User Guide

User Guide Legal Notices Published by Toon Boom Animation Inc. Corporate Headquarters 7 Laurier Avenue East Montreal, Quebec Canada H2T 1E4 Tel: (514) 278-8666 Fax: (514) 278-2666 toonboom.com Disclaimer The content of this manual is covered by a specific limited warranty and exclusions and limit of liability under the applicable License Agreement as supplemented by the special terms and conditions for Adobe® Flash® File Format (SWF). Please refer to the License Agreement and to those special terms and conditions for details. The content of this manual is the property of Toon Boom Animation Inc. and is copyrighted. Any reproduction in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. For additional copies of this manual, please contact Toon Boom Animation Inc. at the Corporate Headquarters address. Copyright © 2007 by Toon Boom Animation Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks Toon Boom Storyboard is a trademark owned by Toon Boom Animation Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Credits Documentation Development: Peter Cawthorne Content Development and Art: Lindsay Brown, Tania Gray Publication Date March 2007 Contents Introducing Toon Boom Storyboard ......................................................7 What Is Storyboard? ..........................................................................................................7 Why You Should Use Storyboard ......................................................................................8 Methods of Reducing Production Cycle Times ..........................................................8 Methods of Reducing Storyboard Cycle Times ..........................................................8 Toon Boom Storyboard Animatic Feature ........................................................................9 Chapter 1: How To Prepare For Storyboarding ........................11 First Steps ........................................................................................................................11 The Script ..................................................................................................................11 The Structure ............................................................................................................12 The Delivery ..............................................................................................................12 Storyboard Basics ............................................................................................................12 Script Analysis and Breakdown .................................................................................12 Shot Evaluation .........................................................…