There are complex shooting methods such as long shots, stretch shots, slow motions, and overhead shots, and different shooting methods can show completely different artistic conceptions. The same is true for comic strips, such as when conceiving a battle scene where an enemy kicks the protagonist into the air, the comic strip artist needs to consider the pose of the protagonist being kicked into the air, the angle of the shot, the background, the special effects, the physical feedback of the wall when it hits the wall, the reaction of the onlookers, and so on.

In order to shoot the "Count of Monte Cristo" movie, Harvey studied the knowledge of photography needed to make a movie, which was of great help to Harvey in drawing the storyboard of the comic strip. The storyboard doesn't require how good the artist is, it is similar to a draft, and it only needs to draw the general scene, characters, dialogue, plot, etc.

The so-called comic strips are actually not much different from comics, and comic culture is one of the most representative cultures of the island country named after the rising sun on the earth. Harvey found a guide to comics, read it slowly, and assessed whether these creative techniques were suitable for the world.

There is a big difference between Japanese comics and American comics, not to mention this world that has not yet given birth to the comic industry.

After quickly flipping through more than a dozen similar instruction books, Harvey almost had a bottom in his heart, in order to have a reference when painting, and also make it more convenient for the painter to paint, Harvey plans to start from the field he is good at, to create a version of "Frozen", the plot story of the movie has only one story unit, and it does not take much time to write it out in form.

Harvey spent more than an hour laying out a detailed outline of Frozen, and then spent another whole day using [sketching] to create a book of about 300,000 words of Frozen. The creative process is equivalent to a preview, and each plot will go through in Harvey's brain, turning into a movie-like shot, setting up every scene change and character dialogue.

Before storyboarding the draft of the comic strip, Harvey called William of the Cromwell Chamber of Commerce to ask for news about the professional painter.

In this era, the status of professional painters is barely considered to be an upper-class person, and the status of a family and musician is equivalent, a famous painter spends a few months creating an oil painting and sells it to a nobleman or merchant at a high price to earn several years of living expenses, and the buyer usually holds a dinner party in order to show his artistic taste, inviting celebrities to enjoy the painting together, and the banquet held for the reason of appreciating the art has become a more commonly used form of social interaction in the social world.

Most of the painters who are not famous have a very hard time, and their works are not cared for, except for a very small number of posthumous famous painters, most of whom are estimated to be able to serve as fuel for the stove.

The most popular thing these days is oil painting, and for the time being, there are not as many chaotic schools as in modern times, and those things that look like graffiti with paint can't be put on the table at all. Sketch painting has only been more than 100 years since its birth, although it has developed rapidly, it still cannot be put on the table, and nobles or businessmen will hang oil paintings in the hall but will definitely not display sketches, because people cannot see the so-called artistry from the sketches.

On the phone, William's humble voice came: "Mr. Harvey needs to find some professional painters who are good at sketching, right?" In that case, let me arrange for you, the Cromwell Chamber of Commerce has cooperated with many well-known painters. ”

Harvey touched his chin and groaned, "Thank you for your kindness, but if I can, I want to try to choose with my personal vision." ”

The artist's technique is not a problem, the question is whether it can fit Shirley's work, and Harvey, as the person who directs Shirley's creation, knows better what kind of painter Shirley or "Frozen" needs.

After thinking about it for a while, William suggested: "Then I would recommend that you go to Rodney Street, where there are many professional studios, which are the main places of activity for professional painters in the city, and from which many of our paintings are ordered by the Cromwell Chamber of Commerce." ”

"Is there a place like this in the city of Elroy? I'm going to check it out now. ”

Hanging up the phone, Harvey hurried out to find a carriage, and after saying Rodney Street, the groom also nodded to know the address.

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Professional painter is one of the few professions in the world that can cross classes, even if a commoner can pass the painting skills, he will be respected, so professional painter is one of the most desirable professions for many civilians. On the other hand, the nature of the studio is comparable to that of the studio, and the painter usually accepts apprentices to complete those simple but tedious tasks in order to reduce the workload, and the apprenticeship is free labor in the bad place.

For example, when painting a mural, most apprentices need to pre-treat the mural's drawing board, polish the stone drawing board smoothly, and repeatedly spread a layer of gelatinous material, so that the egg-based pigment can be retained for a long time.

It took Harvey more than half an hour to arrive at what William called Rodney Street, which in the city of Elroy became the Street of Art, where almost all the studios and guilds related to art were opened. The streets are not spacious, and it is not an exaggeration to describe them as alleys, and on both sides are some ancient style buildings made of stones, which look like they are not a small number of years, and pedestrians are terrified when they pass by and fear whether the stone walls will suddenly collapse.

The artists of this era obviously did not have the concept of occupying the road, both sides of the road were full of painters painting in the open air, painting boards were randomly placed on both sides of the street for passers-by to see, each painter was full of bottles and jars at his feet, and the paint of different colors stained from the mouth of the bottle seemed to be paint bottles, and the street could also see workshops for carving stone carvings and making clay pots in addition to the studio.

In the middle of the street, there is just enough space for a horse-drawn carriage to pass, and the street is busy inside and out, people are carrying paint jars, or transporting stone carvings, or holding drawing boards to pass by, but there are many people who are subtly quiet, and the sound of stone chiseling can be heard clearly.

"Painting on the streets in such an upright way probably also means displaying goods." Harvey glanced at the paintings on both sides as he passed by, and said to himself, most of them are also oil paintings, with different styles but not inferior to modern oil paintings.

Harvey wandered around for a long time and still did not find a satisfactory work, and when he was a little impatient, there was a commotion not far away, and some painters who were painting also stopped their work and went to watch.

"Watching the excitement is a common disease of all mankind." Harvey chuckled to himself, interested in following over to see what was going on.