Storyman - A storyman for
an animated film is
the equivalent of a script writer for a live action
film, though early Disney storymen were always
artists themselves, not writers. Rather than
writing a script in words, they would make
sketches depicting the action, which would be
pinned up in order on storyboards. Storymen
would make suggestions as to the design of
characters and how they would be treated in the
film, and then the director would make the final
decisions as to which suggestions to use. While
storymen today still create sketches to illustrate
their ideas, they also prepare a normal script.
