How to Make a Storyboard for Video and Film: The Definitive Guide

You’ve got a big shoot coming up. You want to visualize the scenes you plan to shoot with a storyboard, but you’re wondering how to make a storyboard that touches on everything a good storyboard should.

Odds are many filmmakers create storyboards “wrong.” Or (*cough*) ignore the crucial step of storyboarding altogether. Drawing and formatting fears, technical limitations, concerns about budget — there are a lot of reasons to avoid storyboarding.

But it doesn’t have to be stressful. You just have to know how to create a storyboard in the most efficient way. These nine easy steps will have you storyboarding like a master filmmaker in no time.