Storyboarding



= Alfred Hitchcock was a studio director known to rely heavily on storyboards in the production of his films. He would map out his distinctive set pieces using storyboards. Storyboards are a sequence of drawings, typically with some directions and dialogue, representing the shots planned for a film. They show what will be in the frame, and indicate any planned camera movements. Hitchcock claimed he never looked through a viewfinder as he had already shot the film in his head and on storyboard (This is surely not true). Hitchcock wasn’t the first to do storyboards, but he was an enthusiastic and consistent in their use, and later filmmakers with an eye for sharp camerawork (from Scorsese and Spielberg to the Coens and Nolan) frequently do the same. = = = = Examine the storyboards below. How useful do you think the storyboard for Psycho was? =

=Psycho (1960)= =Director: Alfred Hitchcock= =Storyboard Artist: Saul Bass=



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= = = Note below the arrows used to indicate movement in the frame and the arrows used to indicate camera movement. =

= **//No Country for Old Men// (2007)** = = Director: Joel and Ethan Coen = = Storyboard Artist: J. Todd Anderson =



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**Watch this great video with J Todd Anderson:** **[|Master Class Movie Storyboarding with Coen Brothers' Storyboard Artist J. Todd Anderso]**

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