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Language of Film: Storyboards

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Timely resources:

NEW:  Drawing the Motion Picture (Family Guide) companion to exhibit
28 Best Storyboard Examples (2021)
Storyboarding ‘Isle of Dogs’
My Path to Hollywood (Fences Storyboard Artist)
Ex Machina Storyboards
Bond By Design Features Storyboards from All Films
Jurrasic World Storyboards Show Alternate Opening
Mad Max Storyboards Featured in New Book
Exclusive ‘All Is Lost’ Blu-ray Clip Takes The Film From Storyboard To Screen
Awesome Sketches From The Storyboard That Brought ‘Oblivion’ To Life
Production Storyboards from 15 Beloved Films
The art of storyboarding with Ridley Scott 
Blade Runner sketchbook now available online
Storyboarding ‘No Country for Old Men’

Lesson Plans:
Analyzing Texts With Storyboards (TV)
Introducing Storyboards
Making Movie Storyboards
On The Scene: Analyzing Scenes In Film & Literature (NYT)
Thumbnail Storyboarding
Storyboarding (FiS)

Recommended resources:

Acting With A Pencil Storyboarding Your Movie
American Beauty storyboards w/ Sam Mendes and Conrad L. Hall
Apopcalypse Now

Because of Winn-Dixie, storyboards
Blank StoryboardBlank Storyboard (pdf)
Board to Film Comparisons
Create A Movie Storyboard
Drawing Board (DGA)
15 Movie Storyboards: See the Early Conceptions of Your Favorite Movie Scenes
Hitchcock Film Storyboards
How to Create A Storyboard
How to Make A Storyboard (Videomaker)
How to: Storyboard (FirstLight video)
Interactive Storyboard Exercise
Media Storyboard
Multimedia Storytelling: Storyboarding
Production: Scriptwriting & Storyboards
Story behind storyboards 
Storyboarding: Pre-writing activity
Storyboarding: Video Explanation
Storyboards
Storyboards: what are they?
Storyboards in education
Storyboard Generator (ACMI)
Storyboard Glossary (AFI)
Storyboards: Mad Men (AMC)
Story Shorts: Using Films to Teach Literacy (UK)
Storyboards from 13 Classic Hitchcock Films
Storyboards: The Matrix site 1 site 2
Storyboard Template
Storyboarding (Videomaker)
Storyboarding (AFI’s Lights, Camera, Education!) 
Storyboarding Basics
Storyboarding: Creating Storyboards For Your Film
Storyboarding the Transformation from Dr. Jekyll into Mr. Hyde (RWT)
Storyboarding: process/explanation (pdf)
Storyboarding Your Film
Storyboarding Video Projects (pdf)
Storyboarding: What Is It? How To Do It? (pdf)
To Kill A Mockingbird -storyboards
Understanding Storyboards (pdf, ACMI)
Understanding storyboards
Using Storyboards: Thinking Through Visual Storytelling
Watchmen
What are storyboards? (Scholastic)

Recommended texts:

 Movie Storyboards    From Word to Image by Marcie Begleiter: Book Cover

Unscene Art of Hollywood  The Art of the Storyboard by John Hart: Book Cover  Cover Image: Scriptwriting, Screenplays and Storyboards for Film and TV Production  Storyboard Design Course by Giuseppe Cristiano: Book Cover  Exploring Storyboarding by Wendy Tumminello: Book Cover

Recommended App

This site, connected to the screen education curriculum in Australia, is produced by the Australian Centre for The Moving Image. The site says: “You can choose a script and create a storyboard. Try building your own storyboard using background location photographs. Once done, you can save and share your storyboard video with friends”
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