ABSTRACT
Storyboarding is a team enterprise. At Disney Features, storyboard revisions were routinely assigned to a different artist from the one who originally drew them, since a new pair of eyes could look at it objectively. This practice also familiarized the story team with every aspect of the story rather than just their own sequences. Story team assignments vary by production. If the teamwork is good, everyone "brainstorms" or "bounces ideas around" in a story meeting, with rapid suggestions and scribbled sketches coming fast and furious. On a professional production, the directors have final approval of all ideas. Animation is a very time-consuming art form and people spend months working on things that might appear on screen for only a second or two. Stress levels can be high especially with tight deadlines. The creative ferment on a project can be exhilarating if the directors know what they want.
