Specialization

The four different areas of specialization for storyboards

1. Essential
- Understand composition
- Know perspective
     - Camera level and eye level
     - Camera angle and linear perspective
     - Focal length and atmospheric perspective
- Using line to describe form
- Using simple gestures to quickly communicate a figure's action

2. Animation
- Master anatomy and life drawing
- Know the principles of motion and exaggeration
- Understand how timing greatly affects a character's performance

3. Advertising
- Grasp color theory and rendering
- Understand graphic design and the relationship between text and images

4. Visual Effects
- Understand light, shadow, and the element of value
- Master composite shots (live action and effects elements combined)
- Know the principles of motion and timing