the Plausible Impossible

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Rusty works in the animation industry doing Storyboards, Timing, Animation and Directing. Recently he has worked at Disney TV Animation and Universal Animation Studios. He's best known for his Directing and Producing for Warner Bros. on "Animaniacs" and "Pinky and the Brain".

Thursday, November 02, 2006

Ahh My Scene of Scenes

I have been wanting to get to this point in my film since I started. This is not only over half way through the film it is also my favorite acting scene. When I had done my original student film version of this I always felt this scene never quite had the guts in it that was needed. Not only was the acting not strong enough but I cut away to a reaction shot from the little guy mid way through this great dialog. My staging was not as appealing and left the big guy in profile too much. So when I approached this scene in my new storyboard I fixed the staging and also gave myself some space at the head and tail to completely give the big guy his chance to act.
Generally I have not done a film in chronological order but decided to do it that way this time to help keep the continuity right. It has helped me notice when I need to lengthen scenes or change start and end poses. Because of that I have had to wait before I got to this juicy acting scene.
I find that I always tend to have certain scenes that I look forward to doing. I think it's a healthy way to approach making a film because if I'm not thrilled with any of my film then how can I expect anyone else to be. I have several other scenes throughout the film that I am anticipating and some that I've already done. Having this type of excitement for my film I believe will show on the screen.
Feel free to get a better look at storyboard for this scene by clicking on the image above and viewing the larger one.