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 drawing for the BBC, Channel 4, ITV and indie producers. Fast, accurate boards 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 — the boards have to feed into all of them.