Lightbox Expo 2021 (1 of 5) -- "Storyboards: The Unseen Art of Hollywood" book panel (updated 9.23.21)

A highlight panel for LBX 2021 was this discussion about "Storyboards: The Unseen Art of Hollywood." This book has been a passion project for its author, veteran storyboard artist Trevor Goring and the co-author, his late wife Joyce Kasky Goring. 

At last, this important look at Storyboards artists and history has been published and will be available soon.

Moderator Tim Burgard shared some background on the book and the Guild.

Book author and artist Trevor Goring reports that the book is at last enroute. It can be pre-ordered now from the publisher. Trevor also shared that special signed copies of the book can be pre-ordered from Stuart Ng Books. These SNB copies will each include an orginal art storyboard by Goring! More details at the end of this post. Here is the link to pre-order: https://stuartngbooks.com/storyboards-the-unseen-art-of-hollywood-snb-exclusive-edition.html

The covers of the book

a peek inside...

artist Benton Jew

artist Tracey Wilson

artist Warren Drummond

artist Marc Vena

These artists shared insights into their careers as storyboard artists. This was a terrific panel. I hope it was recorded and will be available to view at some time in the future.

For now.. here's more on the book from the SNB link..

https://stuartngbooks.com/storyboards-the-unseen-art-of-hollywood-snb-exclusive-edition.html

This storyboard art book features boards by over 80 artists including Tyrus Wong, Mentor Huebner, Sylvain Despretz, Anson Jew, Benton Jew, Rick Newsome, William Stout, Ricardo Delgado, Brendan McCarthy, Josh Sheppard, Mike Vosburg, Jennifer Yuh-Nelson, John Watkiss, and Darek Gogol.

Storyboards: The Unseen Art of Hollywood is by friends of the store Trevor Goring and his partner, the late Joyce Kaskey Goring.

You may recognize the name Trevor Goring from The Blvd sketchbook series or from his graphic novel Waterloo Sunset, or from his storyboard credit on 60+ films such as The Dark Tower, Thor: The Dark World, Twilight, National Treasure I & II, X2: X-Men United, and Independence Day.

This is a Pre-Order. This book will ship in September-October. If you do not wish to delay the shipping of other items in your order, we recommend you order this item separately.

From the publisher:

Comic book and storyboard artist Trevor Goring and his partner, the late Joyce Kaskey Goring detail the history of film storyboards. This important and long-neglected art is now given its due with this history of the art of film storyboards. Featuring a genre-by-genre discussion of over one-hundred great films and their storyboards, this visual tour features a full range of classic and contemporary films along with examples of how directors utilize storyboards in the creation of their films.

Our copies of The Unseen Art of Hollywood Storyboards will have these exclusive features:

• The book itself will be signed by co-author Trevor Goring as well as other artists featured in the book
• It will include an original page of storyboards drawn by Trevor Goring
• The storyboard page will be signed by Trevor Goring

As a bonus, if you are picking up your copy of the book from our store, you may pick out the original storyboard of your choice.

The original storyboards are from Truck 44, an unproduced feature film that Director Peter Berg was preparing. “I was going to do a film called “Truck 44” that I had written about New York City firemen who feel kind of bored and underappreciated and underpaid and decide to try robbing a building by setting a small fire in it. Right as we were in pre-production, 9/11 came along and that derailed that film thoroughly.”

Some additional views of the book..