Storyboarding is the process of sketching the scenes/shots of a production before shooting to spot potential problems. Storyboarding can be used in theatre, animation, and writing.

Storyboards can be hand sketched or they can be sketched with the aid of software tools. The idea is to convey a sense of what will happen in a scene and viewers should be able to look at the storyboard and have a general understanding of the story and action.

Physical resources

• Storyboard – one scene fillable PDF
• Storyboard – simple 6 frames per page PDF

Digital resources

See our Storyboard templates for Word and Excel in SharePoint (downloadable)

• Storyboard – three-column Word
  • example storyboard for Edward Scissorhands scene analysis
• Storyboard – script
  • example storyboard for Jackie Robinson documentary
• download free storyboard templates in Word, PowerPoint, and Photoshop (scroll down)

Websites for creating storyboards

• Pixton
• Storyboard Fountain
• Storyboard That
• Shot Professional

Concept Maps and Graphic Organizers

Tools to create concept maps or graphic organizers could be leveraged to created digital storyboards. See our Concept Mapping article.