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out but they can help you conjure up possibilities. Another approach would be to start
arranging basic images in an order that seems to follow the simplest and most direct depic-
tion of the narrative. This approach may not produce the most exciting and adventurous
results at fi rst, but it may disclose to the storyboard artist a kind of “skeleton structure” upon
which more innovative solutions may be built. It is important to be open-minded, imaginative,
and fl exible. No matter how rough, primitive, or even ugly these drawings may be, they
are the fi rst step toward realizing your fi lm.
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Beat Sheet
A beat is one of the smallest elements of a fi lm. It is a single event, action, or visual image.
Story artists and fi lmmakers often choose to write out a beat-by-beat description of what will
happen in a scene. This is a good way to let the narrative concepts of a story start to form
pictures and shots in the imagination of the storyteller.
1. A shot of the outside of a grass hut village.
2. A wagon and driver comes down the road.
3. He stops in front of one of the huts.
4. Inside the house, a mouse is looking out of a gap in the shuttered window.
