JOB ROLE – STORYBOARD ARTIST

Sector – Media and Entertainment Sector

(Qualification Pack Code: MES/Q0507)

( Class-X )

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CHAPTER 11: CASE STUDY OF

VARIOUS STORYBOARDS

Content

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Title Slide No.

Chapter Objectives 04

Introduction 05

Sci-Fi Movies 06-08

Drama Movies 09-13

Horror Movies 14-15

Fantasy Movies 16-19

Web Series 20-21

Animation Movie 22-24

Video Games 25-26

Summary 27

Chapter Objectives

The students will be able to:

❑ Analyse the storyboard of various format and genre; Sci-Fi,Drama, Horror, Fantasy, Web Series, Animation, Video Games

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Introduction

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Coming at the end of our Storyboarding journey, we will finally look

at examples from the renowned films and varied fields for our final

closure. Most filmmakers use storyboards to present their concepts

in the form of visuals. Creating a dynamic storyboard requires skill,

which you can learn from storyboard examples to get some

professional advice.

Now, we will take a brief glance at some of the tremendous

professional storyboard examples. These verified storyboards were

released by the DGA. Here we include some storyboard examples

from the movie Inception, Harry Potter, Gladiator, Star Wars,

Jurassic Park, and plenty of other great movies.

Sci-Fi Movies

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Movie- Star Wars: A New Hope

Scene: A Galaxy Far, Far Away.

George Lucas created storyboard for

the title sequence of Star wars. Here

C-3Po looks really different, compared

to the film, Lucas knew how he

wanted the final shot of firing the

beam into the point.

Fig. Storyboard from Movie

‘Star wars a new hope’

Sci-Fi Movies

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Movie- Transformers

Scene: The Blackout Rampage.

Do you see thoughtful sketches of

production design? See the scene of

destruction from the eyes of the

storyboard artist. Here, it is very

interesting to block a confused

soldier.

Fig. Storyboard from

Transformer movie by Ed Natividad.

Sci-Fi Movies

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Movie- Inception

Scene: Hallway Fight Scene.

Imagine a Room that rotates. How

would you draw it? Knowing that

walls, props, fan, or Window will

help you to stay oriented. Look at

the room drawn and notice the

detailing.

Fig. Storyboards by Gabriel Hardman

for Christopher Nolan's

Drama Movies

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Movie- Gladiator

Scene: Battle with Tiger.

There is a clear chain of events in

these storyboards? Intelligent camera

placement leads depth and layers.

Creating storyboard for this type of

scene is really cheaper than fighting

with real tiger.Fig. Storyboards from the movie ‘Gladiator’

Drama Movies

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Movie- Raiders of the Lost Ark

Scene: The Opening of the Ark

In this storyboard, you will see the

importance of colour to tell the story

or communicating goals? Here you

can see the great use of shading, do

you think that it will help in

lighting the scene?

Fig. Storyboard by Ed Verreaux

for Steven Spielberg's film

Drama Movies

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Movie- Gone with the Wind

Scene: Fleeing Atlanta

Did the colors within the storyboard

help the lighting schemes later on?

Shot notes help us understand the

action.

The end slide shows how you can

vary your slide size.

Fig. Gone With the Wind done by

William Menzies

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Movie- Apocalypse Now

Scene: Ride of the Valkyries

The focus and the challenge here

seem to be the shoot air cavalry.

Notice the carnage behind Colonel

Kilgore. Do these helicopters look

heroic? Evil? Neutral?

This kind of Storyboards helps to

visualize and plan shots when you

have limited shooting time up in a

helicopter.Fig. Storyboards by Alex Tavoularis

for Francis Ford Coppola

Drama Movies

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Movie- AliScene: Muhammad Ali vs. Ernie Terrell

In this storyboard directional arrow shows, from where punches

come, Important to replicate actual fight. Big wide establishing

shot of arena creates scope.

Fig. Storyboards by Tim Burgard

Drama Movies

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Movie- Get Out

Scene: Sunken Place Scene

The storyboard shows a scene from the

film, where Chris falls into a place that

sinks down after being hypnotized. The

creator of the storyboard is Eric

Yamamoto.

Horror Movies

Fig. Storyboards from movie ‘Get Out’

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Movie- Psycho

Scene: Trouble within the shower

The knife shot is precisely identical to

the movie. Observe the intended close-

up of your mouth once you get stabbed.

Comfort and murder collide.

As you can see, the happy face on the

first slide undergoes a significant tonal

change during this scene.

Horror Movies

Fig. Storyboard from the movie ‘Psycho’

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Movie- Spider-Man 2

Scene: Train Battle

This storyboard sounds like a

comic book. Spiderman loses, and

then wins. Many directional

arrows is used in this action

scene.

Fantasy Movies

Fig. Storyboards by Chris Buchinsky

for Spider-Man 2

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Movie- Logan

Scene: Decapitation Scene

This storyboard shows the scene where

Logan beheads Jackson. This can be a

very detailed storyboard example

from an awfully talented artist.

There were many brutal scenes through

out Logan, and also the storyboard

artist's job is to capture the

emotion within the sketch.

Fantasy Movies

Fig. Logan Storyboard by Mark Vena

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Movie- Ant-Man

Scene: Ant Rescue Scene

Note how the storyboard artist

uses lines around the face to

signal a shocked emotion from

Scott Lang.

You can imagine how essential

storyboards are when combining

live-action images with lighting

tricks like in Ant-Man.

Fantasy Movies

Fig. Ant-Man Storyboard by Steven Markowski

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Movie- Harry Potter and the

Order of the Phoenix

Scene: Fight in the Department

of Mysteries

Fantasy Movies

Fig. Jim Cornish storyboards for Harry Potter

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Series- Game of Thrones

Scene: Daenerys Targaryen Give Birth

Scene

This is a scene in the storyboard where

Daenerys gives birth to dragons that

work perfectly for everybody within

the final season too.

It's interesting to work out the

difference between TV storyboards and

movie storyboards and see the

tip result.

Web Series

Fig. Storyboard ‘Game of Throne’

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Series- Westworld

Scene: Reckoning

Similar to the storyboard example

above, you'll display parallel actions in

a single storyboard. Notice how big the

arrows are during this storyboard.

Web Series

Fig. Westworld Season 2: Storyboard

created by Dan Caplan

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Series- Kung Fu Panda

Scene: Training Scene

This storyboard shows a scene

where Po tries to coach Kung Fu.

Because this can be an animation

storyboard, the photographs you

see during this Example are the

particular building blocks for the

final image.

Animation Movies

Fig. Storyboard created by Angelo

Libutti

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Series- UP

Scene: Opening Scene

The storyboard shows the starting

scene in the film Up, which most

people understand a super uplifting

and not painful in the least.

As this storyboard was made for an

animated movie, you'll see how close

the storyboard example is to the

ultimate product

Animation Movies

Fig. Storyboard from UP movie

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Series- Batman

Scene: Series Intro

The storyboard presents the intro

scene for the Batman animated series.

Seeing these slides brings back sweet

memories.

There is no better clarification on how

helpful storyboards maybe when

watching one from an animated movie

or TV show. Animators can understand

visual importance and knowledge

better than many film directors.

Animation Movies

Fig. Storyboard from Batman movie

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Series- Gears of War

Scene: Mad World Trailer

This example storyboard shows the

trailer for Gears of War. The trailer

also featured a song named "Mad

World," which eventually helped to

create a successful launch for the

series. The games are great, but the

trailer certainly helped lots.

Video Games

Fig. Storyboard from Video game

‘Gear of war’

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Series- Major League Baseball

Scene: PS3 Move Trailer

This example storyboard shows the

trailer for big-league Baseball on

Play station 3. This storyboard was

created to point out how PS's

movement system could mentally

transport players onto the sphere.

Video Games

Fig. Storyboard from Video game

‘Big league baseball’

Summary

In this chapter, you have seen the case study of some great

professional storyboard. You have also learned, how to enhance

your professional skills by observing it.

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Project Coordinator : Dr. Dipak D. Shudhalwar

Assistance

Mr. Abhinaw Kumar Dwivedi

Joint Director

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