Patent ID: 8443284

Claim:
A method of generating a storyboard presentation for a motion picture production with a scene design tool that includes a camera placement tool and an actor placement tool, the method comprising: receiving a first input through use of the actor placement tool of a first actor icon on a scene layout for a motion picture production, the first actor icon representing a first actor that will appear in a scene in the motion picture production; receiving a second input through use of the camera placement tool of a first camera icon on the scene layout for the motion picture production, the first camera icon representing a first camera that will film the scene; providing via the actor placement tool, an actor control configured to enable a user to map a location and an orientation of the first actor icon; providing via the camera placement tool, a camera control configured to enable the user to map a location and an orientation of the first camera icon relative to the first actor icon; accessing a script associated with the scene that includes a scene dialog having a first portion of dialogue and a second portion of dialogue that is contiguous with and follows the first portion of dialogue; placing, in response to a third input from the user, a segment designator into the scene dialog to indicate that the first portion of dialogue that should be associated with a first projection and the second portion of dialogue that should be associated with a second projection, the segment designator being depicted as a designator in the scene dialog; generating, based on the location and orientation of the first actor icon and the first camera icon, the first projection of the scene featuring the first actor as seen from the first camera; and configuring the first projection to reflect the first portion of dialogue.