Girls On The GO!

I thought I would share the revision to the storyboard page, from an earlier post of mine (see previous version here.)
In this new version, we get to see the shot from Kat’s point of view and focus on Tess’s expression, until the final shot were we see the both of them together. My older vesion also had a “jump cut”, meaning, the panel before was too similar to the one coming next (not pictured), so it would have caused the camera to look like it “jumps.” My director, Randy Myers pointed this out to me..so now, not only do I get rid of the “jump cut”, but I also have a more interesting camera shot.

I think my favorite thing about working on these cartoons is how much I get to learn from my directors. THANK YOU RANDY! (and Jun, who directed my other show, “Yaki and Yumi.
The great thing about both directors, is that they have been guides, and teachers, and have helped me bring my visions to life. They never tell me to do anything that goes against my gut feeling. Randy always asks me questions like “What do you think your character would do?” and he never says things like “nah..I don’t think she would do that.” He instead guides me into finding the clearest way to tell my story. I love that!

I had an interesting conversation yesterday with Fred Seibert. He reminded me that it is important to tell the story that I want to tell.. to not worry about pleasing people and just stay focused on my truest vision. I think it is rare that an executive would ever say something like that to an artist. It made me think a lot about my show, what I want to say, and how I want it to look.

It is so awesome to get this kind of support, and honest feedback from such great people in our industry.

Lucky me!