Assignment 1
History of Storyboards Webb Smith from Disney was mainly credited, although some sources state that George Melies was initially the first person to use storyboards. Before they were known as ‘Storyboards’ they were comic strips and served the same purpose, it was Smith who named them. The film ‘Gone With The Wind’ was one of the first live action feature films to be shot with a storyboard, and from that point onwards films have typically used a storyboard as it’s helpful to almost all members of the crew and cast. It helps the camera crew know what movements and angles they will need to use during each shot and scene, it’ll help the cinematographer set up the set, and costumes, etc. In fact Storyboards are so important that Hitchcock said they “were the essence of the film, without the storyboard there would be no film”, He was known for storyboarding very extensively and in-depth. Saul Bass and Harold Michelson were the two artists he worked with. Harold Michelson storyboa...