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Give dialogue, action and questions different places on a board

One large note box can contain a line of dialogue, a camera suggestion and an unresolved production question. The next creator may read all three as approved instructions. Give those statements different roles before the board becomes a handover document.

Sort the note by what it asks someone to do

For a fictional exchange, put spoken words in a dialogue field and visible movement in an action field. Place alternatives or unanswered issues in a clearly marked question field. Krita’s storyboard manual describes configurable comment fields for scene entries. That supports the document arrangement, but the project still decides what each field means. Do not rely on colour alone to distinguish a pending suggestion from a production instruction; write the status where a text-only reader can find it.

Try one board with no spoken explanation

Give a reviewer the drawing and notes, then ask what they would animate or illustrate next. If a question is repeated back as a confirmed action, change its label or move it out of the instruction area. If the dialogue explains something the picture should already show, consider whether it is serving the scene or compensating for a missing visual beat. Keep the exercise specific rather than rewriting the whole script during a note-format review.

Resolve a question without erasing its reason

When the project answers a question, move the accepted instruction into the relevant field and retain a brief decision note. Identify the board revision to which it applies. Do not leave both alternatives looking equally approved in a delivery copy. Check the exported board as well as the working interface, since labels and fields can be arranged differently there. A clean note structure helps the next task, but it does not grant permission to use someone else’s dialogue or established IP.

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