All of our favorite movies went a long way before they were developed into the final flick. At the very beginning, each of them was just a simple concept born in a filmmaker's mind which had to be communicated to a variety of different professionals involved in the process. How do they do that, you may wonder? Well, probably the easiest way is just to sketch out what they created with their imagination.

Clearly, pre-visualization is an important part of filmmaking. Envisioning how something will look and actually seeing it are two different things. So, to create the best possible sequence of actions for a movie, creators use storyboards to show the whole progress. Storyboarding usually doesn't require any drawing skills. As long as you are able to send the idea across, you're good to go. That's why so many famous directors aren't afraid to make rough and loose sketches for the masterpieces they are creating. Of course, some of them hire professional storyboarding artists who make the movie look just as good on paper as they will look on film.

We here at Bored Panda decided to explore the world of movie pre-visualization and gathered some interesting sketches of well-known movies. Scroll below for the list!

#1

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (2007)

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (2007)

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RoseTheMad
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorcerers Stone? More like Philosopher's.... also, this isn't even philosophers stone either. It's Order Of The Phoenix... e_e

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    #2

    Knives Out (2019)

    Knives Out (2019)

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    #3

    Moulin Rouge (2001)

    Moulin Rouge (2001)

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    #4

    It Chapter Two (2019)

    It Chapter Two (2019)

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    HorrorWeirdo
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The drawing’s actually really good... At least a hundred times better than mine! :’) And also I love the chair This made me laugh

    #5

    Gladiator (2000)

    Gladiator (2000)

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    #6

    Spider-Man 2 (2004)

    Spider-Man 2 (2004)

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    #7

    Psycho (1960)

    Psycho (1960)

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    HorrorWeirdo
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s soo cool that this exists... and in so much detail too! Love this <3

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    #8

    Inception (2010)

    Inception (2010)

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    Himanshu Raj
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's crazy how this man thinks and brings us such complex worlds.

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    #10

    Forrest Gump (1994)

    Forrest Gump (1994)

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    rai mei
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    on the 6th panel... what am I looking at? (serious question, I just can't figure it out..)

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    #11

    Mâdadayo (1993)

    Mâdadayo (1993)

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    Anais Rodin
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the drawing is also really good here

    #12

    It (2017)

    It (2017)

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    HorrorWeirdo
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The drawing’s really good! I like it :DDDD

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    #13

    No Country For Old Men (2007)

    No Country For Old Men (2007)

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    #14

    Parasite (2019)

    Parasite (2019)

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    #15

    Hellboy (2004)

    Hellboy (2004)

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    #16

    Taxi Driver (1976)

    Taxi Driver (1976)

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    #17

    Avatar (2009)

    Avatar (2009)

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    #18

    Ran (1985)

    Ran (1985)

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    Väinö-Oskari Astala
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kurosawa (the director) painted all the scenes himself during a seven year period, and then went to look for funding to actually realize his vision.

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    #19

    Logan (2017)

    Logan (2017)

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    Ali (2001)

    Ali (2001)

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    #21

    The Nun (2018)

    The Nun (2018)

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    #22

    Pacific Rim (2013)

    Pacific Rim (2013)

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    Danny Ruiz
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    CGI was great! The movie plot, not so good.

    #23

    Justice League (2017)

    Justice League (2017)

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    #24

    The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

    The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

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    Danny Ruiz
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only bad part of this movie was Batman's ridiculous deep voice.

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    #25

    The Conjuring 2 (2016)

    The Conjuring 2 (2016)

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