Creating a Storyboard

What goes in a Storyboard?

• A panel in which you draw an image of what the scene looks like.

• Notes field where they can describe what goes on in that scene.

• What goes on in each panel should be kept short. If something changes in the scene, like someone new enters, or a character picks something up, that should be drawn in a new panel.

• In the notes field you don’t need to describe everything, you should include anything important that isn’t clear just from the drawing. For example, in the drawing a character might look like they’re just pointing with a sword, but you could add a note specifying that the character “swings his sword around”.

• The storyboard can be done with just a pencil, but using color can help you better imagine the scene, and it will help make it easier to understand the drawings later.

• Remember to try to keep things simple! And try to use a variety of different camera angles:

• This lets you have more visual variety all while using the same background/set.