Story Bards is an italian previsualization boutique crafting high-precision storyboards and animatics for animation, video games, commercials, education, businesses.
Founded by entertainment experts with 10+ years of experience in the entertainment industry worldwide, Menghi Alessio and Cristina, we convert scripts into dynamic visual prototypes that serve as architectural blueprints to streamline complex productions.
We can work on a wide range of projects, from pre-school, kids, anime, adult to feature film: if you can’t find a story sample you’re looking for, reach out, we’ll gladly share an example appropriate to your needs.
A sneak peek of the projects we worked on in these years include Nickelodeon’s and Mint series Tim Rex, Netflix’s Creature Cases, Studio Mir’s Devil May Cry, some of which have been nominated to the prestigious 51 Annie Awards and 2024 Kidscreen Awards!
what is a storyboard?
Not a set of drawings. A prototype, and a planning instrument.
The strategic value of a storyboard lies in its power as a prototype and a sophisticated planning tool, engineered to previsualize your project and safeguard your resources before entering high-budget production. By bridging creativity with business planning, scheduling, and risk management, this process aligns the core vision while identifying potential challenges and counter measures well ahead of time.
Everything downstream is expensive.
A storyboard is the last point in a production where being wrong is still cheap.
our WORKFLOW
One line of script, three stages, a sequence you can build.
We encourage our clients to collaborate with us, include us in calls with executives and consider us more than mere executioners: we are PARTNERS who can counsel you and deliver your projects at the highest standards.
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01. Fist draft The beatboard thumbnail -
02. FINAL STORYBOARD Perfected previsualization -
03. DELIVERED OUTPUT Final drawn panel
Rework is the main enemy of every project
Changing a storyboard takes a few days.
Reworking finished animation and expensive renders takes months.
Let’s avoid this nasty beast and let’s focus on building a shared vision and understanding in the storyboarding phase: this will save up your budget in the long run!
our services
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Storyboard animatic
From your script to a video animation built from scratch: something you can watch, work on, plan against, screen with a selected audience, and refine as many times as needed.
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STORY & SCRIPT CONSULTING
Scripts have to be interpreted before they can be boarded. We revise and rewrite sections for a smoother transition into animatics, take notes against the assets you already have, and find budget-friendly ways to use them without flattening the story.
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Creative project management
Scheduling, team development, budgeting and risk assessment, plus a production and file management module that keeps the process from drifting. We can run it, or work alongside your team and train them to run it themselves.
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extra modules
On requestOutside the standard offering, and asked for often enough that we keep the people on hand: we bring editors, animators, designers and layout experts into the team when a project needs them.
Studio clients
Work delivered by Story Bards.
- Karrot Animation, Hasbro
- Peppa Pig
- MillionVolt
- Dog Days Out
- Mint Copenhagen
- Nickelodeon's Tim Rex
- Miracolous Corp
- Stellar Force
- Rainbow SPA
- Winx Club
- Renegade Animation
- Bossy Bear
- Rovio
- Angry Birds Youtube series
- Super Prod
- Batwheels
- Teamto
- Creature Cases, Mighty Mike
Founders' projects
Work by Alessio and Cristina before and alongside the studio.
- A PRODUCTIONS
- Sesame Street Elmo & Tango series, Bea's Block
- Bardel
- King Julien
- Boulder Media
- Transformers Cyberverse, Rescue Bot Academy
- Brown Bag Films
- Eureka, Vampirina, Bing, The Sneetches
- House of Cool
- He-man, Freak Brothers, Unicorn Academy
- Karrot Animation
- Love Monsters
- SPA studio
- Klaus
- Studio Mir
- Devil May Cry
- Teamto
- Creature Cases, Mighty Mike