Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Maurits Vaulk breaks down three practical lessons for stronger storyboarding in Blender: studying film frame by frame, learning intentional camera animation, and using “movie magic” to cheat shots the smart way.
Using a Star Wars-inspired animatic built in Blender 5.0, he shows how the new scene strip workflow can make storyboarding more familiar, more flexible, and far more production-friendly for artists moving from 2D into 3D.
This talk was recorded at the recent Blender Conference (BCON Austin), hosted by Autotroph: https://autotroph.com.
00:00 Intro and Maurits’ path from finance to storyboarding
01:31 The three lessons: film studies, camera animation, and movie magic
02:24 Why Blender 5.0’s storyboarding update matters
03:18 Star Wars-inspired animatic made in Blender 5.0
04:16 Lesson 1: studying film frame by frame
06:16 What makes Star Wars staging and composition work
08:16 Pan vs track and why camera choices change feeling
09:45 Lesson 2: camera animation for 2D artists moving into 3D
11:20 Why the graph editor matters more than people think
12:57 Lesson 3: movie magic and cheating shots intelligently
14:08 Solving cockpit shots with separate scene setups
15:44 Reusing cameras and building scenes more efficiently
16:40 Organizing storyboarding scenes and edit scenes in Blender
18:03 Rendering scene strips, re-editing, and adding sound
19:14 Why sound matters in story work
19:55 Final thoughts on Blender 5.0 and storyboarding growth
This talk is a solid reminder that better storyboarding is not just about drawing better frames. It is about understanding how films actually work, how cameras communicate feeling, and how to solve problems in a way that serves the story instead of fighting the software.
If you are curious about Blender 5.0’s story tools or want a more production-minded approach to previs and storyboarding, this one is worth studying closely.
#Blender #Storyboarding #Previs #Filmmaking #StarWars #CGCookie
Maurits Vaulk breaks down three practical lessons for stronger storyboarding in Blender: studying film frame by frame, learning intentional camera animation, and using “movie magic” to cheat shots the smart way.
Using a Star Wars-inspired animatic built in Blender 5.0, he shows how the new scene strip workflow can make storyboarding more familiar, more flexible, and far more production-friendly for artists moving from 2D into 3D.
This talk was recorded at the recent Blender Conference (BCON Austin), hosted by Autotroph: https://autotroph.com.
00:00 Intro and Maurits’ path from finance to storyboarding
01:31 The three lessons: film studies, camera animation, and movie magic
02:24 Why Blender 5.0’s storyboarding update matters
03:18 Star Wars-inspired animatic made in Blender 5.0
04:16 Lesson 1: studying film frame by frame
06:16 What makes Star Wars staging and composition work
08:16 Pan vs track and why camera choices change feeling
09:45 Lesson 2: camera animation for 2D artists moving into 3D
11:20 Why the graph editor matters more than people think
12:57 Lesson 3: movie magic and cheating shots intelligently
14:08 Solving cockpit shots with separate scene setups
15:44 Reusing cameras and building scenes more efficiently
16:40 Organizing storyboarding scenes and edit scenes in Blender
18:03 Rendering scene strips, re-editing, and adding sound
19:14 Why sound matters in story work
19:55 Final thoughts on Blender 5.0 and storyboarding growth
This talk is a solid reminder that better storyboarding is not just about drawing better frames. It is about understanding how films actually work, how cameras communicate feeling, and how to solve problems in a way that serves the story instead of fighting the software.
If you are curious about Blender 5.0’s story tools or want a more production-minded approach to previs and storyboarding, this one is worth studying closely.
#Blender #Storyboarding #Previs #Filmmaking #StarWars #CGCookie
