Portugese Narnia Fansite MundoNarnia.com had the opportunity to interview Tom Nelson, a storyboard artist who has done work on all three Narnia films so far, including the upcoming Voyage of the Dawn Treader. How the interview came up is one thing, but they’ve alerted us to it, which you can read here.
MundoNarnia.com: Your work is discrete, but very important to the beautiful results that appear on the screen when we talk about adaptations of Narnia for the cinema. And you work on the storyboards since the first movie. Tell us about who Tom is and about being an artist who develops storyboards.
Tom Nelson: I started working in animation many years ago, after a while I wanted to work on projects that had a little more drama so I started to work on movies the Narnia chronicles being among them.MN: Which are the major storyboard projects you took part?
Tom: The Narnia movies are probably the biggest.MN: How was the production of storyboards for Prince Caspian and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?
Tom: The first movie was very special. Everyone was contributing to the movie, we knew we were working on something amazing. I met a lot of interesting people and found a very special place in my heart for New Zealand. I will always remember it.MN: Have you ever read The Chronicles of Narnia or got in touch with them only by scripts?
Tom: I read the books when I was a child, and remembered them fondly, I never thought I’d be working on the movies!MN: I promised you not to make “embarrassing questions”, but could you tell us something about the emotions for the forthcoming movie, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader?
Tom: In some ways its a different feel from the first two if only because of the setting of which a large part is the ocean. I think they’ve crafted a great story and can’t wait to see it!MN: I truly want to thank you, in the name of all Portuguese-speaking Narnia fans who access MundoNarnia.com, for the interview and let you know that your work is a gift for us, a gift that makes a dream come true.
Tom: Thank you! Its great to work on something that so many people have a great love for.
Thank you to Lucy and the gang at MundoNarnia.com for tweeting us about this!