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More writing than drawing in this one. Just thought it would be interesting to compare the two scenes, the original animated series one with the movie version.
Though there were no obvious problems with the screen directions per say, it was the whole action- reaction and timing that was awkward in the movie.
Notice that for the animated series, we don't even see one earthbender doing one attack, and yet it is clear and makes sense.
Screen direction in storyboards, cutting and editing is very important. It is the link between the chains of events. It connects with the 180 degree rule :
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Please note that this rule can be broken in service to the story, for emotional effect, etc.
As for the "Macarena" in panel 6, I blame this video:
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I'm still scratching my head over it all.
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that pebble still baffles me...if I EVER get to talk to shyamalan I will demand an explenation for that rock...
as usual you''re critics are highly educative, I imagine they aren't even a fraction of how complex storyboarding can be though. Ever thought on making a book on it using scenes like these? I find that there are so many books on storyboarding and yet most of them tell me nothing or little at all. these few pages you just posted however have told me much more than those books.
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I'd be terrible about making a book.
But one good exercise everyone can do is just to watch a movie and doodle out the sequences and shot. You can also learn a lotabout composition that way too.
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Yes I have noticed that improves a lot, but unfortunatly some things just pass by us without us notecing.
as for being terrible I highly disagree with that.
You show great control over what you talk about and obviously have experience one can envy.
It might not look like it to yourself but for many others still learning these examples are explicit and go to the point unlike many books or lessons where we beat so much around the bush I don't even know what a root is anymore.
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That macarena video... it was hillarious! The film could have been so good too...
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You just made the Pebble Dance even funnier. You have a great sense of humor and you're a great help to those of us who want to get into storyboarding. Merci bien! :3
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I'm only scrapping the surface when it comes to storyboarding. It is so much more complex...*sigh*
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Pff... I love that little bit you drew at the bottom of the guys running from the small rock.
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For some reason, my brain keeps inserting "This has been Haru, your guide to the world of facts." at the end.
I still can't comprehend just how badly Sham-wow flubbed on this movie. It wasn't even a good movie on its own, even if it hadn't been loosely based on A:TLA.
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Even if I knew nothing about the original series, I would scratch my head at some of the scenes.
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Wait...was that the M. Night Sham-wow "twist"? That it sucked?
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I am patiently awaiting the Rifftrax for this movie. THIS SCENE, OH MY GOD.
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Avatar and the last airbender make excellent do's and don't's.
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oh yea...
just my two cents worth..
i kinda thought of huge Bollywood dance scenes rather than Macarena when I saw the stomps
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Seeing as they made the Fire Nation sort of indian related, than a Bollywood song and dance moment wouldn't have been that far off XD
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LOL
it kinda sounds like a dance movement "The Earthbender"
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Can I download and print all this 'notes' for self study ?
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*STOMP, STOMP, STOMP, STOMP* HEEEEY MACARENA!! Awesome.
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I always said there was too much dancing in this movie...
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Ya know? I love these. It'd be a fun little textbook to have in class, all the things about screen direction and storyboards all drawn out and even the humor...
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LOL, Macerna. I love how your mind works.
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See, THIS is why the firebenders are able to use their firebending from their sources without them getting extinguished: the earthbenders are too concerned about getting their dance moves down pat!
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Possibly why the war lasted that long.
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It seemed to me as if it took the 6 guys to make the rock raise and a 7th to make it move. Otherwise I see no point in them still moving around like that, but then again they had a lot of unnecessary movement in the bending so it wouldn't be surprising if that was like...the after bending...
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There are many points of view about that scene. It's just impossible to know which one is the best explanation. I guess they are all valid until proven otherwise.
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I'm planning to go to film school (emphasizing in directing) when I graduate in a year.
I added this to my favorites so I remember what NOT to do. Thanks!
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Good to start with the basics.
This is a good reference book. Not the only one out there, but definitely one that covers the basics.
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Oh god, the Macarena Avatar style. That's just too perfect.
As always love the great tips.
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LOL. I think that's what I disliked the most about that movie. In the cartoon series a bender moved /with/ their element. In the movie, however, they made each bender do a crazy series of flails and kicks and wiggles...It just looks like they were fighting off some invisible evil... and THEN their element finally goes "Oh yeah, I'm supposed to do something." Like when Aang is standing on the bridge and freaking out trying to make the ocean work with him. *heave sigh* Now everyone I know mocks me for loving the cartoon series.. they all think it's as bad and awkward as the movie...
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You can tell the detractors that the only reason they wanted a live action film made was because the original animated series was good enough.
Think Harry Potter or any popular books that made it to film. If they were't a success to begin with, Hollywood wouldn't approach it.
As for the rest, as someone else commented, "This is no longer Martial Art but summoning".
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All very true. It's a darn shame the movie ended up being such a flop. There was such potential.
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Damn!! Now I want to see an Avatar video with earthbenders dancing the macarena, with King Bumi at the front! XD
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I love these little pointers you give! (and so amusing too!) They're very handy for comic layouts and keeping the flow of story. (something I've had trouble with ;_
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Merci! Merci pour avoir dessinΓ© Haru sans la 'stache'
Une bonne chose dans tout Γ§a, j'en apprends beaucoup de tes BD
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There was way too much movement in the movie.
They do like entire dances for a small rock, when in the show they could throw a larger boulder within two movements.
Thats what I didnt like about the movie
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It would have helped the timing of the fights if everything happened more directly.
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OMG, THAT PART WAS INSAINELY FUNNY! Where the whole group of earthbenders seemed to be bending that tiny rock. Man that was funny! It wasn't supposed to be though lol
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Great now I can't stop doing the macarena and hoping this rock on my desk flies away!
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NO DO NOT SUMMON THE NAME OF MACARENA!!!! NOOOOOOGUURUREJRUGHAKSJS......
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That's some really fascinating stuff. I've heard comic-book artists complain about some of the odd Directing that writers attempt in terms of character positions and "camera" position, but I've never really understood what they mean. Seeing the breakdown of the Imprisoned scene in the first half of this piece really helps me to understand a lot of the considerations that go into this kind of stuff.
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Hey, I'm thinking about becoming a storyboard artist. Can you recommend some books or tutorials?
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A good one to start with is this one:
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There are many others out there, but starting with this one is good.
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love our guide. he does a great job pointing out the fails of the second storyboard. gotta love the random rock that flies out of nowhere.
and oh god... the dancebending. -_-' that's just a fail in and of itself.
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