For filmmaking classes, students should do a storyboard project to help them understand both what storyboarding entails and its value in making movies. Students will create a short film of their choice, create a written script and create a storyboard for their script. Once they are happy with their storyboards, they should continue on to make their short films. Encourage students to include details such as types of camera shots and angles and make these correspond with the drawings they design.
Young students can use a storyboard in a literature course as a creative project to ensure they've understood the content of a reading assignment. Such a project may serve as an alternative to the traditional book report. Students can either do a storyboard of a particular scene or of the major events of the entire story. More advanced students can label their storyboards with narrative terminology such as "climax," "internal conflict" or "third person point-of-view," for example.
To acquaint students with the idea of storyboarding or the narrative form, assign a storyboard project about something that has happened personally to the students. Some possible suggestions are a family vacation, a moment they're proud of or what they did the day before. Students can also storyboard imaginative stories such as what would happen if they met their hero or if they could be president for a day.
Students can learn how to use storyboard software for films, multimedia, animation or other similar activities. With such software, they can create sophisticated, detailed storyboards. Download Storyboard Pro Software for free or purchase a program online, such as Storyboard Quick by Nararre.