Storyboarding IS Directing
What does a Director do? It's a question in infinite loop, being both endlessly broad and yet decidedly specific. Arguably, what the Director does is VISUALIZE. Everything else they do is simply the execution and implementation of what they have VISUALIZED. The director envisions what doesn't yet exist and guides people to help them deliver that vision in their head.
In this context the fundamental tool of the Director is the Storyboard. Whilst they may employ a professional Storyboard artist or work with the DoP to construct the Storyboards, the SB's are none the less the very heart of what it is to DIRECT. The SB's are the first Shoot and the first Cut.
This article, entitled '
Coen Brothers Movies: Drawing Storyboards', is an excellent look at the work of a storyboard artist and the relationship with the director. It includes SB cells from No country for old men.
Posted at 11:00PM Jun 29, 2009
by Mike Jones in video |
i've just posted a blog post about this, here's the url if you want to check out, it's called "The importance of previz" http://tommasorenzoni.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/the-importance-of-previz/
and it wants to be a kind of guide (in an awful english ) to indie filmmakers who still havent approached this technique but always wanted to.
you're great!
Tommaso
Posted by tommaso renzoni on June 30, 2009 at 07:47 AM EST #