Read the entire script several times. You must know the story thoroughly before attempting to storyboard it.
Decide how many panels, or individual pictures, you want per page. Hollywood often uses a full-page picture for every shot. Lower-budget productions usually put many on a page.
Decide what style you need for your production. Some productions may need detailed, full-color panels. Stick figures may suffice for others.
Draw the panel frames using the same width-to-height ratio, or aspect ratio, as the final format of the film. For example, a common widescreen ratio is 16 to 9, therefore the storyboard frames also would be 16 to 9.
Draw one panel for each shot. This panel should depict the action as seen through the camera.
Add arrows to the panels to indicate camera or subject motion. For instance, if the panel shows a car moving down the street, you would draw the car at its opening position, then add an arrow pointing down the street. If the composition changes dramatically throughout the shot, such as with a dolly shot, you may draw several panels showing key changes and connect them with arrows.
Write a short description of the camera angle and the action that happens in the shot below or beside each panel. Use conventional camera language and abbreviations such as for close-up (CU), long shot (LS) and point of view (POV).
Identify each page of storyboards with the scene number from the script. It is often helpful to also include the page number out of the total pages for that scene.