Aslan’s Country has posted an interview with Narnia storyboard artist Tom Nelson. He speaks about his time working on the Narnia films, as well as working with both Andrew Adamson and Michael Apted. He also goes into how he got into storyboarding as well as the process of storyboarding. He’s storyboarded on both Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. It’s a great little interview, and I hope that you enjoy it.
Aslan’s Country: Thanks for letting us interview you and get a closer look at your work with storyboard illustration, Tom! What inspired you to get into storyboard illustration?
Tom Nelson: Like a lot of storyboard artists I originally wanted to do comics which has some similarities to storyboarding in a lot of ways, Before I ever got a chance to do that professionally I ended up in an animation studio and my skillset seemed suited towards storyboarding since I was always interested in storytelling. I also always had an affinity for filmaking so I ended up doing storyboards starting with revisions and through ‘on the job training’ I eventually started doing full boards.
AC: How was it that you came to work on the “Narnia” series?
TN: I was recommended for the project by Mike Vosburg and Trevor Goring, Two great storyboard artists that had already been working on the movie. I showed my work to the director and somehow managed to convince him to hire me.
Hmm. I might have to look around on Aslan’sCountry.com; it looks like an interesting website. But don’t worry! I’m still partial to NarniaFans.com, since it was the first fansite I had ever been on! Keep up the great work, Paul!