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STORYBOARDING


A storyboard can identify potentially costly issues long before they occur, and without one even Hollywood can get it wrong. A witness to many wayward and successful productions is veteran storyboard artist Chris Buchinsky. He spoke with Sean Samuels about what it’s really like to work for the big studios and why drawings may be all you need to save your film.


Have you ever watched a movie and thought, “This doesn’t make any sense”? Have you said to yourself, “The storyline is flawed – parts of the film must be missing”? If so, you’ve probably blamed the storytelling and you’d be right. If you believed this to be the fault of the writer or the editor, however, you’d be wrong.Most likely the story leapt off the script and in the cutting roomthe editor worked brilliantly to inject whatever pace, energy, passion, drama, tension etc the film required. No, the responsibility for its irksome lack of coherence


rests solely with the director and the producer; both of whom most likely failed to storyboard the piece early enough in the filmmaking process – if at all.Astrong and convincing visual narrative is vital to the success of any movie, and with so


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