Introduction to Storyboarding for Animated Films
Introduction to Cinematography
A course by Petra Popescu , Storyboard Artist
About the video: Introduction to Cinematography
Overview
“As you can see, we storyboarders work in many ways like filmmakers, because we have to be able to think scenically. In this lesson I will give you an introduction to cinematography. ”
In this video lesson Petra Popescu addresses the topic: Introduction to Cinematography, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Storyboarding for Animated Films. Learn to visually interpret a script and capture the emotions of the plot and characters with your drawings.
Partial transcription of the video
“In the previous lesson. we examined storyboards and their roles. Now. we'll investigate film language and terminology. guiding us to the pivotal question: Where should we position our camera? This exploration will deepen our understanding of how to effectively frame our shots. As I mentioned before. we are storyboard artists. not illustrators. but filmmakers. The frame is our camera. through which we view the world. And that's how we should understand it. While we don't go for head-ball and set up a real camera. the same rules and terminology as in films still apply to us. Since we aim to r...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Storyboarding for Animated Films
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Animated Illustration, Animation, Character Animation, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Motion Graphics, Storyboard, Traditional illustration
Petra Popescu
A course by Petra Popescu
Petra Popescu lives in Germany and works as a freelance storyboard artist in the animation industry. After graduating with a degree in graphic design, she found her calling during the first few projects she worked on as a prop and character designer and director's assistant. She started exploring the world of black-and-white Japanese comics at a young age thanks to anime series Dragon Ball, sparking her life-long fascination with the expressive power of a few simple lines and shading.
The current aim of her art is to elicit intense emotions from her audience using minimal resources. Her work ranges from film projects and video game cinematics to US and German children's shows, as well as movies and series for Netflix.
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