Anonymous asked: So I was wondering... If Steven Universe is written using overviews and there's no real scripts, then how do voice actors work?

On Steven Universe the storyboard artists are given an outline off of which they write and draw a storyboard. Those storyboards are essentially the “script” for the visuals and dialogue. But eventually a member of our production staff sits down with a board and writes out an actual script for the voice record session.

The scripts are formatted differently than live-action scripts. There are no scene headings (like ‘INT. BIG DONUT - DAY’) or action descriptions. Instead, each line of dialogue is written next to a number corresponding to a panel in the storyboard. During the record, rebeccasugar​ and our voice director kentosborne​ will pitch the scenes to the actors using the storyboard as reference. The numbers help everyone match the expressions and action in the board.

Since I already posted the outline from Lion 3: Straight to Video, here’s a page of the script and the boards that joethejohnston drew that go with that Pearl line. EDIT: Click here for the hi res boards.

1:43 pm • 18 September 2015 • 843 notes