How to Draw an Image Storyboard

Create a timeline. Setting the time and place of the story and putting things in the right sequence is the best way to build your work before you even start sketching. If the story is not completely chronological (Example: There is a scene where the character flashbacks, imagines a future scenario, imagines a different ending, exists in multiple parallel universes, travels. timeline, etc.), you can still create your own narrative timeline.

• List the main events of your story in the order you chose. That’s what the audience will see on screen later.
• If you’re scripting visuals for your promotional video, include key segments and arrange them in the correct sequence.

Identify the key part of your story. The role of the visual storyboard is to help viewers grasp the main content before the story is turned into a movie. The point is not to try to recreate the whole story like a flip book, but to engage the audience by showing them the main features. Reflect on the story and brainstorm to list the key moments you want to sketch in your visual storyboard.

• Choose segments so that viewers can clearly see the development of the plot from beginning to end.
• Showing the turning point is an important step. Every time you come up with a plot twist or an important twist, add in a visual storyboard to develop the story.
• You may also want to describe a change of context. If the story takes place in one city at first and then moves on to another, you need to make the illustration very clear.
• If you’re plotting a storyboard for a promotional video, the process is the same: Choose key visuals that will guide the film’s flow and describe the direction of the story from start to finish. As a general guideline, keep in mind that for a typical 30-second promotional video, the number of visual storyboard frames should not exceed 15. The average frame rate is two frames per second.

Select the level of detail. Visual storyboards can be drawn with incredible detail, with each frame depicting each scene one by one. For a movie of the same length as a theatrical film, if you’ve only just started sketching, there’s a lot of work to do before the detailed visual storyboard is completed. However, you may end up wanting to break the movie up into segments with each individual visual storyboard. This way, you can describe a series of individual segments in detail and organize everything scientifically throughout the filmmaking process. ^[1]

• If you’re sketching each scene from a movie, make a scene list. For each scene on the list, think about everything it took to make the shot and other details including how the movie is going to be made.
• Remember that the visual storyboard is what helps people see and grasp what’s going on. Visual storyboards don’t have to be works of art. Choose a drawing style that is both meticulous and practical. You certainly don’t want your audience to feel confused by trying to understand the meaning of your illustration instead of taking a broader view.
• Visual storyboards are considered good if anyone who sees them finds them easy to understand. It is possible that the director, cinematographer, set selector, or even the props expert (and many other members of the crew) consider a visual storyboard as a guidebook for reference. survey.

Write a description for each frame. Once you’ve identified the main scene to draw, it’s time to think about describing the action in each picture. Write a description based on the most important element of each segment on the list. This will help you determine exactly what you need to draw.

• For example, maybe you want to draw a dialogue scene between the two main characters. So what does this drawing need to convey? Are the two characters arguing, smiling at each other, or going somewhere together? Each drawing should depict a specific action.
• Remember to pay attention to the context. In your opinion, is the background behind the character important?