Storyboarding is the process of creating small square illustrations or picture sequences (about the size of thumbnails), and lining them up next to one another in plans to create a show or motion picture. Storyboarding is practically like a comic strip that you would see in a magazine. Directors as well as others involved in the creation of the film use these storyboards to "map" out the scenes, in order to be able to view them in a "play-by-play", juxtapose sort of way. Storyboards can be created from hand drawn art, or digitally produced from computers. In addition, the storyboard sequences are meant to be shown through the eyes of the camera. The storyboards are very helpful in the first stages of creating film, in terms of being able to identify possible problem areas, or areas that just need more work put in. Finally, storyboards are crucial to the film, because they create the basis in which the scenes are to be filmed and in what order.
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Interesting to see the Simpsons this way. I felt like there was a lot missing as an animatic goes where I would want to see more detailed coverage. As a storyboard, it does provide great visuals for the setting of each scene and basically what's going on. Do you think that storyboards for animation work just as well for live action film?
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