more drawings to convey. Loose, fast but clear.

Don't get hung up on prop or details; keep objects and space simple (unless it's important) while giving some sense of space.

Final Project: Animatic (Abe: The Proboscis Monkey)

Pick one of the three ideas you submitted earlier, and flesh it out. Write a script or a treatment-- whichever makes more sense to your idea. Lots of dialogue and action? Sounds like a script would be useful. Non-linear abstract collage? Maybe a treatment might be a better way to describe what's going on. Either case, it should be a complete draft from the beginning to the end. Remember-- the resulting project should be a 100 seconds! Revision is allowed and encouraged. Feel free to change your idea based on feedback or new fun thoughts, or make a hybrid out of two of your ideas, etc etc. 

Boarding from a Script (Winnie the Pooh)

You are a story person, and you just got assigned to a section of the script. (See attached file) This is all you've got. There's no character turnarounds, background art, or any such set material. You've got some concept art, photo reference of Milne (the father), Christopher (the son), and drawings of Pooh. This production is at a pretty early stage. In fact, your boards will probably inform the art department. (If your boards do well, that is.)

You had some time in class to talk with your fellow story people, and the "director." Based on your notes, create storyboards from the script.

Remember, these are storyboards, not thumbnails. Your drawings should still be gestural (not polished beautiful drawings) but convey all the important information: character designs, composition, backgrounds, lighting (when relevant)...