storyboard
noun
sto·ry·board
ˈstȯr-ē-ˌbȯrd 
: 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
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Without giving anything away, the scale of the sequence in which the heroes finally confront the AI force that threatens to destroy them is massive, and lighting and planning shots for the enormous set — which had the largest LED installation ever built in South Africa — required 600 storyboards.
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 12 Feb. 2026
The final aim of a screenwriter is not just a complete typescript but may also include a one-minute pitch, a ten-minute pitch, storyboards, reels, and a synopsis of the arc of the story (opening, inciting incident, first act break, midpoint reversal, second act break, and climax).
—Literary Hub, 9 Jan. 2026
Produced in collaboration with la Cinémathèque française, the British iteration of the show reimagines and expands on the 2025 Paris presentation with more than 700 objects, including original storyboards, notebooks, photographs, puppets, models, sketches and costumes from his movies.
—Stephanie Sporn, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
All seven of them showed us their storyboards, their pre-viz, their music choices, their mood board, their character design.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 Dec. 2025
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 12 Feb. 2026
The final aim of a screenwriter is not just a complete typescript but may also include a one-minute pitch, a ten-minute pitch, storyboards, reels, and a synopsis of the arc of the story (opening, inciting incident, first act break, midpoint reversal, second act break, and climax).
—Literary Hub, 9 Jan. 2026
Produced in collaboration with la Cinémathèque française, the British iteration of the show reimagines and expands on the 2025 Paris presentation with more than 700 objects, including original storyboards, notebooks, photographs, puppets, models, sketches and costumes from his movies.
—Stephanie Sporn, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
All seven of them showed us their storyboards, their pre-viz, their music choices, their mood board, their character design.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Storyboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/storyboard. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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