1) Storyboard artists draw up a rough version of the film/animation shot by shot to visualize the script. A storyboard is like a comic- you break up the scenes and then draw what you want them to look like. This way you can figure out which angles are best, how to direct the lighting, communicate the atmosphere of the film, what expressions and body language the acting should use- it’s a vital stage of film production. We also have the liberty to add in background action and generally have to work hard to make dull scenes more interesting. You have to use your imagination a lot; it can be quite challenging at times, but it’s very creative and I love it :)
2) Yes, but I’m not sure I will… ahahaha, ha.
Heee there’s a pinboard at work with staff notices and adverts on it, and every time I’ve gone past it this week I’ve noticed that something has been turned upside-down. I’ve contributed twice myself but now the whole thing is totally upside-down and nobody’s fixed it and GOD I LOVE WORKING HERE.
Just got told that I made a scene “too funny”
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y'know I think I can live with that.
The-
the sidenote for this panel where a character leaves the shot is
“ollies outie”
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someone I work for likes Homestuck.
Wow, I can’t believe someone picked that out already!
You’re absolutely right. In storyboarding, you use a lot of different methods to indicate camera movement. Camera shakes are indicated by those square corner markings.
People draw them slightly differently depending on the show’s specifications for what’s acceptable, but generally sets of vertical lines imply a horizontal shake, horizontal lines imply a vertical shake, and corner markings imply mixed shake. The camera is moved fractionally up, down, left and right, usually on a frame by frame basis, to create an earthquake or impact effect. You see it very often in cartoons when people get hit over the head or slam into walls etc.