Animatics

Stranger Things 405 Prison storyboard comparison

In addition to creating storyboards for the massive Stranger Things Season 4, Mark Simon also created animatics of not only his storyboards, but also from the storyboards of the other artists. These animatics helped the director best envision what he wanted for his episodes which saved production precious time and money.

The Walking Dead storyboard comparison

The Walking Dead is the biggest drama on TV. It’s a worldwide sensation. Mark Simon has brought animatics to the production for the first time. This helps the directors perfect their shots before a frame of film (we still shoot on film) is shot. The comparison will show you how close our storyboards are to director Greg Nicotero’s vision. That’s our goal. Illustrate the director’s vision quickly.”

Alien Xmas

The Chiodo Bros and Jon Favreau produced a Christmas special for Netflix in stop motion called Alien Xmas. Mark Simon was the Head of Story and lead story artist. Mark worked out each scene with the director Stephen Chiodo and handed out the scenes to the crew, keeping his favorite scenes for himself. Many scenes are a mix of story artists.
Here's a compilation of our storyboards and animatics against the final edit. Now that you've seen this, go watch the movie on Netflix!

Mark Simon storyboards on The Talking Dead

Villain’s Sidekick pitch animatic

Stephen T Brophy wrote the book and the script for The Villain’s Sidekick (available on Amazon). It’s a fun play on supervillains, and it’s all adult!
We took a sequence from the pilot script and created this storyboard and animatic to use as a pitch. This project has a very specific tone and it’s best captured as an animatic.