Directing the Story
by Francis Glebas · Francis Glebas
Former Disney story artist Francis Glebas explains how to hold an audience's attention through storyboards, using a fully boarded example story to demonstrate staging, composition, directing the viewer's eye, and structuring emotional beats for both animation and live action.
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