PolyKarbon
StoryBoards

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Storyboards are essential for laying out action and deciding camera angles. I start by just having a grid of 6 squares. Working from the script I draw each important action in its own square. Only 1 action per square!

For example: Script says "Character pulls a coin from pocket and examines it"

There are 2 important actions there.
1) Character pulls coin from pocket
2) Character examines it

(The journey of the coin from the pocket to being in front of the face is not important)

So I would have 1 panel being the character rummaging for the coin and the next panel being the coin held up in front of the character...See?

After I'm happy with the roughs I can start concentrating on how they would "panel out" on a page..which panels should be big...which panels should be small..ect...make sure my perspective is correct..yadda yadda

I lay the new roughs on a light table and repencil them in a SUPER clean fashion.

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