Storyboarding for Event Planners

In my role as Director of the Academy of Wedding and Event Planning part of my job is to develop our course materials and to source new products that are relevant to our industry. I love this part of my job as it allows me to set aside legitimate time to find out what is happening in the world of weddings and events and to keep abreast of anything I think might prove useful to our students. Some of the things I find I like to share with you all here on our blog such as my latest discovery.

In our courses that feature event design we talk alot about the art of storyboarding and how to use it to communicate your ideas and event vision to your client. This has sent some students into a panic as they find the idea of having to draw anything more than a little scary. So I decided to see if any of the animation software used by designers in general could work for event designers. What I found was quite exciting.

I discovered that Toon Boom Animation have actually got a product called Storyboard Pro that can be used by wedding and event planners to help them design and plan their events. This product helps you to take your ideas and turn them into a visual story that eventually becomes the full production. So for those of you who shrink from the idea of drawing anything other than a stick man this could be the ideal solution. It shows you how to design your storyboard using panels and scenes and also allows for a full dialogue section within each scene which is particularly useful feature when planning a large event. You can use the fields to take notes about the events that will take place throughout the course of the day. You can use another field to describe the actions that must be taken in response to these events. For example, if you are a technician working on the lighting and effects of a concert, you can use Storyboard Pro to block out the timing for various lighting scenarios needed to follow the songs of the show. You can import your own images or even use the stock images provided in the image library that comes within the software. 

To find out more on this exciting product or to read an article on how you can use it within event planning click here