storyboard

noun

sto·​ry·​board ˈstȯr-ē-ˌbȯrd How to pronounce storyboard (audio)
: a panel or series of panels on which a set of sketches is arranged depicting consecutively the important changes of scene and action in a series of shots (as for a film, television show, or commercial)
storyboard transitive verb

Examples of storyboard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Instruments, music awards, storyboards and archival pieces will go on display, many of which will be seen by the public for the first time. Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 1 July 2024 By transmuting the raw materials of his life to make this film, Miyazaki made a similar existential choice, to channel some of the most intimate and frightening imagery of his early life, and draw it over and over and over again in storyboards to relay an ultimate message of hope. Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024 Cartoon Network rejected the first six storyboards for his first series. John Hopewell, Variety, 15 June 2024 Miyazaki’s storyboards are known for their clarity, and his character designs share stylistic similarities from movie to movie. Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for storyboard 

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Word History

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of storyboard was in 1942

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“Storyboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/storyboard. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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