Ello! Me again :) I've been wanting to do another #storyboarding thread on some techniques to simplify the #filmmaking process -- to help answer that ever-nagging question: WHAT SHOT COMES NEXT? Let's start with the first idea here: "SHOT / REVERSE SHOT." You might actually hear this a bit more in live-action filmmaking. But what does it mean exactly? I really like this definition from joe940 on Slideshare. plus adding my paraphrasing:

theres so much good advice for #storyboarding more ~dynamic~ shots! but tbh I sometimes find myself fiending to make EVERY shot dynamic, and end up diluting the impact & meaning

so lets talk FLAT SHOTS! Creating subtext! tension! & visual language! [a thread] #film #feboardary lol so yeah Wes Anderson gets a lot of (aptly deserved) attention for his gorgeous use of flat shots, but I wanted to shed some light on a film that holds a few more surprises in the flat-space department: American Beauty (1999, dir Sam Mendes, DP Conrad Hall)

Dovetailing off some previous thoughts on character POV, I wanted to do a dedicated #film study of 'Drive' (2011). specifically, the way camera & editing create a rich, cinematic POV -- and for a protagonist who rarely speaks! (that's one BIG directing challenge!) #feboardary a quick recap on POV: it's important for board artists and filmmakers alike to shoot scenes with a POV, bc THIS is the movie magic that connects the audience to the story & makes them feel what the characters are feeling

https://twitter.com/looseyliu/status/1356356741357834240

so i think the MOST important job of a #storyboard artist is not creating dynamic angles or cool images, but shooting scenes & telling stories with a POINT OF VIEW!

Who are we following? Whose eyes do we see the story thru? [a thread] #feboardary @looseyliu ofc, it's important first to know WHOSE STORY IS IT? (you usually find the answer by asking, 'which character experiences the most change'?)

as we break films apart into smaller pieces, that question then becomes: whose SCENE is it? or whose SHOT is it?