Inside Disney’s Animation Secrets: How Brandon Violette Crafts Stories That Come to Life
Brandon Violette
I would direct on the page. What I think a script should be, and you don’t overdo it, but, but any, any one that says don’t bold anything or italics, or sometimes I’ll change the font of something for emphasis, not very often, but sometimes there’s, I just, I think that a script should represent a complete vision of what’s in your head. And you just do not hold back. And especially in TV, where immediately after you submit a script, it’s going to go to storyboards, and then the actors, the voice records, they’re going to read it. And it gets hopefully better every single step, and it changes, and it evolves, and the actors add lip something great, and the board artists, you know, really flesh out this action scene. But you want to write and present a complete vision, so that anytime someone changes something, they feel like they feel inspired, not that they have to save it. So, so, so I would, you’re not overstepping if you’re directing, the camera does this, do all that, as long as, as it’s faithful to your vision, that there’s a reason for it. And so that’s how I think of every, whatever scripture, it should maximize and completely fulfill the promise of that episode. And so however you need to do it, I don’t think that scripts, I think you could have fun with the action lines, I don’t think that they need to read like technical documents, you know, show Bibles included, you have fun, instead of just starting off a show Bible saying it’s this is a show about this and this and this. And while that is important, and you want to be clear, start with this amazing teaser of like what a scene would feel like. And then that is your episode description, not here’s what each episode will feel like it’s I’m starting with this half a page of prose, but it sets the tone, and then you get into the technical stuff. So, I think to be playful and have fun, and to not read like a technical document is something I think is worth considering.
