Storyboarding 101: Turning Concepts into Visual Forms "A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words.

" -- Confucius Sociologists tend to stress the importance of analyzing events rather than "just" describing them. What we often forget is that before any well-developed understanding of phenomena can be achieved, clear, concise, complete, and accurate descriptions are a must. Storyboarding, the use of a series of pictures in separate frames to outline or brainstorm ideas about how to tell a story can lead to such descriptions. Thus, the value of storyboarding for sociologists becomes most evident as it encourages the creative analysis of events that can then be developed, evaluated, and explained in more depth using causeeffect modeling.