Wednesday, April 28, 2010

I'm prepping to direct a 6 minute teen vampire sex comedy, YOU ARE SO UNDEAD, based on Lisa's hilarious script. One of the most useful classes I ever took for directing was a two year class on acting at the Joanne Baron studio. One of the most useful classes I ever took for writing was a typing class in high school. I'd like to add another offbeat class you'll find useful if you want to direct: figure drawing.

I cannot draw worth a damn. When you're doing a shotlist/storyboard, it is really helpful to be able to draw in perspective. You do not want to see what my storyboards look like.

If you have a chance, particularly in college, take a figure drawing class. You may not learn to draw well, but you will learn to draw better than me!

Labels: learnings

9:26 AM

7 Comments:

Alex, if you saw Hitchcock's storyboards (the ones by his own hand, not by commissioned artists) you wouldn't feel so bad about your own.

http://www.hitchcockwiki.com/gallery/260/3132.jpg

By  Stephen Gallagher, at 12:34 PM  

Google Sketchup is pretty good for quickie storyboards, though it took me awhile to get the hang of it.

John Hepworth

By  Hepworks, at 1:27 PM  

I love using Frameforge - a fantastic storyboard program.

By  Unknown, at 4:55 PM  

Figure drawing is a fantastic skill to learn because you train your brain to deconstruct images at an incredibly fast pace.

I did it for years and I use the basics of those skills all the time when I'm envisioning scenes for my scripts.

By  Brandon Laraby, at 5:14 PM  

Sounds exciting Alex! I'm prepping my own Vampire six-minute comedy, about a young Vampire 'coming out' to his human parents.

And as long as your storyboards make sense to the people working with you, you're golden!

By  Jeremy, at 11:44 PM  

humm- I'm a classically trained artist, done figure drawing for year- thought my interest in screenwriting was oddball, but maybe there is a lot of artists wrting and deconstructing scenes- know James Cameron is a really good artist- check out "comic book" how to books to draw fast "Action Men"

By  Julia Kelly, at 9:23 AM  

Just drop me a line next time. I can help you out, I do boards for a living!

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By  warren, at 11:26 PM  

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