Storyboard Artist for Television
UK television runs to deadlines that would terrify a film producer. I'm Mitch — a freelance storyboard artist with 20 years of experience drawing for BBC, Channel 4, ITV and indie producers. The boards are fast, accurate and built around how UK telly actually shoots.
Get a TV storyboard estimateTV genres I board for
Drama
Period, contemporary, action and procedural — boards for the set-pieces, action sequences and complex blocking.
Comedy & sitcom
Multi-cam blocking, sight gags and timing — animatics on top where the comedy lives in the cut.
Factual & docu-drama
Reconstructions, archive recreations and event sequences for history and true-crime.
Kids' TV
Live action and animation hybrids, character-driven series, on-set boards.
Reality & competition
Title sequences, idents, on-screen reveals and challenge sequences.
Title sequences & idents
Channel idents, programme opens and rebrand work — visualisation and animatic.
What changes for TV
- Speed. A TV episode often boards in days, not weeks.
- Volume. Series work means dozens of sequences, not one hero spot.
- Standards. BBC compliance, Channel 4 documentation, ITV deliverables — all of which the boards have to feed into.