What is a storyboard?

A storyboard is an illustrated version of the script in a production. The director will use it as a first visual draft of what should be done in a film or a television series. The storyboard is a very effective way to communicate what a director wants in their project. A script can be interpreted in many different ways, but a storyboard doesn’t leave much place for interpretation.

In animation, the storyboard will contain all the important information needed for the production:

• A basic idea of the layout

• The script

• The dialogue

• The duration of each scenes

• The camera move if there is any

• Character or element actions

• Sometimes even mood or colour.