A storyboard is a row of simple drawings, like a comic strip, made before a film is shot. Each drawing shows one shot: what the camera sees, who is standing where, what happens next. Under each picture there are usually a few words about the sound, or the movement, or how long the shot lasts.

A storyboard is Storyboard是 a row of simple drawings一排簡單的畫面 like a comic strip就像漫畫一樣 made before a film is shot在電影開拍之前先畫出來 Each drawing shows one shot每張畫面代表一個鏡頭 what the camera sees攝影機拍到什麼 who is standing where誰站在哪裡 what happens next接下來發生什麼事 Under each picture在每張圖底下 there are usually a few words通常會有幾個字 about the sound說明聲音 or the movement或動作 or how long the shot lasts或這個鏡頭要拍多久

The drawings are often rough — stick figures are completely normal — because the point is not to be beautiful. The point is that everyone on the team can see the whole film in ten minutes and argue about it before anyone spends money.

The drawings are often rough這些畫面通常很粗糙 stick figures are completely normal畫火柴人完全沒問題 because the point is not to be beautiful因為重點不是畫得漂亮 The point is重點在於 that everyone on the team can see the whole film團隊裡的每個人都能看懂整部片的樣子 in ten minutes在十分鐘內 and argue about it並且可以討論它 before anyone spends money在有人花錢之前

It is also a verb: to storyboard something. "We storyboarded the whole ad on Friday." And you will hear it far outside film now.

It is also a verb它也可以當動詞用 to storyboard something to storyboard something "We storyboarded the whole ad on Friday."「我們星期五把整支廣告的分鏡畫完了」 And you will hear it而且你現在會聽到這個詞 far outside film now用在電影以外的地方

People storyboard adverts, animations, game scenes, YouTube videos, teaching materials, even app screens and business presentations — anywhere you want to plan the order of things visually before building them. That wider use is completely normal in offices and is not slang.

People storyboard人們會畫分鏡的東西包括 adverts廣告 animations動畫 game scenes遊戲場景 YouTube videos YouTube影片 teaching materials教材 even app screens and business presentations甚至app畫面和商業簡報 anywhere you want to plan the order of things visually只要你想先用視覺方式規劃順序 before building them都可以在動手做之前先用 That wider use這種更廣的用法 is completely normal in offices在辦公室裡完全正常 and is not slang也不是俚語

One useful thing about it: it is a working word, not a fancy one. Nobody feels clever saying it.

One useful thing about it關於這個詞有一點很實用 it is a working word它是一個做事用的詞 not a fancy one而不是一個花俏的詞 Nobody feels clever saying it沒有人講這個詞會覺得自己很厲害

If you are in a meeting and someone says "let's storyboard it first", they are saying: stop arguing in words, draw the boxes, then we will see where the problem is.

If you are in a meeting如果你在開會 and someone says然後有人說 "let's storyboard it first"「我們先畫分鏡吧」 they are saying他們的意思是 stop arguing in words別再用嘴巴吵了 draw the boxes把格子畫出來 then we will see where the problem is然後我們就會看出問題出在哪裡