Hello guys, I'm familiar with making storyboard for films, ads etc, but would like to take it to more studied "yet more practical" level, so any recommendations for important books?, famous names to follow, any related helpful recommendations would help, thanks!
I don't know of any books, but try to check out the work-in-progress video of Beauty and the Beast on DVD. Here's a clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlbmhC17f_c
I haven't run across any books specifically about storyboarding, but a good book that covers that as part of the Directing process is "Film Directing Shot by Shot" by Steven Katz. It's a great foundational book on the craft, though it's in need of an update. But most of what Katz covers is still very pertinent to the language of cinema.
I'm not quite sure I know what you're looking for but I do recall a storyboard book for the Coroline film by Focus/Laitra that came out in 2009.