Inside My Shot Listing Process: How I Direct Storyboards

A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative Coach · Aug 20, 2026 · 20m

If you’re a filmmaker, director, animator, or storyboard artist trying to create a better shot list, communicate with storyboard artists, or turn a screenplay into visual storytelling, this episode dives deeper into my storyboarding and shot-listing process for an animated feature. I answer practical questions about how detailed a shot list should be, when to cut to a new shot, how editing influences my directing choices, how I use floor plans to maintain blocking and the 180-degree rule, and how I approach action scenes differently from dialogue scenes. I also break down how much creative…