Keyframing is really a great method and correlates nicely into storytelling and elearning. I’m an old school animation keyframer so I suppose I carry over those habits. Once its laid out, I do the writing in an equivalent Word document.ĬOACH:How do you first visualize the flow of a story? Do you start with the key frames and then add the in-between details later? Do you diagram it? Building out a flow you can “see” how the story is structured. Not only is it a versatile tool to build out a sequential flow, the latest versions (’07 and ’10) have really great graphics tools. Those concepts may or may not manifest into an elearning course, though.ĬOACH:What type of storyboard format do you recommend using for stories, scenarios and narratives?

Literally, I carry a Moleskine with me wherever I go and when I get ideas I sketch them out in a storyboard fashion or visual narrative.

Read on to glimpse the inner workings of a storyboard master.ĬOACH: When you have a story concept, what’s the first thing you do to carry the idea through to see if it’s instructionally feasible? Yes, we’re talking about the confounding subject of eLearning storyboards. In this interview, Kevin Thorn of NuggetHead Studioz fame, reveals the shocking storyboarding secrets you’ve always wondered about but were afraid someone might answer.

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