Evangeline Than

The How To Be A Children’s Book Illustrator blog has a great Google Video clip taken from the documentary, “Finding Lady: The Art of Storyboarding”.

The 13-minute-long clip is hosted by Disney Animator Eric Goldberg, and shows storyboards from old and new Disney movies. Animation is the main focus, but it also includes information about storyboarding techniques used in live action movies.

And according to the writer of the post, storyboards are invaluable when planning children’s picture books too.

Winging it can be fun, but storyboards make everything better!

Watch it here.

Source: “Let’s Board It Up!” The Magic of the Storyboard at How To Be A Children’s Book Illustrator,  URL: http://howtobeachildrensbookillustrator.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/storyboard-video/ (posted April 21st, 2009).

Mark Waid is a comic book writer. You may have seen his name in the credits for the Flash comic books, and also in Kingdom Come, a mini-series about the current stable of Justice League superheroes, set 20 years in the future.

Waid posts regularly to Kung Fu Monkey, a blog about screenwriting, comic books, and any other geekery that the authors (and I) find amusing. His latest post on Kung Fu Monkey, “Waid Wednesdays #18: Don’t Waste My Time”, gives writers valuable advice on how to handle protagonist conflicts, and explains the difference between false suspense and genuine suspense.

Want to make your story stand out from the rest? Read Waid’s post here.

If you haven’t got time to read the whole post, here’s the bottom line:

Bottom line: don’t waste my time by asking questions with obvious answers or posing “suspenseful” choices with only one real option. That’s just marking time. People (and characters) (and situations) are only interesting when they surprise you.

Source: “Waid Wednesdays #18: Don’t Waste My Time” at the Kung Fu Monkey blog, URL: http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2009/04/waid-wednesdays-18-dont-waste-my-time.html (posted April 8th, 2009).