Directing the Story Professional Storytelling and Storyboarding Techniques for Live Action and Animation

Francis Glebas, a top Disney storyboard artist, teaches artists a structural approach to clearly and dramatically presenting visual stories. They will learn classic visual storytelling techniques such as conveying meaning with images and directing the viewer's eye. Glebas also teaches how to spot potential problems before they cost time and money, and he offers creative solutions on how to solve them.

PART ONEINTRODUCTION:The GoalAudiences watch movies and animations to be entertained through an emotionally satisfying and meaningful experience. This book shows how to entertain, by structuring the elements of film thematically. You can work with images, words and sounds.THE PROBLEMBeginners work is often boring and confusing- unemotional.What do directors direct? Attention -clearly and dramatically to tell an emotional story.THE BEGINNING BASICSHistory and uses of storyboardingHow to tell a story using images.How to storyboard a sceneHow to draw for storyboardingPART TWOSTRUCTURAL TACTICS TO REACH THE GOALHow direct attentionHow to direct the eyeHow to use imagesHow to convey and suggest meaningAiming for the heart. Emotional responseSUMMARYChart and recapitulation of all of the conceptsANALYSIS AND EVOLUTION OF THE SCHEHERAZADE PROJECTSCHEHERAZADE and her story will be woven through out, demonstrating 'HOW TO' for each of the concepts being discussed.

Francis Glebas worked as a story artist for Disney Feature Animation on Aladdin, Lion King, Pocahontas, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Dinosaur, Treasure Planet and Hercules. He also directed Pomp and Circumstance starring Donald Duck in Fantasia 2000 and Piglet's BIG Movie. Francis is also an award-winning independent live action movie maker with almost 40 years' experience. He currently teaches storyboarding at Gnomon School of Visual Effects. Francis also works as a creative consultant, having worked with the Irish Government, Korean Government, General Motors, Los Alamos Labs, Walt Disney Imagineering and other film studios.