Agent 327 and Storyboarding for Action
Agent 327’s barbershop fight looks chaotic, but every beat was planned on paper first. Here is how we read it.
What to watch for
Good tools disappear. The ones we keep are the ones we stop noticing, because they do exactly what we expect every single time.
We try to write for one specific reader. When a paragraph confuses that imaginary person, it usually confuses everyone else too.
Taking notes by hand is slower, and that is the point. The friction forces you to decide what matters before you write it down.
The film is released under a Creative Commons licence, so you can download it, study it, and share it freely.
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Comments · 5
We adopted the no-email-before-ten rule after your last post. Our mornings are so much calmer.
Fair point. We went back and forth on that one in the studio.
Great list. Adding two of these to my reading pile right now.
Do you have a recommendation for someone just starting out? Everything I find assumes years of experience.
Bookmarked. I keep coming back to your posts whenever I get stuck.