Storyboards Storyboard Drawing Techniques 2

Question 1

What is 'cross-hatching' used for in storyboard illustrations?

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To create shading and indicate shadows or dark areas

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To mark rejected panels

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To indicate dialogue overlap

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To denote slow-motion sequences

Question 2

In digital storyboarding, what advantage does a vector-based drawing tool offer over raster-based tools?

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Images can be scaled to any size without loss of quality

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Colors are more vivid

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It automatically writes dialogue

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It is faster to render 3D scenes

Question 3

What is a 'key frame' drawing in the context of storyboarding for animation?

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A drawing that captures the most important pose or moment in a movement

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The first panel in a sequence

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A drawing created by the director only

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A frame with no character action

Question 4

Which perspective technique is most commonly used in storyboard panels to convey depth in interior scenes?

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One-point or two-point linear perspective

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Aerial perspective only

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Isometric perspective

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Fish-eye perspective

Question 5

What does 'silhouette readability' mean in storyboard drawing?

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How clearly a character or object's outline communicates its shape and action

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The legibility of text captions in a panel

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The contrast between background and foreground colors

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The number of characters visible in a single panel

Question 6

What is the term for the technique of drawing a rough 'skeleton' or wireframe of a character before adding mass and detail?

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Gesture drawing or armature sketching

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Rendering

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Inking

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Compositing