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Storyboard

A storyboard maps a sequence — a launch video, a pitch, a presentation flow, a user journey, a story — as six frames before you spend real effort making it. You write a one-line premise for the whole thing, then a caption for each beat, and sketch a rough picture in each of the six numbered panels. Laid out in a row, the sequence shows you what a script or a slide deck can't: where the story drags, where it jumps a step, where it loses the thread — while it's still cheap to fix. Draw rough; stick figures and boxes are enough, because you're checking the flow of beats, not the art. And if a frame is hard to caption, that's usually the beat that isn't working. Fill in the captions to plan on screen, or print it blank and sketch the whole sequence by hand.

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Planning

Best for: Planning anything that unfolds in a sequence — a video, a pitch, a talk, a flow — by seeing all six beats at once and catching the weak one before you build it.

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See it before you make it.

A storyboard maps a sequence — a video, a pitch, a presentation, a user flow, a story — as six frames before you spend real effort making it. You write a one-line premise, then a caption for each beat, and sketch a rough picture in each panel. Laying the whole thing out in a row is the fastest way to feel where the story drags, jumps, or loses the thread — while it's still cheap to fix.

How to work it

Name the premise, then write one caption per line — the first six non-empty lines become frames 1–6, in order. Print it and sketch each panel by hand.

Draw rough. Stick figures and boxes are enough — the point is the flow of beats, not the art. If a frame is hard to caption, that's usually the beat that isn't working.