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I strongly suspect this is something I should’ve done, like, ages ago. \u00a0After yesterday’s technical recce, I think Mr Forster<\/strong> noticed how much I kept deferring to Mr Meikle<\/strong> and\u00a0recommended\u00a0I\u00a0do\u00a0some.\u00a0\u00a0Sure, I’d blocked some of the action with the actors during the workshops, but I’d avoided thinking about angles and coverage and owing reverses. \u00a0‘S what a DOP does, innit? \u00a0(I\u00a0think\u00a0it’s\u00a0what\u00a0a continuity person does – and it’s a role we can’t afford on this film.)<\/p>\n So I’m storyboarding. \u00a0This is the most drawing I’ve done in years. \u00a0Trying to relax and not over-focus on heads being in proportion to bodies. \u00a0Trying not to freak out over perspective.<\/p>\n The important thing about storyboards is the time they save. \u00a0Instead of waving your hands about and trying to describe a camera move you want to steal from a favourite De Palma film,\u00a0just a couple of chicken scratchings<\/span> reasonably clear and simple pictures puts everyone literally on the same page at the same time.<\/p>\n Until that cathartic moment, I’m storyboarding. \u00a0And grateful for the practice,\u00a0decades\u00a0ago,\u00a0of countless pictures of alien invaders being greeted by human soldiers backed up by tanks, jet fighters and a death star.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Storyboardingstoryboardingstoryboarding.< I strongly suspect this is something I should’ve done, like, ages ago. \u00a0After yesterday’s technical recce, I think Mr Forster noticed how much I kept deferring to Mr Meikle and\u00a0recommended\u00a0I\u00a0do\u00a0some.\u00a0\u00a0Sure, I’d blocked some of the action with the actors during the workshops, but I’d avoided thinking about angles and coverage and owing reverses. \u00a0‘S … <\/p>\n