The Art of The Storyboard with Lyndon Ruddy

Get to know more about your teacher, his career, and the role of storyboarding.

Lyndon talks about types of storytelling and the relation between the story artist, the narrative, and the story.

Learn about visual storytelling and some parameters for deciding shots and cuts.

Revise key concepts to position characters in and around the right part of the frame.

Lyndon explains a fundamental rule to avoid disorienting your audience.

Learn how to use camera angles to express character mood and power.

See Lyndon simulating a moving camera to get horizontal and vertical panoramics.

Simulate in your storyboards the swing down or swing up of the camera.

Lyndon shows you different ways to create a sense of 2D depth, and the circumstances in which they are recommended.

Evoke a continuous movement of the camera and learn when to use them.

Learn about cinematic staging, composition, and framing.

Follow an exercise while you know Lyndon’s story process approach and how he craft his sequences.

Start the process of storyboarding the thumbnail stage.

Continue thumbnailing the sequence, while learning tips about storyboard drawing.

Lyndon demostrates his technical process to flesh out the previous thumbnails into more detailed frames.

Keep in eye on the clarity of your boards to transmit the story point.

Lyndon closes the course reminding you the impact of storyboarding in the storytelling process. Share your artwork with #StoryboardWithLyndon #LyndonTutorial