Storyboarding Study On Disney Classic Animated Film

Storyboarding design is the essence of an entire animated film which reflects thestyle of visual narrative, logic of plot and the control of rhythm as well as presets motiondesign，post-editing and dubbing of the animated iflm. Basing on capturing screenshotsframe by frame from12Disney box ofifce hits for the reason that Disney has its ownintegrated and regular laws and patterns of visual narrative, this paper counting thenumber of times each element applied in storyboard designing and calculatingapplication proportion of each element by comparatively studying the number of thetimes and the proportion each element applied. The main research content andachievement of this paper are sum up as follow:(1)This paper elaborates study background and significance of storyboarding to theanimated iflm and explains Disney and visual narrative’s research status at home andabroad. It also presents main research content, innovative points and structurearrangement of this paper.(2)This paper combs the basic theories and probes into the definition of animationstoryboarding and expounds, meanwhile, its basic elements, status and usage bycombining it with basic units of the iflm，form of visualized script, etc. It also identifiesthe basic forms of animation script and animation storyboarding that exists in animatedfilm and reveals the connection and distinction between animation and film televisionstoryboard by theoretically studying connection between animation script, animationstoryboarding and iflm television storyboarding.(3)This paper conducts statistical analysis on classic animated film by setting outfrom composition of picture then focus on studying elements like camera lens’s field ofview, depth of ifeld and scenery shot etc which express the spatial relationship of thepicture. The paper firstly classiifes ifeld of view carefully and figures out the proportionof4series of field of view and10sub-field of view applied followed by statisticallyanalyzes application proportion of depth of field based on the description andclassiifcation of normal lens，telephoto lens and wide-angle lens. Systematically researchis conducted lastly on the proportion of scenery shot adopted in the iflm by focusing on the number of application times. The paper can thus provide valuable data reference forthe application of field of view，depth of field and scenery shot by studying spatialrelationship of storyboard.(4)Combining with shot moving in storyboard designing，the paper studies cameraangle changes, transition of shots and moving shot applied in classic animated iflm. Itanalyzes objects like horizontal view angle, overhead view angle and vertical angle ofview by changing camera angle. The paper also affirms the advantages of unskillfulbased on comparing both skillful and unskillful shot transition. It statistically analyzesmoving shot under dolly shot, pan shot, fluid camera and ifxed camera and works out aseries of valuable conclusions and reference data.(5)Proceeding with practical creative work by combining the data achievement ofthis paper with practiceThis paper reveals application law and trend of each element of storyboarddesigning by conducting statistical research on12Disney box ofifce hits which offerbeneifcial even indispensable references and recommendations as well as serve asempirical resources for Chinese animation enterprise，colleges and universities studentwhen creating and developing storyboard.