What is story boarding?


Definition

By definition, A storyboard is a graphic organiser in the form of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualising a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence.

Why?

People tend to use story boards in order to have a clear image in their mind of the setting, characters appearances, props and mostly the shots. Not only does this save time setting up each shot in production but it gives the film makers a chance to put their thoughts on paper as everyone has a different way of thinking. For example if the location was a park, everyone is going to have a different version of the park they want to shoot in. This applies for the props, costumes and of course, the shots. 

History


In the 1930s, Disney credited animator Webb Smith with creating the idea of drawing scenes on separate sheets of paper and pinning them up on a bulletin board to tell a story in sequence, creating the first storyboard. The first complete story boards were made for the 1993 short film, Three Little Pigs. It was actually Walt Disney who first recognised the necessity for studios to maintain a separate "story department" with specialised storyboard artists as he had realised that audiences would not watch a film unless its story gave them a reason to care about the characters. 

Storyboarding then became more popular in action films in the 1940s and then quickly grew into a standard process in the industry. 

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