vid storyboards: Glorious #1, Come On, Superstar

[heresluck]

A couple of months ago, in the comments on one of the vid commentary tracks I did, redredshoes suggested that I put up vid storyboards as well.

So I've linked to a few behind the cut tags, and provided a tiny bit of commentary as well.

Comments

[laurashapiro]

It's great to see that I'm not the only one who still scribbles on a notepad, analog-style. I feel very retro, doing that, but the process seems to work for me.

For you, too, apparently.

[heresluck]

Is it retro? Do other people do it all on the computer? I can't imagine that. I change my mind too often. Plus I like having the visual distinction between the lyrics, which are not negotiable, and my own thoughts, which frequently need changing.

[laurashapiro]

Well, a lot of people seem to type up their clip notes/storyboards/spreadsheets on a laptop while they watch episodes, rather than doing it on paper. I don't mean to suggest that they can't change their minds in the process.

Sometimes I use a spreadsheet, sometimes not. But my clip notes are always taken on a big note pad, with many crossings-out. And the spreadsheet (with lyrics in the left column, as you have them) gets revised only once or twice in digital form. Then it's printed out and covered with inky scribbles.

[heresluck]

Ah -- I think of clip notes as being separate from storyboards. I've been working on clip databases, which I'm growing to like a lot, and that's on the computer, of course; but storyboarding is a very different process, and one that pretty much requires scribbling.

I didn't need the clip database until recently, because I was working with limited source that I knew really well. It's a little overwhelming to suddenly have All The Clips That Ever Were at my disposal for a given vid.

[laurashapiro]

My clip notes are separate from my storyboards, too, although often the line gets blurry as I'll write a lyric line next to a clip note to remind myself where I might want to use it.

Ah, limited source that you know very well. I remember those days fondly. (: