Useful wiki about process of multimedia design:

Benefits of storyboards for multimedia

• They’re easy to create – can use pencil & paper
• Allow the designer to anticipate problems
• Serve as a common reference point for design teams and clients, providing firm specifications for both.
• Becomes the “Contract” document between you and your client, and places a boundary on your presentation. This is *important since multimedia production can lead to forever changing specifications.
• Becomes the working document for the multimedia project team.

• Client requirements and User definition

  What is the purpose of the web site – from the client’s perspective?

  • To inform?
  • To entertain?
  • eBusiness?

  Target audience

  Identify some of the following:

  • The age range
    • Designed for children, teens, adults
  • Gender (If appropriate)
    • Site for Car Parts, Women’s Shoes, etc
  • Ethnicity/Culture/Language/Gender
    • Is your site for an international audience?
    • Will you need to handle multiple languages?
  • Level of computer experience
    • Technical site on Computing Hardware, Children’s gaming site
  • What interest areas you would expect visitors/users to have.
    • E.g. Interest in sports, collecting, trains, cooking, etc…
  • Devices used to view site
    • E.g. ePad, Mobile phone

  And for each identify what should be done to address these needs. —vmvadmin 17:47, 21 August 2011 (EDT)

  Answer the following questions:

  • Why would someone want to visit my site, or use my multimedia application?
  • Why would someone want to revisit the site or the multimedia application?
  • How can the site/application be future proofed?

http://www.virtualmv.com/wiki/index.php?title=Multimedia%3ADesign%3AMethodology_-_storyboard