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Storyboarding 101: A Crash Course in Professional Storyboarding (Michael Wise Productions)

Storyboarding 101: A Crash Course in Professional Storyboarding (Michael Wise Productions)
By James O Fraioli

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Product Description

This book is designed especially for those interested in breaking into storyboarding as a career but don't know where to start. Artist James O. Fraioli ("Ace Ventura, When Nature Calls") takes the mystery out of the art of storyboarding, with clear and concise information on both the mechanics of the art and how the business works. Topics covered include what storyboards are and why they are necessary, fundamentals of thinking visually, time-saving tricks of the trade and, most importantly, how to land that first job and advance your career.

Using the principles detailed in this book, James O. Fraioli worked his way from Security Guard to Storyboard Artist on a major film in only two weeks!

KEY FEATURES:
* A beginner's guide to storyboarding.
* Benefit from a successful storyboard artist's expertise.

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #827810 in Books
  • Published on: 2000-11
  • Released on: 2000-06-15
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 260 pages

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About the Author

Leslie Bilderback has been a certified master chef and baker for nearly 20 years. She is the author of "The Complete Idiotas Guide to Success as a Chef, The Complete Idiotas GuideA(R) to Comfort Food," and "The Complete Idiotas Guide to Spices and Herbs," James O. Fraioli is an award-winning author and photographer whoas contributed to over 18 magazines. Fraiolias work has appeared in the "New York Times," numerous radio shows across the country, and on The Food Networkas "The Essence of Emeril,"

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The BUSINESS END of Storyboarding3
This really isn't a crash course in Storyboarding as much as it's a crash course in how the author got a job Storyboarding.

The information on the art of creating storyboards is rather small. "Teach yourself to draw... Keep practicing."

If you're an artist looking to break into the business of being a professional storyboarder than this book might be for you. If you're looking to learn HOW to storyboard, look elsewhere.

Not Very Useful1
I bought this book expecting a how-to, instructional guide. There's none of that! No tips on drawing or the art of storyboarding. Instead, we get a autobiography of Fraioli and tips on breaking in: "hang around movie sets." Wow. I never would have figured that out on my own.

The few examples of art Fraioli gives are amatuer and poorly drawn. I didn't find this book useful at all.

Some good information, but...2
This book had some good information, but focused more on career building and Hollywood networking than on actual storyboarding techniques. I'm glad the author was able to develop such a career, but he goes on too much about it and I think the book would have been more useful with more detail on translating script and director's vision into storyboards rather than stories on how lucky the guy was getting to be a director's assistant.