University of the Seven Golden Camels

Disney Story Director Mark Kennedy takes us through a nuanced tutorial of how to stage and block a scene.

... Every board artist, layout person and animator should be aware of how blocking out a scene can enhance and deepen the meaning and emotion of the scene as well as heighten the story telling. If you watch the scene below, I think you'll get a sense of what I mean. ...

Mr. Kubrick keeps things fluid and dynamic, and likes his moving camera. But good directors layer scenes, pulling an audience in ... without viewers being totally aware of why their engaged and on the edge of their seats.