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Danny Yount on Designing Film and TV Title Sequences

Designer and director, Danny Yount had “35 jobs before I knew what I wanted to do, which was design.” He didn’t go to school and taught himself photography and design. Since setting off on his chosen path he has created some of the most inspiring and lauded title sequences in […]

The Previsualization Society is founded.

Cross-Disciplinary Community to Focus on the Development of Previsualization
LOS ANGELES, CA (September 30, 2009) — The Previsualization Society, a non-profit, interdisciplinary organization dedicated to the advancement of previsualization (“previs”), was officially announced today. Founded by previs practitioners for those who produce or use previs, the Previsualization Society will build a community to […]

No Country for Old Men: Storyboards

Linda S. Price of American Artist interviews J. Todd Anderson the storyboard artist for almost all of the Coen Brothers’ films, including No Country for Old Men.

…Anderson estimates he creates 20 to 30 drawings in a session, which he then takes home and traces on a light table. Because he […]

55 Celtx Tutorials

Whoever said you can’t get something for nothing never used Celtx. This is not just one of the best open source programs, it one of the best pieces of filmmaking software period. And, with the newly released v2.0 it’s even better.
In this feature we gathered together the best […]

PingMag: Storyboard Design

PingMag a Tokyo-based magazine about Design has some great examples of storyboards which were used for actual projects. As of December 31, 2008, PingMag and sister site PingMag MAKE are both on extended hiatus, and will not be updated for the foreseeable future, so check it out while they […]

Early Star Wars Storyboards

The “Star Wars Storyboards” photo set over at Flickr contains some early storyboards from the first movie, tentatively titled “The Star Wars”.

See the complete set of 70 here.

Disney: The Art of Storyboarding

A storyboard is a sequence of images and words drawn together on a page to form a plausible narrative. Storyboards are routinely used in the movie making business to ‘preview’ a movie before a single shot is taken. Not only does a storyboard allow for a dress rehearsal of the […]

Storyboarding - 4 Minute Film School

Storyboards are like blueprints for your movies. And the bigger your production, the more important they become. As Christopher Columbus once said, “Making a movie without a storyboard is like throwing your money into a bottomless pit.”
Download Their Storyboard Template HERE

Storyboarding: AFI’s Lights, Camera, Education!

Sean Astin hosts AFI’s filmmaking tutorial series, LIGHTS, CAMERA, EDUCATION! In this segment, we explore the importance and how-to of storyboarding your film or video.

Storyboard Templates

Paul over at Self-Reliant Film created this useful PDF Storyboard Templates.

1.78:1 Storyboard Template
1.33:1 Storyboard Template
For more information on aspect ratios, visit this Wikipedia article.