Storyboarding is the process of creating sketches that represent the shots in an animated film or movie. The storyboard acts like a comic book without words, showing the camera and character movements between frames through arrows. While drawing skill can help, the main purpose is to plan shots and get ideas on paper, so even poor drawings are sufficient. Notes accompany each frame to describe the scene and help guide future filming.

1. What is Storyboarding?
» Storyboarding is the process of
producing sketches of the shots you
are going to animate.
» The end result looks like comic book
of your film(without the speech
bubbles).

2. What if you cant draw?
» Look at storyboards by
Hitchcock or Spielberg you
have to admit that they can't
draw.
» They would uses professional
storyboard artists.
» You just need it be able to
create an image well enough
to use the storyboard when
filming.

3. Still Pictures That move
» Use Arrows - Draw in an arrow
pointing into shot to show the
camera's movement.
» Use arrows to show the characters
movement.
» What about a zoom in? From each
corner draw in arrows pointing to
the centre, draw in a new smaller
frame to show the end of the zoom.

4. Still Pictures That Move
» Generally I try use thick white arrows to
show camera moves and thin black
arrows to show objects moving.

5. Struggle to Draw People?
» You can use wooden mannequins
to help you draw people in difficult
poses. Eg:
Mannequins Final Footage

6. Tips
» Keep the area you have to draw small. It
allows you to draw much faster. The
pictures become more like doodles than
works of art.
» Use a template.
» Sketch in pencil so you can make changes
easily, you can always ink in for
photocopying.
» Use notes to help describe what is being
seen in the shot.
» Put transitions in between each frame.

7. Remember
» Drawing storyboards is an excellent way to keep
motivated, to show you're organised and to let
everyone else know what's going on in your
head.
» Storyboards aren't there to constrain you. They
are there to back you up during filming.