Directing on Paper - the Art of Storyboarding

A two-day Master Class by David Russell

Sat 7 & Sun 8 Nov
$350 Open Channel members | $420 non-members

Open Channel Theatrette
Shed 4, North Wharf Road, Victoria Harbour - Docklands

 

Designed for both professionals and students, David Russell’s informative and practical master class presents an expert analysis of the visual planning process. It provides an insider look at how a script can be enhanced through creative storyboarding, and how this critical tool is used by prominent directors to realise exactly the film they envision.

Equally valuable to large-budget as it is to small-budget film productions, television, animation and gaming, storyboarding aids the director in the critical stage of pre-production up until the shoot, by effectively communicating with the cast and crew what they are visually trying to achieve.

David will focus on analysing sequences which he has boarded for prominent films and how they were eventually shot and edited. Similar clips are provided for the discussion of visual effects sequences, as well as sequences designed through the use of production illustrations, which are an element in the storyboarding process.

About David Russell
David is one of Hollywood’s top concept illustrators and storyboard artists. He has worked on over 80 productions, and with some of the most celebrated filmmakers in the industry, including Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Peter Weir, Baz Lurhmann, Tim Burton and James Cameron. His impressive list of film credits includes Terminator II Judgement Day, The Thin Red Line, Return of the Jedi, Moulin Rouge, Master and Commander, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Batman . David recently completed work on X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and is currently working on the next installment of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. David is also a screenwriter and author, whose 2006 debut novel, Enchanters, was released to critical acclaim.

 

For more information please visit: http://www.openchannel.org.au/training/c_storyboarding.html