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

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Meanwhile, the opening, the whole first 10 minutes, was all storyboards and sketches, which changed a bunch of times. Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024 Warners had tried for several years to find a movie in the nearly 1,700 pages of notes and storyboards compiled by Steve McQueen and discovered in a trunk long after his death in 1980. Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2024 During Australia’s endless lockdown, Elliot drew the storyboards and got started on the production design, ending up with some 6,000 drawings. Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2024 Within a week, a closet was cleared out and filled with schematics, renderings and storyboards that would lay out the most extravagant event in UFC history. Matt Craig, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for storyboard 

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 30 Nov. 2024.

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