Our blog topic this week was to check out storyboards. While I feel as though I have a hard time grasping a lot of the more technically advanced aspects of multimedia journalism, storyboards are something that seems to come easy. Brainstorming is taught very early on in elementary school while writing stories and is used throughout adulthood into careers.
The idea of a storyboard is not much different than brainstorming. Instead of words, pictures are used in sequential order of thoughts. They are often put into slides onto the computer and are easy to edit by just a click of the mouse.
Storyboards make great sense to me as a student journalist who seems to visually learn better. I like the idea of putting a story into pictures so that it is easy to follow and and even easier to cut, paste and edit ideas without having to erase paragraphs. It is also a great way to share stories with others. As quoted in this "how to" video on storyboard development, everyone is "literally on the same page." Each idea is presented step-by-step and everything is mapped out.
I think this is a great tool if a story has a lot of information or parts, or if there are a lot of people working on one particular project. Ideas can be presented separately and easily come together as one.
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