I'm not 100% sure, since Blake and Will were the ones who actually came up with the name, but at this point, I am fairly certain it is from the lively characters we "create" in our story boards. Since none of us can draw, our boards end up looking like toothpicks badly arranged into the rudimentary shape of a human or dog or the occasional cleaning van. See figure 1 below:
These are from my collection, but if you were to glance into everyone else's notebooks, they would all look the same. Chocked full of skinny people usually with huge eyes and balls for hands. I know, they are borderline pathetic, but I love these style drawing for a few reasons:1) It makes for a better experience for us when we actually get to see our visions come to screen. If you look at Lucas' or Spielberg's boards, they are all drawn by professionals who detail the image and really show you exactly what you are going to get on screen. Where's the fun in that?
2) It provides for a good laugh when you have to explain to a cinematographer or producer that our drawings are hands and feet and not tenticles or... other things.
3) It's a fun trip down nostalgia lane to look at them months and years later, after the film is done. They make you laugh at how you though the shot was gunna go and how it actually went.
Which brings me to my last point. Regardless of drawing talent (or lack there of) I hope we can all keep doing this for the rest of our lives. I think I can speak for everyone else when I say: I sure do love making movies.
2 comments:
man, i've seen those story boards before!
hahahahahaha
Couldnt tell if those were yours or mine!
those storyboards are very accurate.
unfortunate that only like... one person in the group can actually draw.
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