Introduction to Storyboarding for Animated Films
Creating Thumbnails
A course by Petra Popescu , Storyboard Artist
About the video: Creating Thumbnails
Overview
“Now you will learn how to plan the camera settings for the scene in the form of thumbnails. ”
In this video lesson Petra Popescu addresses the topic: Creating Thumbnails, 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
“After reading the script thoroughly. we can finally begin storyboarding. We put a lot of thought into it beforehand. Did you do the homework and create three or more beatboards? Show them to me. i'm very curious about how look. Before diving into the thumbnail creation. let's review my story beats. These three beats emerged during the process of reading and writing the script. shaping the narrative. They all come from the second half of the script. Let's start by examining the first item on the list. Somehow. i think Carl Lazy is holding hands. and it looks like the scene from Titanic. What...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Introduction to Storyboarding for Animated Films
-
Category
3D & Animation, Illustration -
Areas
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.
- 94% positive reviews (70)
- 4,226 students
- 18 lessons (3h 46m)
- 21 additional resources (9 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: German, English, French, Italian, Portuguese
- German · Spanish · English · Portuguese · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
