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 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 Brown showed an image of a storyboard with notes showing those influences and colors coming together. Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2024 And sometimes, in that moment, the work in your hands, the scripts, the storyboards, the background rap, all that stuff is secondary. Paolo Confino, Fortune, 6 June 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 2 Jul. 2024.

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