Leo Matsuda

Aprende a crear un storyboard: Los primeros pasos de la narración visual

How many panels you actual need to make good portfolio to represent to a company you are applying for? Amazing story by the way too…

Oh my God this was amazingly fun!! You are awesomely talented Hillary :D

This is so good! Your boards are so full of life and moviment, I also love their expressions. It's an inspiration and I hope you're still boarding these days to share more beautiful things ^^

This is great! Great style and super funny....been there.

Wow! Great job! You have a really nice drawing style and your posing is spot on! I checked out your blog too, AMAZING! I especially love the drawings featuring "Hank". Keep it up!

Hillary, this was a gorgeous storyboard. I, too, am equipped with both poor shoe decision-making skills and stubborn resolve. I chuckled the whole way through-- your characters are marvelously expressed and the story was clean and easy to invest in and follow. Well done.

I love your story! And have learned high, pointy toe heels are NEVER my friend! :D

Nice! That is one messed up foot, and that darn cockroach! Haha. Great work. I wonder about the first blurry image - it didn't quite work for me. Is she shaking in irritation or something?

This cracks me up. I love the facial expression on these characters! Entertaining. Thank you for sharing.

This is looking great Hilary. I saw your animatic and thought it was brilliant. Really enjoyed the expressions you brought to your characters.

love how you took such a simple concept and made it into such an interesting story! brilliant stuff!

Wow, the animatic is so good! with all the sound fx and even the soundtrack! the truck out in the end is beautiful. Certainly learned a lot from you. keep it up Hilary!

Thank you so much Daniel for the encouragement and helpful comments!

Excellent on the clean-ups! I'm loving this story.

I'm definitely liking the clean-ups so far. They are starting to look as polished as a finished film!

i would love to get a better idea of the background. i'm sure you will double the impact of your boards if you work a bit on the set and bg in each shot. As Leo says, it adds character as well. in terms of shading your chars you could amp up the dramatic lighting a bit as well. that will give it overall a bit more depth too. i think flow wise you could add one or two close ups between your long shots. your long shot scenes sometimes dry up a bit and feel forced. i hope i didn't sound too harsh, just trying to sprinkle in constructive feedback ;) your work rocks like crazy already :)

Thank you Daniel! I will flesh it out more! And it does not sound harsh, I appreciate the feedback! :)

Okay, had a chance to look through your revised boards. A couple of suggestions.I really like your flat staging post roach encounter (gross!). If you flesh the moment out a little more, I think you have an opportunity to bring the camera in after the bug has exited frame. When she says "I don't want to be carried" you have a great moment where she grabs the fella by the tie. I feel like a closer framed shot of the two might be appropriate here. The line after that feels like a natural place to bring the camera back out to your previous camera shot.My second suggestion has to do with your fella's motivation after she's fallen against the fire hydrant... He's run back to check on her after having led the way. At this point, I think he might show a little more concern (he knows she's in pain). You could demonstrate this by having him gesture for her to go first this time. This would give you another comedic opportunity because her attempt to save face is more meaningful now that her boyfriend is watching. In my opinion, this is more entertaining as an audience member than having him lead a second time.Keep it up!

Thank you Martin for the great critique! I'm on it!

ive been listening to startalk while ive been boarding. heres to learning!

ooh! Will have to give that one a try!

I love this story! I can't wait to see it finished! Very funny too! :D

Hi Hillary, Awesome story! I really like how you took your time structuring it and all the research you did. This story is really funny and also the characters are very strong. I love your character and the attributes you gave to them. The fact that you are stubborn and are reluctant to change your mind is great. Your boyfriend's character as chivalrous is really great too. You played some great moments between your two characters. I like when you decide to walk bare feet to the car but there's cockroaches all over the place. I wish you kept progressing from that situation. For instance, it would be nice if you resisted the piggy back ride and kept walking with your uncomfortable high heels but ended up tripping and falling. That is probably one of the most humiliating thing to happen for any lady. So now, to make things even worse, you have your whole body exposed to the disgusting cockroaches. Even though the gags were pretty funny, I would still try to build them from the coach roaches idea. What I think it's funny is the fact that you want to keep the composure but things keep getting more humiliating. I really love your sweet ending. It's a nice way to end your story. Amazing job and I'm looking forward to see your final pass. Keep rock'n!! -Leo

Thank you Leo! This is very helpful. I will go back and add/restructure a bit to really show how much the heels hurt. I'll post a revised pass soon. Thanks again!

Loved the way you told your story. Thanks twice Hillary as I have learned some storyboarding tips from it and I had a great time watching it.

I'm enjoying this so far. I like the simple flat staging for the traveling ideas. My only thought right now would be that the gags should get more ridiculous as we progress. Ending on a roll seems kind of week. Maybe end with a canoe or one of those midget clown cars. Something where she could still be on the ground when the boyfriend speaks up.

I think Paul is right, his suggestions could help you strenthen your amazing project.

Awhh! What a cute story. I love it. The epiphany section is my favorite, where you come to realization how chivalrous your boyfriend is. The expressions are great!

I can't wait to see the contrast between you and your bf, I feel like you can do a lot there. I would love to see a part of you attempting to play it cool while walking in your painful heels. I feel like a lot of girls have been through that :) Can't wait to see more!

Omygosh, teach my Hillary!! I miss you already!! And I agree with the person who commented before me: it's great learning from your project examples.

Kathy! Miss you too and Thank you! I'd be happy to help you guys next semester any way i can

beautiful work so far. such clear and entertaining thumbnails! i wonder how you would time the thumbnails at this stage? great to learn from your project :)

Hi Daniel! I try to give myself a good day to do a script and script markup, then spend a lot of time on roughs. Edit your shot count down as much as you can :) thank you!

Thanks Hillary. I was going to head straight into the wrong direction and would have kept adding and adding shots. I'll see how i can combine more shots into just one camera. I'm working on my first pass at the moment, but if you see any edges to sand off in my thumbnails, would be sweet to get your opinion :)

I think this would be fun to follow. nice drawings!

Firstly, your drawings are GREAT!I think you've self-edited your ideas as the shoes one is easier to tell in a sentence (or sum up as a synopsis). Also the fewer characters and obvious conflict of being stubborn yet painful feet is a nice set up for some entertainment. Plus you have the option of an over-arching love story to keep the audience happy.Looking forward to seeing it!

I want to know all about the hiking story but the graduation dinner sounds like it would definitely provide some giggles! You and your boyfriend both seem strong willed which can be really fun and entertaining! My girlfriend and I are the same way. I also really love your drawings!

Thank you! I think a lot of couples have the same dynamic :) It just works!

I like the one on shoes, and the drawings are very catchy!

Love the one about shoes. Definitely been there. I think it's a great opportunity to focus on the dynamic between you and your boyfriend -- a really great way to use a simple, relatable situation and focus on the characters. Great idea!

Like the shoe story and your sketches so far!I wanted to also say that I can totally relate to the hiking story! I had a similar experience on a hike in California, where without the help of the last 20% of a phone battery to help light the way back to the car, there would have been a lot of horse poop on my shoes and no small amount of hysterics.

Thank you. Oh man!!! Hiking in the dark is so scary!!! And the addition of the smell of horse poop. Little compares. haha

The shoe story sounds fun! Can't wait to see what you do with it.

Looks very promising! I love the skecthes!

I love your sketches for the first story.

I feel your stories are going to be very comical. I look forward to either of them! Your drawings are very loose and fluid. Can't wait to see more!!

Your test drawings are great, looking forward to more from that idea. Sounds fun!

I liked the first one! Its very funny. You can create a lot of gags there!

Hey Hilary, I like this idea its simple but with a lot of possibilities for character and comedy. I also like the loose sketching.

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