STORYBOARDING FOR ANIMATION: THREE ACT BREAKDOWN
FILMS TO BREAK DOWN
1. Badgered by Sharon Coleman
2. Balance by Wolfgang and Christopher Lauenstein
3. Strings by Wendy Tilby
4. Dimanche (Sunday) by Patrick Doyon
WORKSHOP ASSIGNMENT
1. Watch your assigned film.
2. Fit the plot elements into the 7 sentences based on the Seven Sentance Story Spine.
3. Make an Exposition List. List everything you learn in the first act that you need to know to get the last act.
Things you may include; character biography, personal interests or struggles, personal motivation, rules of the world, color, shapes, image systems, etc.
SEVEN SENTENCE STORY SPINE
Also known as Pixar's 4th Rule of Storytelling, the Story Spine is a structure that helps break three acts down even further.
