What is a good storyboard?

A good storyboard includes expressing an idea on paper, with clear drawings of the key frames in the story and a caption underneath to explain the actions of the frames. You should be able to visually show what the character/s are doing or thinking in each key-frame and then to add a small description of their emotions/ thoughts or the motions that they’re doing in that part of the story. Another thing to make sure to do in a storyboard is to show how the camera moves between the frames and this will help with the staging of the scene, which will allow the main action to be in the centre of the camera view. Audio can also be incorporated into a storyboard with when you want to cue the music; the pauses you want to add for anticipation and when the speech might be said during the frames. When creating a storyboard, you should think about everything that’s included so that your idea can be fully solidified on paper before starting the production of the animation and this will also help you to see if the story of the idea works overall before starting the project.

This is a professional cartoon storyboard and it shows all of the principles of making an excellent storyboard:


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