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What movies could be good for looking at storyboards?
I want to look at some movies for inspiration.
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Maxine’s Answer
Hi Mishka!
Some of the best animators out there take inspiration from live action films for their boards. A lot of live-action films from the late 90s and early 20s use high contrast lighting through their movies, so they focus on silhouette and clear shots with interesting camera movements. Films like the original Scream, The Matrix, Charlie's Angels, and any of Tarantino's films would be great to study for this exact reason. From the more modern era, movies like La La Land and Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2, and shows like Netflix's Stranger Things and The Sandman are also great examples.
The reason I am focusing on high contrast and silhouettes is because in your boards, you'll want each drawing to be as clear as possible. You're working with limited color, limited dialogue, and limited time. Each individual drawing should tell your story without needing to spell it out--show, don't tell. An absolutely outstanding example of this would be any of the storyboards from Batman: The Animated series (here's a link: https://dcanimated.com/btas/batman-the-animated-series-storyboards/ ). You don't need to work in no-tan black & white for all of your boards, but keep yourself limited in color/value so you can focus on composition/staging and clarity. And remember, iteration is your friend! Sometimes the story you want to tell isn't the story you're drawing, and iterating your boards will help that story come to life.
Happy boarding!!
Some of the best animators out there take inspiration from live action films for their boards. A lot of live-action films from the late 90s and early 20s use high contrast lighting through their movies, so they focus on silhouette and clear shots with interesting camera movements. Films like the original Scream, The Matrix, Charlie's Angels, and any of Tarantino's films would be great to study for this exact reason. From the more modern era, movies like La La Land and Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2, and shows like Netflix's Stranger Things and The Sandman are also great examples.
The reason I am focusing on high contrast and silhouettes is because in your boards, you'll want each drawing to be as clear as possible. You're working with limited color, limited dialogue, and limited time. Each individual drawing should tell your story without needing to spell it out--show, don't tell. An absolutely outstanding example of this would be any of the storyboards from Batman: The Animated series (here's a link: https://dcanimated.com/btas/batman-the-animated-series-storyboards/ ). You don't need to work in no-tan black & white for all of your boards, but keep yourself limited in color/value so you can focus on composition/staging and clarity. And remember, iteration is your friend! Sometimes the story you want to tell isn't the story you're drawing, and iterating your boards will help that story come to life.
Happy boarding!!
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Kari’s Answer
Disney movies are good for this. Glimpses of storyboards and uncut or pre-movie things often make their way on the DVDs as bonus material. Studio Ghibli also does the same for some of its movies.
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Suyanne’s Answer
Films like Lord of the Rings, Shadowhunters, Narnia, are full of creativity and fantasy. If you have a specific theme, it becomes easier to select.
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Michelle’s Answer
Hello, Mishka !
What a golden, superb question !
This seems like a very worthwhile and actually fun venture for practicing storyboarding ! It's great that you came here for ideas !
So, I would suggest starting with two films, one period and one contemporary. To suggest films for you, I will draw on which films will give you the opportunity to challenge your talents and abilities and films that made a visual impact on me and stay in my memory. I could actually list 100 films, but I won't, LOL.
For a period film, I choose "Radio Days" by Woody Allen which is set in the late 1930's. There are a lot of unusual and delightful characters, a variety of scenes and some of the characters would easily transform to animation.
For a challenge with perspective and scenes that have large amounts of people, I would suggest the current film, "Conclave". Here's where you can experiment with stark lighting and frames that have a lot of figures in them. I was also thinking about the original "Back to the Future". If you want to do a black and white story board, try "Ed Wood" which would be a thrill to story board. It's done in a B Movie style and set in the early 1950's with interesting scenes.
Your inspiration can lead to starting your portfolio of story boards to show as an example of your talent. You may even get ideas from what you do with films for creating characters for your own stories. Focus on the genre and types of films you love and think about story boarding TV shows, too.
Don't forget to go to the website IMDB and look through titles of films that you may have overlooked.
You can also begin writing an original treatment and then story boarding it. The sky's the limit with this !
I hope this helps and I wish you all the best !
What a golden, superb question !
This seems like a very worthwhile and actually fun venture for practicing storyboarding ! It's great that you came here for ideas !
So, I would suggest starting with two films, one period and one contemporary. To suggest films for you, I will draw on which films will give you the opportunity to challenge your talents and abilities and films that made a visual impact on me and stay in my memory. I could actually list 100 films, but I won't, LOL.
For a period film, I choose "Radio Days" by Woody Allen which is set in the late 1930's. There are a lot of unusual and delightful characters, a variety of scenes and some of the characters would easily transform to animation.
For a challenge with perspective and scenes that have large amounts of people, I would suggest the current film, "Conclave". Here's where you can experiment with stark lighting and frames that have a lot of figures in them. I was also thinking about the original "Back to the Future". If you want to do a black and white story board, try "Ed Wood" which would be a thrill to story board. It's done in a B Movie style and set in the early 1950's with interesting scenes.
Your inspiration can lead to starting your portfolio of story boards to show as an example of your talent. You may even get ideas from what you do with films for creating characters for your own stories. Focus on the genre and types of films you love and think about story boarding TV shows, too.
Don't forget to go to the website IMDB and look through titles of films that you may have overlooked.
You can also begin writing an original treatment and then story boarding it. The sky's the limit with this !
I hope this helps and I wish you all the best !
Thank you for the response! Ive never heard of these so I will definitely try to watch them hopefully over spring break!! Thank you for the encouragement as well!
Mishka
You are so very welcome ! Have an awesome day, Mishka !
Michelle M.