Topic: is it necessary to script action sequences
i was just wondering if it is a must to script action sequences
Note: These days, community activity has largely moved to the BiM Discord. Join us!
Pages 1
Bricks in Motion
Bricks in Motion
We are a friendly filmmaking community devoted to the art of stop-motion animation using LEGO® and similar construction toys. Here, you can share your work, join our community of other brickfilmers, and participate in periodic animation contests!
A place to discuss, share, and create stop motion films.
Ad
You are not logged in. Please login or register.
i was just wondering if it is a must to script action sequences
You should script action sequences so you don't just shoot random movement and make your hero seem like a lunatic phsyco and mess up the film.
I personally think you should storyboard fight/action sequences- not script them. That was you know how to make the film look.
-JK
Nothing is necessary... Except Ice Cream.
How exactly would you go about making a storyboard? Do you draw like every 30th frame out or something? 
no, list all the moves on a list and check them off after everyone is complete.
But couldn't that just be done with scripting? Isn't storyboarding mean drawing things out?
I suggest storyboarding.
I really think storyboarding is kind of useless unless you've got several different animators working on the same project, or have trouble remembering things. I have never drawn a complete set of storyboards on a project I was doing solo, because I've already got all the images in my head, so it would be redundant and a waste of time to put them down on paper.
But to answer your original question, I do not think it is necessary to script action sequences. All you really need to do is have a couple key points in the fight where something actually happens, and then you just fill in the blanks with whatever you feel like doing.
Storyboard.
The process was actually, as far as I know, created by Disney for the specific purpose of animation and is now used by, well, everyone! Not just in animation but for any movie. You might have a shot in your head and it might be awesome, but do you really see it or is it more a feeling? I find that when I "envision" a shot in my head all I'm really doing is saying, "that would be awesome if ____ happens." Now if I draw it out, I can actually see it and I can look and ask questions about it. Is the camera angle the best angle I can get? Is the story point clear? Can I show this better?
If the answer to any of those questions is negative (positive on the last one 
) I redraw it.
Also, and I've never done this but I should, it can help with the sound design a lot. Check this out:
http://www.outside-hollywood.com/men-o-war/
Posts [ 12 ]
