Arranging the sequence
Boards go up in reading order, left to right. Moving a beat is picking up a card and putting it somewhere else, and the whole room sees the new order at the moment you make it.
Animation & Film
Where the whole sequence lives.
CinemaBoards began in story rooms. Print the sequence, pin it in order, and stand the team in front of it — the beats, the gaps and the shot that is not working are all visible at once.
Used by animation studios including
In the story room
The working method the boards were built for.
Story reviews
A director, a head of story and a producer stand in front of an act together and point. Pacing problems show up as shape on the wall before anyone can articulate them in a note.
Keeping artwork visible
Colour scripts, character line-ups, set and prop reference and lighting keys stay up between reviews, so the department sees the same material every day.
On the wall
The surface, not the workflow.
Boards are supplied unprinted. Printing, trimming and pinning the sequence is your studio's workflow; the wall is the surface it runs on.
Boards go up on a rail fixed to the wall, and lift off it. A run can be rearranged later without drilling again.
Sizing a story wall
How much of the act fits.
Drawn to the same scale. Card counts are A4 or US Letter, landscape.
Single review board
Surface 8 ft wide × 4 ft high · 32 sq ft
The simplest way in. One board, one rail.
- Boards
- One 4 × 8 ft board
- A4 / Letter landscape
- 28
- A3 / Tabloid landscape
- 15
Expanded review wall
Surface 16 ft wide × 4 ft high · 64 sq ft
A full project wall along one side of a meeting room.
- Boards
- Two 4 × 8 ft boards
- A4 / Letter landscape
- 56
- A3 / Tabloid landscape
- 30
Studio installation
Surface 24 ft wide × 8 ft high · 192 sq ft
A dedicated wall for a studio that reviews work every day.
- Boards
- Six 4 × 8 ft boards, three across and two high
- A4 / Letter landscape
- 168
- A3 / Tabloid landscape
- 90
Board dimensions are the panels. Surface dimensions are those panels butted together. If you want a reveal between panels, add it to the overall surface width and height. Sheet counts are calculated from paper dimensions, allowing 1 in between sheets and 2 in clear at each board edge. They are planning figures for laying out a wall.
Animation & film
Story room questions.
How many boards does a story room need?
It depends how much of the sequence you want up at once. One 4 × 8 ft board holds roughly 28 A4 landscape cards; a 16 × 4 ft wall holds roughly 56; a full studio wall of six boards holds roughly 168.
Can we rearrange without re-printing?
Yes — that is the working method the boards were built around. Cards come off and go back on with pins, so reordering a sequence happens during the review rather than afterwards.
Do the boards work for anything other than story?
The same wall takes colour scripts, character line-ups, prop and set reference, lighting keys and edit notes. It is a surface, not a storyboard-specific device.
Configure a story wall.
Tell us the room and how much of a sequence you need up at once. You will get a recommended configuration and an itemised quote.