Beiman Nancy. Prepare to Board! Creating Story and Characters for Animated Features and Shorts

CRC Press, 2017. — 385 p. — ISBN13: 978-1138070905.Successful storyboards and poignant characters have the power to make elusive thoughts and emotions tangible for audiences. Packed with illustrations that illuminate and a text that entertains and informs, Prepare to Board, 3rd edition presents the methods and techniques of animation master, Nancy Beiman, with a focus on pre-production, story development and character design. As one of the only storyboard titles on the market that explores the intersection of creative character design and storyboard development, the third edition is an invaluable resource for both beginner and intermediate artists.Getting Started
First Catch Your Rabbit: Creating Concepts and Characters
How Storyboard Took Over the Movies (and Television)
Putting Yourself into Your Work
Situation and Character Driven Stories
Treat ‘em Rough: Beginning Character Design and Setting Story Rules
Appealing or Appalling? Designing Characters with Personality
Working with Multiple Characters
Beauties and Beasts: Creating Character Contrasts in Design
Color and Design in Storytelling
Technique
Starting Story Sketch: Thumbnails and Tonal Sketches
Boarding Time: Getting with the Story Beat
Roughing It: Basic Staging
The Big Picture: Creating Story Sequences
Patterns in Time: Pacing Action on Rough Boards
Present Tense: Creating a Performance on Storyboards
Color My World: Art Direction and Storytelling
Presentation
Show and Tell: Presenting Your Storyboards
Talking Pictures: Assembling a Leica, Story Reel, or Animatic with a Scratch Track
Team Storyboard: Working on Group Projects
Maquette Simple: Modeling Characters in Three Dimensions 307
Build a Better Mouse: Creating Final Model Sheets
Screen and Screen Again: Preparing for Production
Appendix 1: Discussion with A. Kendall O’Connor
Appendix 2: Caricature Discussion with T. Hee
Appendix 3: Interview with Ken Anderson
Animation Preproduction Glossary