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Art of the Storyboard: A Filmmaker's Introduction (second edition)
Art of the Storyboard: A Filmmaker's Introduction (second edition)
John Hart
Focal Press: $27
paperback

This is a valuable tool for those in film school or wishing to become storyboard artists. Fairly comprehensive though a bit scattered, it includes real-world examples, but more in text than images. My biggest problem with the 224 page, large-format tome is that Hart uses his own storyboard illustrations of well-known films rather than the actual storyboards. I was hoping to find the actual storyboards beside screen shots from the films they helped make. Paying for the rights to such art may have been prohibitive, but Focal Press has published such copyrighted art in its amazing Screencraft series. The book goes deep into art and film theory and technique, when I felt it could have stuck with storyboard nuts and bolts. A big bonus is the inclusion of links to webpages that show specifics of hard-to-explain techniques. Rating: 3

Contributing editor Morgan Paar is a nomadic producer making documentaries worldwide.

Morgan Paar | September 2008

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