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From Word to Image: Storyboarding and the Filmmaking Process

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Directors from Eisenstein to Spielberg have used storyboards to visualize their stories before production.

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Author:	Marcie Begleiter
Paperback:	250 pages
Publisher:	Michael Wiese Productions
Publication Date:	2001-11
Language:	English
ISBN:	0941188280
Package Length:	10.0 inches
Package Width:	7.0 inches
Package Height:	0.7 inches
Package Weight:	1.1 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 27 reviews

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Review by Jeff Freedman, Filmmaker May 04, 2010
Marcie Begleiter's 'From Word to Image 2nd edition' goes way beyond the nuts and bolts of cinematic storyboarding. Begleiter has a very unique and invaluable way of describing how words and images, when used effectively, are as malleable and marvelous as notes are to a composer. She has a practical and inspiring talent for describing the cinematic skill of translating thoughts and words into images, scenes and stories. Comprehensive, thoughtfully heuristic, a must-read for anyone and everyone who aspires to tell stories with pictures.
Jeffrey M. Freedman
Writer, 'Vivaldi'

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Invaluable to One and All Apr 30, 2010
Marcie Begleiter provides us with a fascinating, step-by-step pre-visualization process for students of film.
She provides you with a comprehensive way to create a dynamic shot list with storyboards that allows you to share your vision with your creative team.
This book is an invaluable aid to any filmmaker, young or old.

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A truly vivid story Apr 17, 2010
It takes many steps for a handwritten story to become a full fledged motion picture. "From Word to Image: Storyboarding and the Filmmaking Process" is a guide to those who are trying to embrace the storyboard step of the filming process to truly start to give their ideas and plots life, and how the details of these plots can mean the world in creating a truly vivid story. Elaborating on details, the changes of recent years and perspectives and the power of color, "From Word to Image" gives a lot of insight to this important step of the film making process, and is not to be missed by the rookie director.

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Actually, everyone who watches movies should read this, too. Feb 24, 2010
This book is a thorough, charming and incredibly useful guide to the expanding world of image production. What was once known as the 'art department' in the film business has grown to encompass much of what we experience and how we glean information in our daily lives. Begleiter understands this and focuses her discussion on the concepts and tools that continue to underlie the creation of imagery to express ideas. Of course the book is useful for the aspiring storyboard artist, but is a great tool for people working as stylists, set decorators, game designers, animation artists -- our visual world would be richer as a result.

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As complete as it can be - close to an encyclopaedic dictionary! Jun 08, 2009
There is not much I can add to what's been said in the previous reviews, but there is ONE thing I found here that I never read anywhere else, and just that would make the book worth it's price. From page 160, I quote:
"If we dispense with the steps of drawing an overhead and plotting the points of the set into an elevation, then we need a quick way of determining the placement of the vanishing points by eye. The suggested placement is one-half a frame's distance outside the frame on either side, for a natural, 50mm lens length appearance."
I've read a lot of books on perspective, and, even though they will tell you everything about vanishing points, this is the first (and only book) I read that tells you WHERE to put the damned things, to depict a scene with a "normal" view. (Thank you, Marcie - you're a life saver!...)
My particular area of interest is comic book artwork, (just like reader Jason Briggs), but I consider ANYTHING that can make the art look believable as an invaluable asset, and everything she teaches here, is of immense value, if your objective is to render scenes that will make the reader feel as if he (or she) is actually seeing the picture. For someone interested in the same aspects as Jason, who is interested in the psychological aspects of the craft, I would recommend the books by Will Eisner - that's right up his alley. (What I can't imagine is where he got the notion that this book would contain what he was expecting to find - there is nothing in the reviews, or written on the cover, or in the table of contents, that suggests what he inferred.)
That said, my opinion about the book is: if you know NOTHING about storyboarding, be it for the movies or TV, this will be the first best step you can take. AND, if you ALREADY know something about storyboarding, it will serve as pointers to guide you, so you won't forget any important aspect of the craft. (And there are LOTS of them...) The author managed to cram a ton of information into 223 pages, without making the book a heavy reading, and that's no easy feat! And the "war stories" she tells are also very insightful, and sometimes even funny. Thank you again, Marcie!