Decide how many storyboards you want to have. Establish which scene or visual idea each storyboard will represent. You can choose to only storyboard important or meaningful moments or to storyboard every scene.
Choose the angle at which you will film the scene and thus how you will draw the storyboard, to determine how you want to convey each scene or visual idea. Choose how close you will show the characters, such as a long shot (at a great distance), a close-up or an extreme close-up.
Draw the storyboard characters to the best of your ability using drawing pencils and an eraser. Draw stick figures when drawing storyboards for scenes that you will film as a long shot or a medium shot (showing the character's entire body) if you have limited artistic abilities. Give each stick figure differing characteristics, such as hair or clothing, so that you can distinguish which stick figure is which character.
Draw more detailed sketches of characters for close-ups and extreme close-ups. Since such camera shots are used to convey intricate details, incorporate those details that are integral to the scene.