Script-integrated storyboards

A system comprising:

• a processor configured to generate a storyboard presentation for a motion picture production using a scene design tool;
• and
• a scene design tool that includes:
• a camera placement tool,
• an actor placement tool, and
• wherein the scene design tool is configured to execute one or more processes to perform operations including:
• add, using the actor placement tool, a first actor icon on a scene layout for a motion picture production, the first actor icon representing a first actor that will appear in a scene in the motion picture production;
• add, using the camera placement tool, the first camera icon on a scene layout for the motion picture production, the first camera icon representing a first camera that will film the scene;
• enable, using the actor placement tool, the user to control a location and orientation of the first actor icon;
• enable, using the camera placement tool, the user to control a location and orientation of the first camera icon relative to the first actor icon;
• and
• generate, based on the location and orientation of the first actor icon and the first camera icon, a first projection of the scene featuring the first actor as seen from the first camera.

A system that generates a storyboard presentation for a motion picture production, the system comprising:

• means for launching a scene design tool that includes a camera placement tool and an actor placement tool;
• means for adding, using the actor placement tool, a first actor icon on a scene layout for a motion picture production, the first actor icon representing a first actor that will appear in a scene in the motion picture production;
• means for adding, using the camera placement tool, the first camera icon on a scene layout for the motion picture production, the first camera icon representing a first camera that will film the scene;
• means for enabling, using the actor placement tool, the user to control a location and orientation of the first actor icon;
• means for enabling, using the camera placement tool, the user to control a location and orientation of the first camera icon relative to the first actor icon;
• and
• means for generating, based on the location and orientation of the first actor icon and the first camera icon, a first projection of the scene featuring the first actor as seen from the first camera.

A system that generates a storyboard presentation for a motion picture production, the system comprising instructions on a computer readable medium that when executed on a processor cause the processor to:

• launch a scene design tool that includes a camera placement tool and an actor placement tool;
• add, using the actor placement tool, a first actor icon on a scene layout for a motion picture production, the first actor icon representing a first actor that will appear in a scene in the motion picture production;
• add, using the camera placement tool, the first camera icon on a scene layout for the motion picture production, the first camera icon representing a first camera that will film the scene;
• enable, using the actor placement tool, the user to control a location and orientation of the first actor icon;
• enable, using the camera placement tool, the user to control a location and orientation of the first camera icon relative to the first actor icon;
• and
• generate, based on the location and orientation of the first actor icon and the first camera icon, a first projection of the scene featuring the first actor as seen from the first camera.