# Storyboard (絵コンテ)

Like live action TV, animation production involves storyboards. In both cases, storyboards are used to show the flow of a scene, character positions, movement, camera angles, tone, etc. A storyboard may include notes about or lines from a scene. Additionally, a storyboard sheet may include only one image or several, often hand drawn within printed boxes with space left below for any notes.

**Collector's Note:** Storyboard sheets are often copied during production. It is important to determine whether a storyboard is the hand drawn original or a production copy. The price difference between the two is usually quite large.

See some examples of storyboards below.

![Kz7WdUBhGt7ectDL-gb4.jpg](https://animationart.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-09/G7IYpKGTQMgyFpds-kz7wdubhgt7ectdl-gb4.jpg)

*An early storyboard from Disney's Gummi Bears. (Original)*

![MOwu0MIpZUe94qZV-storyboard_titan_ae_1.jpg](https://animationart.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-09/UwvKjBBjprurbDWI-mowu0mipzue94qzv-storyboard-titan-ae-1.jpg)

*A storyboard from the film Titan A.E. (Original)*

![storyboard_balto_coffins.jpg](https://animationart.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-09/eIgbNf2n3WlwDXFi-storyboard-balto-coffins.jpg)

*A storyboard from the film Balto. (Original)*