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Born in the picturesque city of Torrance, California, Anthony Sturmas, the renowned storyboard artist in the independent filmmaking space, joined in on episode 13 of Movie Making with Ranelle Golden to answer some of the most commonly asked questions of the inquisitive audience of all things entertainment.
The ever-growing space of filmmaking is progressing each day with the inclusion of state-of-the-art technology, making it more realistic and enjoyable for audiences. With new-age filmmaking taking over, Anthony reassured that the demand for storyboard artists will only increase as the job lies at the core of creating visual content. He spoke about his journey and shared tips and tricks for a successful career as a storyboard artist. The complete episode is available to listen to for free on YouTube, Spotify, iHeart, and Amazon.
The episode was brought to listeners by Samera Entertainment, a media company that promotes independent filmmaking and filmmakers. The media agency is also the official sponsor of the podcast. The collaboration between the agency and award-winning director Ranelle Golden has received tremendous response, with 30+ episodes already available for listeners, including episodes with some legendary names, newbies, and underrated artists. With names like Anthony on the guest list, the podcast allowed the otherwise overshadowed lot of filmmaking to have the platform to share their stories.
The Californian began his official career in the 1980s after stumbling upon the official storyboard artist for the 1984 supernatural comedy film Ghostbusters while pursuing a multimedia animation degree. In the company of the absolute best of the best, Anthony leveraged the time to learn all that goes into storyboarding. In what turned out to be a life-changing exchange, Anthony was left inspired and truly moved by how closely storyboard artists are to creating a film; the intricacy, perfection in detail, and importance of cohesion among the crew were all the important factors he ticked in to become successful. With a greater role comes great responsibility, and the aficionado of perfection thoroughly loves bringing scripts to life with his unparalleled skills.
‘If you’re going to have a whole crew show up and you’re talking about 10 grand in the budget, just on one day shooting a film, I think it’s really important to have a blueprint for what you guys will do. I mean, this is, you know, and having that there, you know, whether you go through the exact storyboards or it may even initiate different ideas pertaining to the storyboard,’ shared Anthony about the increasing need for storyboard artists in limited-budget projects. The artist further emphasized the execution of the project with a minimal margin of error, the pressure following time constraints, a small team, and territorial limitations requiring a talented storyboard artist. He has worked on mega-scale commercial projects, including Pirates of the Caribbean and the long-running American TV series Pretty Little Liars, and has also drawn for Nickelodeon.
When asked about the advice he would give to the upcoming generation of storyboard artists, he quickly mentioned that drawing is the first building block in the process. He recalled his journey to get his first client as nerve-wracking but believes holding on, and optimism are the keys when you come from a background with no presence in the entertainment industry. His all-time favorite project is the zombie film Z Dead End, which he did with Robert Resto.
The podcast concluded with its standard segment, five-for-five rapid fire; Anthony Sturmas shared his LinkedIn profile for the listeners and interested collaborators to check out. Readers can head to Anthony Sturmas – IMDb to read about his projects and get a sneak peek into his upcoming films.
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