Learn to Storyboard – The First Steps of Visual Storytelling by Leo M.

This class introduces visual storytelling and is open to anyone of any skill level.

Storyboarding is the skill of visually organizing a story – a valuable process for flowing out films, comics, illustrations, business plans, or essays. After all, there’s a good story woven into every successful project!

What You’ll Learn

• Understanding Storyboarding. What is Storyboarding? How would someone approach it? What are the fundamental tools?
• Coming Up with Your Story Idea. Coming up with a story that’s unique to you and “gutsy” in some way.
• Researching Your Subject. You’ll be asked to find pictures, documents, or any other source of information that’ll offer inspiration on your subject.
• Exploring and Structuring Your Ideas. You’ll produce a blueprint of your story in its simplest form.
• Executing Your Ideas. Draft your storyboard to communicate your story exactly how you’d like.

What You’ll Make

You’ll use the project guide I designed to storyboard a story from your life – anything from a favorite childhood memory to something that happened on the way to work this morning.

As a story artist at Walt Disney Studios, storyboarding is what I do (and love) daily.