Dominoe+Storyboard

The Dominoe Storyboard
For my example story about Dominoe, I had a script with only a few words per image. If you want to be very organized, you might create a storyboard like below. At a minimum, you should keep a text file with your captions or narration as you may find yourself copy pasting the text. As part of the process, this ought to be done in advance of looking for media or jumping into tools. Your story will be vastly better if you outline it first, and keep re-working it. Even better, ask someone else to look at it. A good story exists in your mind and on paper before you put it inside a tool. See the First Step!


 * [[image:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1421/882974622_413c6e004e_m.jpg link="http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/882974622/in/set-72157600975093412/"]] || I was in between. Fiercely independent, had money saved up, and some time before I went west. ||
 * [[image:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1114/882126043_d95a0245e0_m_d.jpg link="http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/882126043/in/set-72157600975093412/"]] || My roommate called. Someone found a runaway dog. Dominoe. ||
 * [[image:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1066/882975050_8fe168a0eb_m_d.jpg link="http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/882975050/in/set-72157600975093412/"]] || Named her after the damsel in //Sharky's Machine//. ||
 * [[image:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1048/882126367_c44875dba6_m_d.jpg link="http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/882126367/in/set-72157600975093412/"]] || Malnourished, Skittish, afraid of a raised hand. ||
 * [[image:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1376/882127089_c3fbab002d_m_d.jpg link="http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/882127089/in/set-72157600975093412/"]] || We walked into the woods, she always following a few yards away, my buddy. ||
 * [[image:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1161/882127625_3ace48bc39_m_d.jpg link="http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/882127625/in/set-72157600975093412/"]] || One day we drove farther and walked in the autumn leaves. ||
 * [[image:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1245/882976980_055a0af0fa_m_d.jpg link="http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/882976980/in/set-72157600975093412/"]] || Met an old friend. We chatted about 15 minutes, and I turned around. ||
 * [[image:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1123/882977238_0830e698dc_m_d.jpg link="http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/882977238/in/set-72157600975093412/"]] || She was gone.

I was hours running up and down the trail, crying out her name. I was worthless. I could take care of myself, but no one else, worthless.

[Note: This image is merely a cropped version of previous to emphasize emptiness] ||
 * [[image:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1353/882977286_7eb098feaa_m_d.jpg link="http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/882977286/in/set-72157600975093412/"]] || Darkness.

I would camp out, return the next day. I would do that every day unti I found her. Every day.

[Note: An empty black screen is useful, sets a tone] ||
 * [[image:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1234/882977676_5946d0e7d7_m_d.jpg link="http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/882977676/in/set-72157600975093412/"]] || I cried back to the car... and there she was, waiting for me.

My awareness became a circle of responsibility of more than just myself. ||  ||
 * [[image:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1397/882128891_118fe9d242_m.jpg link="http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/882128891/in/set-72157600975093412/"]] || We drove across the country ||
 * [[image:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1439/882129099_b29df4134b_m.jpg link="http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/882129099/in/set-72157600975093412/"]] || My co-pilot ||
 * [[image:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1238/882129351_62b9c0f6c5_m.jpg link="http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/882129351/in/set-72157600975093412/"]] || had adventures ||
 * [[image:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1059/882978662_0b31b373b7_m.jpg link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/882978662/"]] || saw strange lands ||
 * [[image:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1398/882978914_c6426df7d3_m.jpg link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/882978914/"]] || looked around ||
 * [[image:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1396/882979150_995118bdc6_m.jpg link="http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/882979150/"]] || made a home ||
 * [[image:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1244/882979540_47f15318cc_m.jpg link="http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/882979540/"]] || She departed permanently, but I never forgot what I learned that day in the woods. ||
 * [[image:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1394/882130965_58d982f521_m.jpg link="http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/882130965/"]] || Dominoe ||