In all honesty I had never heard of a 'Beat Board' until this week and have really found them brilliant for this first level of Pitch. A Beat board is basically the same as a storyboard but with less detail. It has the idea in around 9 - 16 images but without all the additional detail of shot type, camera angle and speech. It is perfect for a short pitch as you can get your general idea across without going into real depth
