Storyboard Research

11/10/11 - Storyboard

Once a script is written for a film or animation, the next step is to create a storyboard, a storyboard visually tells the story of an animation panel by panel, very similar to a comic book. A Storyboard should involve what characters are in the frame and how they are moving, what the characters are saying to each other if anything, the main plot of the story with act one, two and three. 


There are many different ways to create a storyboard, some might be on full sheets of paper and others on note cards. Still other storyboards might be created on squares and attached to a felt board. Even Powerpoint slides or graphical software such as photoshop or paint can be used to create individual scenes.

No matter what method is used, there are two basic parts to a storyboard, the image and the description. The image can be a basic hand drawn sketch, photograph or graphically created image. It's primary purpose is to give a basic visual idea as to what is happening.