Does pre-vis replace storyboarding?
Nowadays, you can pretty much do pre-vis without having to storyboard at all. But a lot of times, we will do our own key-frame storyboards first, for key moments of a sequence, or we might get hired onto a show that already has extensive storyboards in place, and then we’ll follow those boards. But, eventually, we end up breaking with the boards. While still an essential and valuable part of the moviemaking process, storyboards can never accurately portray dimension, scale, and perspective. Pre-vis takes it a step further, showing you everything that comes into play in the real world. You’re previsualizing a movie’s digital effects, but also what gets shot by the camera, correct? Yes. Of course, a sequence will often include both of those things and we can easily break them apart. What needs to be shot often is a just a piece of the greater whole. We can define where those boundaries are, so you’ll know if you need to build a full set or only part of a set, or if you need to shoot agai
