Here is my final for Drawing for Storyboarding class. This has been one of my favorite classes so far--it applied directly to the career I'm pursuing.
The final assignment was a continuation of our earlier assignment. We were asked to select a scene from our previous stories and create 25+ beat boards.
My story,
Sharkskin, was pitched as a full-length animated feature (
Previous blog post here).
Sharkskin tells the story of an over-fished ocean, an angry, sea-god, and two fishermen who wish to make amends on behalf of the humans. The fishermen are transformed into sharks so that they can experience life in the ocean first-hand. During their time spent as sea creatures, they learn that the ocean is a big community--these animals socialize with one another and have families, just has humans do.
The turning point of the story happens when the pair encounter a mother whale, tangled inside a fishing net. I decided to create beat boards for this scene because it would be very action-packed. Here is the process behind the project:
ORIGINAL BEAT BOARD:
THUMBNAIL BOARD SEQUENCES:
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| Originally the sequence started with the sharks swimming by the reef. It was taken out because it was unnecessary. |
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| These early thumbnails stay true to the final. |
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| Working out the initial tearing of the net. |
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| Originally, the sequence ended here. My professor recommended the whale swimming free. |
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| A revision of the hammerhead net-tearing segment. |
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| Simple thumbnails showing the mother whale swooping out. |
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| Revision of the opening sequence. The sharks talk, see the whale, and the whale struggles. |
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| Left side continues the whale struggling. The right side is a revision of the whale swimming free. |
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| Revision of the goblin shark biting the net apart. |
FINAL BOARDS:
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| The sharks spot the mother whale. |
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| Zoom on the mother whale. She struggles in the net as her baby watches in despair. |
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| The mother continues to struggle and the baby loses hope. |
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| The whales eye the sharks wearily as they launch in to the rescue. |
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| The baby tries to ward off the sharks, afraid of them attacking. The sharks offer to help. |
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| The goblin shark swims underneath the whale. |
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| The goblin shark bites. |
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| The goblin shark pulls away, ripping the net. The whale looks above at the other shark. |
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| Full shot of the progress. Shot changes to the hammerhead pulling with the baby watching closely. |
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| The hammerhead pulls hard, but the net snaps him back down, startling the baby. He tries again. |
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| The hammerhead pulls so hard he tears the rope and is flung off into the water. The baby whale swims down excitedly. |
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| The mother whale wriggles loose of the net. |
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| As the sharks and baby whale gather together, the mother whale swoops off in joy. |
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| The baby joyfully follows his mother. The sharks stay and watch the happy scene. |
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| Mother and child are reunited. The sharks are proud of their good deed. |
It's incredible to see how much progress I have made in this class. In the beginning, it was a struggle to produce only THREE storyboards. From there it doubled into six. And this last project contained over FORTY! I am amazed that I was able to handle this huge workload in only a week.
The only downside to the short time span was how rough my boards look. I would have liked to add line weight and even color to them. Perhaps this is a project I can return to in the future. I really enjoyed this class. And here ends another awesome quarter at SCAD!
Excuse me while I enjoy my spring break.
