Storyboards are illustrations that represent shots that ultimately represent a story. Basically, it’s a sequential art, where images are arrayed together to visualise the story.
Storyboarding is a tool which help you visually predict and explore a user’s experience with a product. It would help you to understand how people would flow through the interaction with it over time, giving you a clear sense of how to create a strong narrative.
Use this method after the user interviews or while thinking of concepts
Think about your product as if it was a movie in terms of how people would use it. You don't need to be an artist to create a storyboard. Focus on the story rather than the quality of your drawings. Rough sketches and stick figures are perfectly acceptable.
Who is the character for your storyboard? - Who is the persona? What are their goals, motivations etc.? (persona cards can help feed this) What is the plot? - The storyboard starts with a trigger and shows subsequent steps of how the narrative unfolds. What do the scenes look like? Think about the context you need to provide. Visualize the world in which the character lives.
- Start with plain text and arrows that breaks the story up.
- Add emotions to the text.
- Translate the text into storyboard frames.
References:
https://uxplanet.org/storyboarding-in-ux-design-b9d2e18e5fab
http://johnnyholland.org/2011/10/storyboarding-ux-part-1-an-introduction/