Thumbnail for When to CUT? Storyboard Commentary Video

Article · Cartoon SNAP

When to CUT? Storyboard Commentary Video

By Sherm Cohen

Type
Article
Level
Intermediate
Price
Free
Published
2010
Open on Cartoon SNAP(opens in a new tab)

About this lesson

Uses a deliberately silly comparison (adding cream to coffee versus poisoning it) to explain the judgment call behind a storyboard cut: cut in closer only when something in frame has just become more important, and let the new shot size announce that to the audience.