{"id":176472278,"date":"2017-03-27T00:07:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T05:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/?p=176472278"},"modified":"2017-03-27T00:07:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T05:07:50","slug":"profile-elizabeth-colomba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/2017\/03\/27\/profile-elizabeth-colomba\/","title":{"rendered":"PROFILE: Elizabeth Colomba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_176472279\" style=\"width: 468px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/shadow-and-act-logo.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176472279\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-176472279\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/shadow-and-act-logo.jpg\" alt=\"MARCH 17, 2017\" width=\"458\" height=\"83\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/shadow-and-act-logo.jpg 458w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/shadow-and-act-logo-300x54.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-176472279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MARCH 17, 2017<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\"><strong>THE IMPRESSIVE<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\"><strong> PROFILE OF FRENCH<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\"><strong> FILM STORYBOARD<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\"><strong> ARTIST AND PAINTER<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\"><strong> ELIZABETH COLOMBA<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span class=\"byline\"><span class=\"author vcard\">BY\u00a0<a class=\"url fn n\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/shadowandact.com\/author\/vanessa-martinez\/\">VANESSA MARTINEZ<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"comments-link\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"clearfix entry-content\">\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n<div class=\"mashsb-box\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_176472280\" style=\"width: 609px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-01.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176472280\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-176472280\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-01-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Elizabeth Colomba in her studio via NEW YORKER\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-01-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-01-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-01-920x613.jpg 920w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-01.jpg 1420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-176472280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Elizabeth Colomba in her studio via NEW YORKER<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I\u2019m not sure how many of you are aware of film storyboard artist Elizabeth Colomba; I sure wasn\u2019t, and in case you weren\u2019t either, I wanted to profile and share some of her fascinating work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">What\u2019s worth noting is that Colomba has done extensive storyboard and visual consulting work for many films including \u201cRomeo and Juliet,\u201d \u201cBeloved,\u201d \u201cSlums of Beverly Hill,\u201d \u201cWaist Deep,\u201d \u201cNext Friday,\u201d \u201cThe Wood,\u201d \u201cA Single Man,\u201d \u201cCatwoman,\u201d \u201cAmelia\u201d and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">For those of you not familiar with what a storyboard artist does, Colomba is hired by film production companies as a professional illustrator; she creates comic-book like drawings or sketches, which filmmakers use in order to help visualize the story\u2019s narration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Although she may be hired to sketch individual or particular scenes in films, according to a 1998 interview by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tipjar.com\/dan\/colomba.htm\" target=\"_blank\">tipjar.com<\/a>, her work for a film like Rick Famuyiwa\u2019s \u201cThe Wood\u201d for example, demanded her to draw almost every frame, which would be quite a feat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Colomba said, \u201cMy partner Kasia Adamik and I had to storyboard the whole movie. They had the money for a month, so we did everything we could. We didn\u2019t finish it, but there was a lot of work. There were action scenes. Even simple scenes were drawn. You could read the whole story from the storyboards.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_176472281\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-02.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176472281\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-176472281\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-02.jpg\" alt=\"A SINGLE MAN (2009)\" width=\"600\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-02.jpg 640w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-02-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-176472281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>A SINGLE MAN (2009)<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Quick Bio\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Colomba is of Caribbean heritage (Martinique); she was born in Epinay Sur Seine, a suburb in Paris. Her passion for painting started at the age of six. She achieved a first class high honors degree upon graduating from college in Paris. She obtained work in the late nineties at an advertising company. However, she was disappointed with the lack of creativity and control over her work, so she moved to L.A. to pursue a career in painting and storyboarding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Colomba credits work by masters like\u00a0Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Edgar Degas, Johannes Vermeer and Diego Velazquez\u00a0as inspiration and influence over her works.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We rarely celebrate the necessary work of those *unknowns* behind the camera, especially Black artists (the actors and directors typically get most of the attention), and we will do more of that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I love her Victorian-age paintings (see below) and the artists whose works she has been influenced by. I\u2019ve always wished I had the talent for painting like this. Oh well\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">These days, Colomba is less focused on her work as a storyboard artist, spending more of her time on her painting. In fact, most recently, she participated in a conference (on March 4, 2017) that explored intersections of slavery and fashion with presentations from scholars, artists and designers.\u00a0It took place at Weeksville Heritage Center\u00a0in Brooklyn, NY. She continues to showcase her work around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Visit her official site at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elizabeth-colomba.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">elizabeth-colomba.com<\/a>\u00a0to see some more of her work and to read their very interesting back stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Check out some of her paintings below.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-05.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-176472283\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-05.jpg\" alt=\"elizabeth-colomba 05\" width=\"585\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-05.jpg 585w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-05-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-04.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-176472286\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-04-688x1024.jpg\" alt=\"elizabeth-colomba 04\" width=\"600\" height=\"893\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-04-688x1024.jpg 688w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-04-202x300.jpg 202w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-04-920x1369.jpg 920w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-04.jpg 1075w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-176472282\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-03-675x1024.jpg\" alt=\"elizabeth-colomba 03\" width=\"600\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-03-675x1024.jpg 675w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-03-198x300.jpg 198w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-03-920x1395.jpg 920w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-03.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-07.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-176472285\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-07.png\" alt=\"elizabeth-colomba 07\" width=\"600\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-07.png 668w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-07-300x239.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-06.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-176472284\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-06.jpg\" alt=\"elizabeth-colomba 06\" width=\"464\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-06.jpg 464w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elizabeth-colomba-06-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&gt;via:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shadowandact.com\/2017\/03\/17\/the-impressive-profile-of-french-film-storyboard-artist-and-painter-elizabeth-colomba\/?utm_content=buffer5281e&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shadowandact.com\/2017\/03\/17\/the-impressive-profile-of-french-film-storyboard-artist-and-painter-elizabeth-colomba\/?utm_content=buffer5281e&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; THE IMPRESSIVE PROFILE OF FRENCH FILM STORYBOARD ARTIST AND PAINTER ELIZABETH COLOMBA &nbsp; BY\u00a0VANESSA MARTINEZ\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure how many of you are aware of film storyboard artist Elizabeth Colomba; I sure wasn\u2019t, and in case you weren\u2019t either, I wanted to profile and share some of her fascinating work. What\u2019s worth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[6],"tags":[4,12,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176472278"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176472278"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176472278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176472317,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176472278\/revisions\/176472317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176472278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176472278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176472278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}