The Art of the Storyboard: A Filmmaker's Introduction

by John Hart

0 ratings • 0 reviews • 0 shelved
Book cover for The Art of the Storyboard

Bookhype may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases. Full disclosure.

The Art of the Storyboard shows beginners how to conceptualize and render the drawings that will communicate continuity to the cinematographer, set designer, and special effects supervisor, or to create the skeletal outline around which an animated program is developed.

Using sketches of shots from classic films, from silents to the present, The Art of the Storyboard covers the history and evolution of this craft and discusses the essentials of translating one's vision onto paper, from the rough sketch to the finished storyboard. Over 100 illustrations from the author's and other storyboard artists' work illuminate the text throughout. Exercises at the end of each chapter help students to develop essential drawing and visualizing skills.

The Art of the Storyboard teaches basic drawing techniques and illustrates the use of perspective, light and shade, and depth of field needed in order to render the human figure in motion. In this book students are introduced to essential components of storyboarding, such as framing, placement of figures, and use of camera angles


  • ISBN10 661103384X
  • ISBN13 9786611033842
  • Publish Date 1 January 2008 (first published 29 January 1999)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 18 May 2011
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Elsevier Science & Technology
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 203
  • Language English