STORY-BOARDING
Some complex movies, with a lot of special effects, require
story-boarding. Certainly animation and certain movies that depend on
precise presentation for their success, benefit tremendously by the
Story-Boarding process.
As a general rule, story-boarding is another example of directing on
paper. Alfred Hitchcock loved to story-board his scripts. He claimed to
be bored with the production process. I wish I'd known that at the
time, I would've offered to direct them for him, since all I had to do
was yell "Action and Cut!"
If you have a robust script and gung-ho actors, don't limit
yourself, actors and crew with story-boarding. Give everyone the
opportunity to collaborate. Feature film making is a collaborative art.
There are exceptions, however. We'll take up some of them in subsequent
chapters.