Looking at some other storyboards..

Tim Burton's "9"

I get a lot of my inspiration from Tim Burton, so I thought it would be interesting to do some research on the storyboards for some of his films because I can compare them to the actual films. This is part of the storyboard for the film "9". This is one of my favourite films of all time so its really cool to see what the basis of it was! The characters in this film are very small so the use of different camera angles definitely show this. I think the choice of media, which looks like a possible mixture of black pen and pencil really makes the lighting look effective. No two panels look exactly the same which means that once it has been animated it will have a load of variation when it comes to camera angles and spacing, making the whole sequence much more interesting to watch. I just love it.

Looking at the use of colour 

I thought it would be useful to have a look at some storyboards which aren't in black and white and not just drawn onto paper, but have been worked on digitally as well. The use of colour tells the two characters apart which I think is necessary because if it wasn't for one of the women wearing a hat it could potentially be quite confusing. I think colour also brings the whole environment to life as well.  I have noticed how the space has been used in each frame and the variation of shot frames makes the story look more consistent throughout. All in all I think its pretty cool.

David Lowery - "Jurassic Park"

I love this storyboard section by David Lowery for "Jurassic Park". I especially love the third frame where the character is sticking his foot out to kick the raptor in the face. I have seen this film countless times but even if I hadn't I know exactly what was going on thanks to the annotation that has been added under each frame. I can't get over how well the shadows and lighting have been shown so realistically. In the last frame I like the use of outward lines that have been used where the foot meets the raptor's face because it gives a realistic of idea of how hard he is kicking. This has made me super interested to have a look at the rest of the storyboard, its awesome! 

I found this section of the storyboard from "The Avengers" which is showing part of the fight scene between between Iron Man and Thor. I think the camera angles in this are brilliant, I haven't seen this part of the film but I this makes me want to! I love the roughness of the drawings too, especially in the final larger frame you can see where basic shapes have been used to outline the shapes of the characters. Also in the second frame the fact that the arm has been covered with lines to show that it is in mid swing really shows that this is a fast moving and dramatic sequence.