Today’s Class

Introduction
Storyboarding for Multimedia
Day 1 Task
Storyboarding for Webdesigners
Storyboard Templates
Assessment Task
Feedback

Introduction

This workshop is about creating storyboards. A storyboard is a number of drawings, descriptions and annotations that help organising a story visually.

A storyboard is helpful in establishing a number of steps within a story. It will support you in organising the elements and give your story a clear focus.

Storyboards are used in a number of fields and industries:

film and TV
animation
choreography
theatre
dance
opera
web design
game design
writing
other multimedia fields

Storyboarding a film is quite different from storyboarding a website.

Storyboards can be created using software or it can be created with pen and paper.

Pen and Paper

When you create a storyboard on paper I recommend to use colours and plenty of annotations.

Example of a storyboard with annotations. Courtesy of Sarah Pritchard.

Software

Most software packages will allow you to create storyboards:

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Corel Draw
MS Word
MS PowerPoint

There are also some specialised software packages for creating storyboards:

StoryBoard Artist Studio
StoryBoard Pro
Inspiration

There are also numerous websites that allow you to create storyboards:

Storyboard That

Storyboarding for Multimedia

Please follow the link below and read How to Do a Rough Storyboard by Jane Stevens.

After reading the post please complete the task below.

Day 1 Task

Please open the file and complete in class: Day 1 Task – Create Storyboard

Storyboarding for Webdesigners

Webdesigners benefit from storyboarding. It helps organising content and ensures that every element is included in a logical place according to topic and site.

Read the post on Storyboarding Your Website (Source: nmasse.com).