Anime storyboard template for DIN A4 vertical (portrait) page ready to use for film directors, animators, illustrators, and designers. You can edit this .template file with Apple Pages, the free Apple productivity app. Designed with seven frames per sheet, each frame an exact 2.39:1 (Scope) aspect ratio space for anime storyboards. The layout draws inspiration from the spectacular Studio Ghibli storyboards.
Boxes:
- カット stands for cuts to number your shots.
- 画面 in the second column stands for the picture screen, where you draw or place your storyboard shots.
- 内容 stands for content: use this space for dialogue and action notes.
- 秒 indicates each shot timing in seconds.
To get started, change the text and drop your pictures into the placeholder frames. To add a page, click on the (+ sign) Add Page above the left navigation panel. To change the master for a given page, use the right navigation panel (under *Format).
To change the pagination, go to Format, then Page Numbering. You can easily change the template to make it your own. Fill in the header, add your credit and project details, add your production title or your logo. Your layout will be ready to export for print or screen in no time.
FYI: The document size is a 21 x 30cm vertical sheet, about the size of a DIN A4 sheet. The body text font is Avenir Light,10 points with single line spacing. You’ll find different typographic styles in the Format panel.
Note that you need the Avenir typeface license to use this template.
If you need storyboards arrows & icons, you can get some for free here: https://gum.co/storyboard-arrows.
This template is ideal for quick anime storyboard layouts and will help you design beautiful presentations!
You can get the free version of this template in PDF format at https://gum.co/ghibli-storyboard_Jp_pdf_scope as well as the editable Adobe InDesign version at https://gum.co/Ghibli_Jp_idml_scope.
You can get the English version of this template for Apple Pages here: https://gum.co/Ghibli-storyboard-template_en_scope_Pages.
Similar versions of this template for Apple Pages are also available for different screen sizes. 2.00:1 aspect ratio (English): https://gum.co/Ghibli-storyboard-template_en_2x1_Pages
2.00:1 aspect ratio (Japanese): https://gum.co/Ghibli_Pages_Jp_2x1
1.85:1 aspect ratio (English): https://gum.co/Ghibli_Pages_En
1.85:1 aspect ratio (Japanese): https://gum.co/Ghibli_Pages_Jp
16:9 (English): https://gum.co/Ghibli_Pages_En_16x9
16:9 (Japanese): https://gum.co/Ghibli_Pages_Jp_16x9