Spielberg on STORYBOARDING 

I was a Hollywood storyboard artist. Worked on big ones (like "Titanic", "Independence Day", and "The Game") and more little ones than I can count. Also worked in animation on "Rugrats". Here's the thing though. This video makes it look easy. In fact, it's quite tedious and time consuming. The average script page requires about 20 pictures (and the average script is about 120 pages long). How long would it take you to draw 20 pictures? For me, I could handle about 2 pages of rough sketches a day and half a page of good drawings (like the ones shown in this video) a day. So the length of time it would take for one artist to board out a whole script (in good pictures) would take longer than the time it takes to actually shoot the movie! Fortunately, most directors don't need storyboards for the easy scenes (like conversations around a dinner table), but only for the action scenes or special effects scenes, which cuts the work load down some. Also, most big movies have several storyboard artists, instead of just one - which cuts the workload down even more. Still... it's long, tedious, stay-up-all-night work, and storyboard artists don't even get a mention on the credits. At least, I never did!

when I saw that ad from werner herzog masterclass saying storyboards takes away the creativity, that filmmaking isn't accounting and it's for cowards. I disagree, this is a great example on how storyboard/previs importance to a film's time, budget and even allows room for creativity. Storyboards are not set in stone, they're a road map, and a foundation to visualize the script. It makes sense since Herzog is a great documentary filmmaker, that type of film making allows spontaneous and natural progression of it's subject. It still surprises me to find that some big budget films were shot without using storyboarding, and films still goes over time and budget and countless amounts of reshoots without a proper preparation at the start, rather than relying on the editors to work their way out at the end. nice channel by the way.

Took 5mins in until I realized Spielberg did not draw the finished story board. At the start I was stunned how well he could "draw".

*Dave Stevens,* Master illustrator, storyboarded the truck chase sequences for Raiders. Dave Stevens went on to create "The Rocketeer" comic series (a story that took place in the same 1940's "Raiders" era), which in turn became a famous graphic novel; Which in turn became a film in 1991 produced by Disney starring Bill Campbell and Jennifer Connelly. I suggest checking both the movie and "The Rocketeer" graphic novel out; They're both Great!

12:24 Those pre-viz claymation animations for Jurassic park are awesome! Must have been somewhat normal before CGI pre-vis was practical

Harrison: I'm gonna get some mustard

One more thing: Every director I worked with was different. Some of them explained exactly what they wanted in each picture. Others just had me read the script and draw whatever I saw fit. When I was done, some directors followed my storyboards almost exactly. Others did something completely different, as though they had never even seen my drawings - which made me wonder why they hired me in the first place! Then, there were those in between, that followed some shots, but disregarded others. Oh well...I got paid either way!

This was so informative and helpful (and well Made) thank you so much for creating this video. Steven and George have always been the biggest influence on my film making career. I went to Dream Works as a kid during the making on the film "Small Soldiers" and it blew my mind that this was a job "Grown Up's" did for a living.

Awesome vid. I've been thinking of focusing my productivity on the Storyboards... This video convinced me, thanks

it is actually a good lesson from an actor to a storyboard artist, the fact that Harrison Ford walked out on Spielberg... goes to show, that actors are not necessarily visual thinkers, and reviewing the movie like that, is probably very confusing... more complicated than helpfull

The best storyteller ever.

Thank you. This was extremely interesting

“I’m gonna get some mustard” 😂

Interesting!

Algunos dibujos estan mal a propósito.jajaja

Harrison Ford was awesome as Han and Indy. Ford was also an asshole and he just gradually turned into an even older and more ornery asshole until we have the man we have today.

It’s remarkable how much Raiders outright steals from The African Queen, among other films