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Storyboards

A script describes the action of a production; a storyboard shows it. Along with the script, a storyboard is a valuable instrument for planning, shooting, and editing a program. It is a tool that allows clients, producers, directors, writers, designers, crew members, and talent to visualize a scene or program before shooting begins, and to have a visual reference during production and postproduction. Experience shows that time invested in storyboarding is time saved in shooting and editing.

Storyboards consist of two parts: sketches and written descriptions. Each shot in a scene or program requires a new sketch, or panel, in a storyboard. ...

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