>>7563794
Watch lots n lots of lots animated media be they ads/movies/shows
having a vast mental library will improve your creativity

An excercise i was taught was to pick a good scene and reverse engineer an animatic from it
re-translating it from a finished render to an animatic and making it communicable to a fellow artist will make you conscious of what the general trappings of planning such a shot would be

Another tip I can share is that everyone uses the same slang/vocabulary for everything
Depending on the team, terms like "key frame", "camera zoom", "pan", can have different applied meanings, misunderstandings are common and frequent
Learn to anticipate and work through these differences and ensure your animatic is interpreted correctly
As you start getting into the workplace you'll realize 99% of the problems root from bad communication/misunderstandings

Having a hotshot sakuga nerd solo animator is cool n all, but an artist that can read between the line and tailor his work to the often retarded client's specific demands? now that's worth his weight in gold

>>7563805
>animation, esp japanese animation, is the industry that is suffering a lack of trained workers, and that storyboarding is what is over-saturated
Japanese studios are a bit of a exception since their industry is very streamlined for adapting manga that comes pre-packaged with great pacing/writing/composition
Hence they don't require little creative leg work on the artist's part to produce the animatic/story-board (Its probably still good work mind you but it adaption not an original creation)
Adapting a manga < Translating a vague script with multiple rounds of corrections/modification
Depends on which country you're in desu but from what i've seen the humble story-board is an essential step in every form of media even live-action ads/films need a storyboard for planning purposes and see big name story-board directors hired for lucrative commissions/salaries
Versatility>Specialization