This study provides the first book-length critical history of storyboarding, from the birth of cinema to the present day and beyond. It discusses the role of storyboarding in key films including Gone with the Wind , Psycho and The Empire Strikes Back , and is illustrated with a wide range of images.
List of Figures Introduction 1. The Prehistory of Storyboarding 2. Storyboarding at Disney 3. William Cameron Menzies, Alice in Wonderland, and Gone with the Wind 4. Storyboarding, Spectacle and Sequence in Narrative Cinema 5. Hitchcock and Storyboarding 6. Constructing the Spielberg-Lucas-Coppola Cinema of Effects 7. Storyboarding in the Digital Age Conclusion Bibliography Filmography Index