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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 can’t necessarily repeat the energy or urgency of the original drawing, he finds it more effective to trace them. Then he works on making the drawings tighter, neater, and more comprehensive, adding, for instance, details of faces from his visual memory bank. He also adds reference points, such as a highway or a piece of furniture that’s essential to the shot. The next day he hands the drawings to the Coens and makes any revisions they want on the spot. Once the drawings are approved, the men continue on to that day’s new scenes.

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Tags | Coen Brothers, J. Todd Anderson, No Country For Old Men, Pre-production, Storyboarding