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How to Create a Storyboard

Did you know you can create a storyboard using Google Slides?



The first way is to add your slides and then add shapes by going to "Insert," and adding a rectangle. Then you duplicate them. Another way is to use the entire slide as the rectangle and that becomes your scene box. Then you would use the print and preview option to print out the slides to present your visual storyboard.


I'm creating storyboards for my short video, so I can plan out the outline for my story. It can be sketches, drawings, and found images for my scenes. I also wrote notes on what kind of music I wanted to use and how I will include dialogue or how I'll edit the video for the scene.


Research tells me that if I invest time in the storyboard, then I'll save time and frustration later on.


While I was hunting for templates, I realized that typing storyboard templates into a Google search will result in a lot of examples to print out and use, but I also discovered that the Canva platform has a lot of creative options for storyboarding if you're stuck on the best way to create one.



A few things I learned on the way:

  1. Storyboards aren't meant to be a work of art, they're only a tool. What matters is that you realize your ideas and convey the way the story should go.

  2. Storyboards are not scripts, but they can have some dialogue.

  3. They're for communicating and planning out what your vision for the video or film is so that others working on the project can understand how to process, or provide feedback.






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