Storyboard

Storyboard Templates

Storyboards can be simple, like a comic strip - laying out your story with basic images and dialogue, or elaborate, with details on sound, lighting, camera angles, etc.

Apps to use for Planning Purposes

Here are a few apps that you may want to use while planning out your movie productions.

Show Me Interactive Whiteboard (FREE)

Turn your iPad into your personal interactive whiteboard!
ShowMe allows you to record voice-over whiteboard tutorials and share them online. It’s a radically intuitive app that anyone will find extremely easy to use, regardless of age or background. (Description taken from above link)

Scribble Press (Free)

Scribble Press for iPad is a book creation platform that allows kids to imagine, create and share their own stories with great drawing and writing tools. Download your books instantly to your iBooks library! Scribble Press for iPad makes it easy to create an ebook – either write your own or use one of over 50 story templates.(Description taken from above link)

Screen Chomp (Free)

Share a great idea... Explain a tricky concept... Help kids with their homework...
ScreenChomp for iPad helps you do it all.
A simple doodling board, markers, and one-click sharing tools make spreading your ideas and know-how easy and fun!
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Educreation (FREE)

Educreations turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Creating a great video tutorial is as simple as touching, tapping and talking. Explain a math formula... Create an animated lesson... Add commentary to your photos... Diagram a sports play...
With voice recording, realistic digital ink, photo imports, and simple sharing through email, Facebook or Twitter, now you can broadcast your ideas from anywhere.
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Why do I need a storyboard?

Storyboards are important for laying out a plan for your movie.  After you decide what the plot or story of your movie will be, you can start making your storyboard to act as an outline for your production.  Even if your movie is short, it is important to know what you want in your shot and what you want happening in that scene.  You also want to have your dialog planned out.

Storyboard : Comic Strip

Think of your storyboard as a comic strip.  Once you have decided what your movie will be about and what type of filming you wil do, sketch out a basic outline of your production.  Include notes about who or what is in the scene, what type of camera shot will be used, and what audio, sound effects, and dialogue will be in present.

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Storyboard Help

Use this site to help you through the process of creating a storyboard.  You will gain tips on what to include in your planning, including information about camera shots.