There are some storyboard myths and misconceptions that might keep you from making a visual plan for your next project. Let’s say you’re all set to start. You have your script, you’re working on funding and casting. And you can’t wait to begin production on your film or video.  But when you don’t have a roadmap of your sequences, you’re missing a critical element to your preproduction preparation as well as other phases of your project.

Well, check this out – here are some storyboard myths debunked that can change your mind about making a viable sequence or visual plan to get started!

MYTH #1: To make storyboards, you need to be a great artist.

FACT: Not true.
While it’s wonderful if you can draw, the fact is that many folks can’t, don’t want to or don’t have time.  But today’s technology can help.  No need to be embarrassed or let it undermine your creativity.

Products on the market, like StoryBoard Quick, have made it easy to visualize your important shots. Communicate your creative ideas by assembling pre-created artwork and photos to help build your road map.  Don’t let anyone tell you that your storyboard needs to be the Mona Lisa otherwise your idea will get lost.  You can create amazing storyboards, even if you can’t draw.

MYTH #2: You need a huge budget in order to afford storyboards.

FACT: Not true.
If you hire a story board artist to draw your boards, they usually charge per frame. Then when you need multiple revisions, it will cost you a pretty penny.  But as a director, producer or writer, you don’t need to have a huge budget to build that visual blueprint you need.  Of course, along with fast and easy storyboarding software, you’re better served by being resourceful and assembling images.  After all, when you hand a script over to a story artist, you’re going to get back THEIR vision of YOUR story (a/k/a what THEY see in THEIR head).  You want to keep control of that vision for as long as you can so affordable storyboard software like StoryBoard Artist (which can serve you time and time again) is going to pay off bigger dividend in both the short term and long run.

(These are 2 of 4 myths we’ve compiled…tell us about other production myths you’ve come across.)

Part II of Storyboarding Myths …