Story Boarding

Story barding is when you draw out the shots that are going to be in your film. They go in a sequence from start to finish and involve the direction of movement as well as camera operations.
Drawing basic story boards show whats going to happen in the simplest form for example:

These sort of mood boards usually contain stick figures or cartoons, it gives an easy representation of whats going to happen with out going into intense detail.

Some story boards are hand drawn and incredibly detailed for instance:

These are very easy to follow and you know exactly what is going to be seen in each shot.

However this detailed style of drawing is very time consuming but also gives a good finished piece of work

Some people opt for doing computerised story boards:

These story boards add colour to the scenes and give an impression what the shot will genuinely look like on screen.

This link will take you to a youtube channel the focuses on the different elements needed to make a good storyboard.

Also here is a youtube video of a man explaining the importance of different elements of story boarding.