Introduction to Storyboarding for Animated Films
180-Degree Rule
A course by Petra Popescu , Storyboard Artist
About the video: 180-Degree Rule
Overview
“In this lesson, I will once again explain the 180 degree rule. Using my roughboard, I'll show you exactly what that means and what movement and viewing directions mean. ”
In this video lesson Petra Popescu addresses the topic: 180-Degree Rule, 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 this lesson. we look at the finished Roughboard. We'll then take another look at the 180-degree rule while discussing line of sight and movement directions. Given that this is a nighttime scene. i believed the light streaming through the window was crucial to the narrative. Therefore. i opted to shade the entire board in grayscale to emphasize this effect and enhance the overall mood of the story. If it were simply night. it would suffice to place a gray layer underneath everything. However. if time allows and it's important for the story. it's worthwhile to color elements gray. This can...”
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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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