Inspired by Tim Clague’s post about how Marvel write their comics, I’ve been inspired to take hold of an idea that has been bubbling about in my head for some time now; namely that I should write the next draft of Return to Earth initally as a StoryBoard, and then, once I’m happy with the structure, write it back to screenplay format.
I have no idea if it will work, but it seems to make so much sense to work this way, primarily to force myself to think in images and structure the story visually.
The notion struck me a few years ago while I was reading The Conversations
Now I’m straight from the Murch school of editing and think the key to any film is the cut, the juxtaposition of the images has enormous power. So it got me thinking, why not apply this process to the writing process, it may even free up the right brain a bit more?
We’ll see.
I still don’t know quite how I’m going to do it. I have StoryBoard Quick 5, but I suspect this might be a bit limiting. FrameForge is tempting, purely because I can build the moonbase as a virtual construct and set the characters free in there. Drawing it freehand also seems like a sensible idea, it would have a quicker turnaround, though I may end up drowning in paper.
Whatever, I’ll post up some of the results on here…
