Here’s a great article by Brad Bird on the techniques and tools he used to stage out scenes for The Iron Giant and The Simpsons…
“Many years ago, I had an argument with a fellow animator (now a Disney director) about the way animated features were storyboarded. This artist had been trained in the Disney method, as I had, and was convinced that it was the most effective way to plan an animated film. Simply put, the Disney method is to develop the “business” of the story (gags, situations, emotions, etc.) completely before dealing with how the business is to be presented. To consider the staging of a scene at this early point was seen as a straight jacket; a restriction of possibilities and a liability to the healthy growth of a story…” Click here to read more!
This is a must have in your DVD collection!
