From Word to Image: Storyboarding and the Filmmaking Process
- Book Review,
by Marcie Begleiter
Today's Librarian, August, 2001
An exciting aspect of (this) book is the way Begleiter helps film/videomakers change the way they think and express themselves...
Indie Slate September, 2001
The book teaches the importance of putting vision on paper...regardless of budget or artistic ability.
DGA Magazine, March, 2002
Begleiter has given the subject its own place in the sun through this groundbreaking paractical guide and historic companion.
Brntwd Magazine, April, 2002
An essential read and guidebook for aspiring filmmakers or wannabe storyboard artists.
Book Description
Directors from Eisenstein to Spielberg have used storyboards to visualize their stories before production.
From the Author
In 1990 I was invited to teach a seminar at the American Film Institute on storyboarding. I created a weekend workshop based on my experiences of working with first-time directors. These men and women often came to directing through writing and were much less comfortable communicating about the visual aspects of the medium than they were about the narrative. I set out to make visual communication accessible to those filmmakers who felt they had no ‘talent’ for it. From the beginning, the workshop achieved a popularity neither I nor AFI had anticipated. I added private workshops held each month at a local hotel and was eventually asked to join the film faculty at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. There I have been able to work with student filmmakers and develop a curriculum that encompasses many forms of pre-visualization for film including color theory, composition, storyboarding and narrative structure as it applies to constructing the frame. This book is an extension of the work that has come out of these classes as well as those given at the Director’s Guild of America, USC and the Filmschule in Cologne, Germany. It has brought me great joy to introduce and expand upon the aesthetic as well as the technical aspects of visualization for film. It is my intention that the information contained in this volume will be of some use to you in your projects, whether they be for the classic media of film, television or the new media that takes us beyond linear structure.
From the Inside Flap
From Word to Image is wonderful not only as an examination of the how-to's of storyboard art, but is full of rich film history. It demystifies an aspect of filmmaking that benefits everyone involved; from directors, to cinematographers, to production designers. Joe Petricca: Vice Dean, AFI Conservatory This bright and gracious work is so clear in its intent and organization that it instantly seems a film instruction classic and a must for visual artist as well as filmmaker. Ms. Begleiter defines image making with so much clarity as to open a new door in one's mind. The book speaks: this is what you do and how, now get going! Richard Hoover Production Designer: "Girl Interrupted" ; "Dead Man Walking" A wonderfully logical book about a precise tool to use in an illogical medium-Marcie Begleiter's process is a visual and organizational assist to any filmmaker trying to shift from story in words to story in moving image. Joan Tewkesbury: Director, "Felicity"; Screenwriter "Nashville" Finally! A definitive book for directors and producers to learn and appreciate the great support of storyboarding. Nancy Malone, Co-founder of Women in Film
About the Author
Marcie Begleiter is a film-maker and educator who has worked extensively as a storyboard artist and art director in the film, video, and interactive industries.In addition she has consulted with various interactive corporations on communications and storyboarding for non-linear media. She is currently the Supervisor of Visual Studies, Department of Film at Art Center College of Design as well as a faculty member in digital design at Otis College of Art and the International FilmSchule in Cologne, Germany. Guest speaker appearances include the DV Expo (digital video), UCLA, University of Wisconsin, USC, The Director’s Guild of America and ZDF (German Public Broadcasting).
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