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<\/a><\/p>\nUsman Riaz:<\/strong> This was one of the image boards, towards the end of the film, where Vincent gives Alliz the whimsy that he made. A whimsy is just a small glass sculpture that glass blowers make to practice\u2026 He made her a small rose, and he finally gets to give it to her at the end of the film. I liked this drawing so much that we used it as the second poster for the film\u2026 You see both the characters, you see their relationship, so that\u2019s why that image is special to me.<\/p>\n Usman Riaz:\u00a0<\/strong>This is another production board I drew. In it, I wanted to capture that sense of anxiety and worry in Alliz\u2019s expression. This is one of the times where I felt like I really did capture exactly what I wanted the character to look like, and hopefully to make the audience feel what she\u2019s feeling. I like this one enough that I used it for the floating heads poster we made for the film.<\/p>\n Usman Riaz:<\/strong> I drew all the storyboards for the film myself\u2026 I had to draw more detailed storyboards than usual because I wanted nothing to be left to chance. These are a few of the beginning acts of the film where we\u2019re establishing the mood, the tone, the world. The storyboarding process was the most fun I had in this entire production. I\u2019m also a composer, a musician, and the animation process, especially with the timing charts and the storyboarding, reminded me of sheet music. It reminds me of Mozart. Certainly, when Miyazaki sits and draws a storyboard, it\u2019s like watching Mozart compose all of his incredible music in the film Amadeus. On the musical side, when you\u2019re writing the sheet music for an orchestral score, it\u2019s horizontal to follow the melody, but it\u2019s also vertical in terms of all the chord formations and things that are happening with the other instruments to support that main melody. The storyboarding process really reminded me of that\u2026 pacing, spacing, and flow. Just like when you\u2019re animating a shot, I treated the storyboards very much like that, like a piece of music.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n