“Things in life have no real beginning, though our stories about them always do.”― Colum McCann
The meaning behind storytelling
Storytelling literally means in itself to tell a story, this is done to engage with the audience. Many people can use storytelling to make the subject clearer and there can be many ways to do so. Storytelling is the sequence of the story of the circumstances of what your trying to tell: beginning, middle & end to entice & intrigue the audience. It is the use of logistical events to tell your own opinion and viewpoints. Anyone can use storytelling weather fiction or non fiction, the only limit is being their creativity. Storytelling has been a major part in everyday life, humans have been telling stories from every culture for the past thousands of years.
Sequence storytelling can be a very good example. Sequencing a story is the use of related events, it is divided into parts or frames, it combines a series of stories into a single unit.
Example 1
Image 1- The storyboard for Aladdin 
Image 2- Peter Pan storyboard 
Image 3- Lilo & Stitch storyboard
An example of storytelling I have enjoyed growing up was in comics whether it be from books, infographics, films or comics and pictograms. One example I have really enjoyed was the older adaptations of the Disney storytelling sequences. Growing up watching cartoons I have discovered the behind scenes of the hand drawn animated storyboards, I liked looking at the hand-drawn storyboards they use to plan cinematography. I have always been fascinated with how little context I need with the story sequences, even though they are only quick drawings you can see the emotions and how fast paced the scenes are. I love how they pave the scenes of films I have loved watching through sequence storytelling, just so a great story can be unfolded on screen.
Example 2 & 3
Image 4- Rick & Morty comic strip 
Image 5- A self- deprecating narrated sequence
The second example of narrated sequences is a comic style narration from the popular series Rick & Morty. It shows the character Rick having a small conversation with a mailman entity. This comedy sketch then shows the entity giving Rick a letter with it being the letter ‘R’ being given to him with a note being placed on the back of the letter, giving both homophone meanings to the narrative, a simple yet good example of a narrated sequence.
Probably the most relatable out of all examples above is the third example. In the picture it depicts a person having a conversation with the ‘internet’ about how good an average persons esteem can be for a day, only for it to be taken away by social media with the use of showing other peoples accomplishments and talents only for the character to be completely depleted of his self esteem which many people feel daily, quick to compare themselves to friends or even strangers on the internet.
My own narrated sequence
I have created my own take on narrated sequences with taking inspiration from all the examples above. I based this small narrated sketch loosely based on my shifts at retail. I tried to take a comedy approach by creating a simple yet a funny exaggerated scenario as show what many retail employees have to face day to day.
References
Loom: The Power of Storytelling 
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Yoast. (2020). What is storytelling and why should you use it? • Yoast. [online] Available at: https://yoast.com/what-is-storytelling-and-why-should-you-use-it/ [Accessed 5 Dec. 2022].
Image 1- Anon, (n.d.). Available at: https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.59446c2ddef11746c14d815ce1b30a38?rik=rbeKNMHhz5nmMw&riu=http%3a%2f%2fvignette1.wikia.nocookie.net%2fdisney%2fimages%2f1%2f1b%2fAladdin_Storyboard_4.jpg%2frevision%2flatest%3fcb%3d20150405162348&ehk=%2fPRBbSoXzRvbBHTGWWoQtcH94v%2fhFLOfJNLJoUTE7CA%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0 [Accessed 5 Dec. 2022].
Image 2- Anon, (n.d.). Available at: Image 2- https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/71/e5/1c/71e51c25fc220aecb29d02cec53c1d57–d-peter-pan.jpg [Accessed 5 Dec. 2022].
Image 3- Anon, (n.d.). Available at: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b9/c2/c7/b9c2c7e3f1afe279812afbd3354d982a.jpg [Accessed 5 Dec. 2022].
Example 2- https://pin.it/4aiTezV
Example 3- Anon, (n.d.). Available at: Example 3- https://i.pinimg.com/564x/fa/b0/ef/fab0efebfe57c525f4a127e0671e16f7.jpg [Accessed 5 Dec. 2022].
Pinterest (n.d.). ‘Things in life have no real beginning, though our stories about them always do.’ ― Colum McCann | Colum mccann, Writing retreat, Fiction writer. [online] Pinterest. Available at: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/159033430577533655/ [Accessed 5 Dec. 2022].