WHAT IS A STORYBOARD?
Early storyboards
Walt Disney animator Webb Smith first used storyboarding during the early 1930s. Smith used the idea of drawing scenes of the Disney short The Three Little Pigs 1 on separate sheets of paper and sticking them up on a board to tell the story in sequence. Storyboarding became common in film production during the early 1940s and became standard for the pre-visualisation of films. One of the first films with real actors produced using storyboarding technique, was Gone with the Wind (1939)* 1. The years from the 1940s to 1990s are considered the period in which production design was largely characterised by the adoption of the storyboard, and today, storyboards are an essential part of the creative process in film making. But what exactly is a storyboard?
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1 The Disney short Three Little Pigs was released in 1933.
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1 Why is the film Gone with the Wind so popular? Surf the net for some information, then share it with your teacher and your schoolmates.