Article · Cartoon SNAP
Storyboard Week - Day 2 - Establishing Shot
By Sherm Cohen
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2010
About this lesson
Explains why the establishing shot, the opening panel of a sequence, has to do more work than any other shot to set location and situation, since an overseas animation crew boarding from the script alone won't have the context a director has in their head.
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