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TC4D: Make Better Videos with Less Rework by Using Storyboards

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Storyboards help you plan your video shot by shot. That way, you can make sure your video is at least as interesting as the audio, and you have a list of all the most important shots. If you just make a text-only script, it can be easy to overlook sections where visuals would be a big help, but they weren’t obvious on the day of the shoot.

I use Visio for storyboarding my videos. I made a template with panels for the pictures, and text boxes beneath each panel for the dialog or voice over. To draw the visuals, I just drag shapes onto the page, or insert pictures, screenshots, or clip art into the panels.

For information about Visio, visit https://www.visio.com/.

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  • Anonymous
    August 26, 2009
    Seems like good advice for virtually any kind of planning, not just videos... especially good for super-visual people.  Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    August 26, 2009
    Excellent video Harry. I never really thought about using Visio in creative ways before. Didn't creating a video about creating the video you are creating put you in some kind of endless loop?

  • Anonymous
    August 26, 2009
    Help me, Dan! You have to come into the video and pull me out! <tap tap> I'm in the embedded player!