Storyboards are like a hand-drawn comic book version of the movie and served as the blueprint for the action and dialogue. Each storyboard artist receives script pages and/or a “beat outline”, a map of the characters’ emotional changes that need to be seen through actions. Using these as guidelines, the artists envision their assigned sequences, draw them out and then “pitch” their work to the director.

Once the directors and producer approve, the drawings are digitally photographed and strung together to create what we call a story reel