A storyboard plans a visual story — Art, 7–10
A row of planned pictures shows what happens first, next, and last before a film or visual story is made.
Pictures can work in time
A storyboard is a set of boxes that plans a story through pictures. Each box shows an important moment, and the order tells you how the action changes. Short notes or arrows can explain sounds, movement, or words that the picture alone cannot show.
Why split a story into boxes?
Filming or drawing a whole story at once makes it easy to miss a step or confuse the order. Storyboards were developed as a planning tool so artists could see the action before making every frame. They turn an idea in your head into a sequence that others can check and build.
Planning a seed becoming a plant
Make four storyboard boxes. In box one, a hand puts a seed in soil; in box two, rain falls; in box three, a green shoot appears; in box four, a flower opens. Add an arrow in each box to show the change. Now another person can follow the story without your full explanation.
A storyboard is not a row of decorations
It is reasonable to draw each box as a beautiful finished picture, because art often means making a pleasing image. But a storyboard’s main job is to show change and order. A rough box with a clear action is more useful than a detailed box that leaves you unsure what happened.
From comics to films
Film crews, animators, comic artists, and game designers use storyboards to plan scenes. You can use one to organise a comic, a stop-motion film, a puppet show, or a picture sequence for a presentation. It helps a group agree on what happens before anyone makes the final images.
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