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Thursday, September 29, 2011

For Pros only, am I breaking the 180 rule of thumb?

My alum, friend and paintball fanatic Jessica. T is teaching a cartooning class.  My "expertise" was call upon helping her with one of the assignments she is planning.  The big question was about "180 Degree" rule, commonly associated with continuity issues in filming, as well as story boarding.  After getting the script I roughly sketched out this story board and sent it on this way.  It's been a long time since I last worked on any story boarding, it actually felt great !! :)
The script :
THREE PEOPLE STAND IN A MASSIVE GRAVEYARD, A MAUSOLEUM, AT SUNSET—A BUILT MAN, ABOUT AGE 30, AN OLD, BALDING PREACHER, AND A YOUNG WOMAN, STANDING IN AN ADVENTUROUS POSE.
THE THREE OF THEM LOOK LEFT IN SYNC AT ROWS AND ROWS OF ASSORTED GRAVESTONES, THEN LOOK RIGHT—MORE ROWS OF GRAVESTONES, OF ALL SORTS OF ASSORTED SHAPES (TOMBSTONES, STATUES OF ANGELS, COLUMNS, AND LARGE CROSSES.
THE THREE LOOK BACKWARDS AT THE SETTING SUN AND WATCH AS IT DISAPPEARS OVER THE HORZON, CREATING A SILHOUETTED LANDSCAPE CROWNED BY THREE FIGURES AND DOTTED BY HUNDREDS OF TOMBSTONES.
SUDDENLY, HANDS BEGIN TO ERUPT FROM THE GRAVES SURROUNDING THEM—ZOMBIES! THE MAN READIES HIS FISTS TO FIGHT, THE WOMAN LIFTS HER LEG IN A KICKING POSE, AND THE PREACHER RAISES HIS CROSS AND BIBLE ABOVE HIS HEAD.



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