PLOT DIAGRAM
ELEMENTS OF STORYTELLING
WHAT HAPPENS IN A STORYBOARD FRAME
100

WHAT IS THE BEGINING CALLED?

EXPOSITION

100

WHAT IS CHARACTER


WHO THE STORY IS ABOUT

100

what is in the big box


That is where you draw what will be happening

200

WHAT COMES AFTER THE BEGINING

CONFLICT

200

WHAT IS PLOT

WHAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE STORY

200

What is the big box called

frame


300

WHAT COMES AFTER CONFLICT

RISING ACTION

300

WHAT IS CONFLICT

WHAT ISSUE/CHALLENGE IS CAUSED DURING THE SOTRY

300

What happens in the action

you say what will happen in that scene/frame

400

WHAT COMES AFTER RISING ACTION

CLIMAX

400

WHAT IS THEME

A CENTRAL IDEA OF THE STORY (WHAT THE STORY IS BASED AROUND)

400
what happens in the voiceover

that is where your characters will talk

500

WHAT IS AFTER THE CLIMAX

FALLING ACTION/ RESOLUTION

500

WHAT IS SETTING

THE TIME AND LOCATION AROUND