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Between the script and the video: what AI storyboard tools hand back

Boarding basics: planning a sequence before video

The notes cover how a board is made, why the camera and the cast are fixed early, what a single-panel edit saves and when a board needs to leave the tool. As of 2026-09-25.

What this sheet holdsShort notes on storyboarding for AI video, each grounded in what the catalogued tools say. The sheet holds 11 pages.SheetBoarding basics11 pagesEach pageOne planning note, with vendor examples.Each quotePage and day read.
Fig. 1 Pages in the sheet link back here and to their neighbours.

Every note takes its examples from the register, and every example links to the vendor page it was copied from.

None of it comes from running the tools; it comes from what the vendors published.

1Pages in this sheet

  • A drawn board or a written one — A drawn board or a written one: a short note on storyboarding for AI video, with examples from 8 board tools' own pages.
  • A script that boards cleanly — A script that boards cleanly: a short note on storyboarding for AI video, with examples from 8 board tools' own pages.
  • Animatic, previs or clip — Animatic, previs or clip: a short note on storyboarding for AI video, with examples from 8 board tools' own pages.
  • Approval stops and what they save — Approval stops and what they save: a short note on storyboarding for AI video, with examples from 8 board tools' own pages.
  • Boards for clients, boards for models — Boards for clients, boards for models: a short note on storyboarding for AI video, with examples from 8 board tools' own pages.
  • First and last frames as a plan — First and last frames as a plan: a short note on storyboarding for AI video, with examples from 8 board tools' own pages.
  • Fixing one panel, keeping the rest — Fixing one panel, keeping the rest: a short note on storyboarding for AI video, with examples from 8 board tools' own pages.
  • Holding a cast across panels — Holding a cast across panels: a short note on storyboarding for AI video, with examples from 8 board tools' own pages.
  • When a board has to leave the tool — When a board has to leave the tool: a short note on storyboarding for AI video, with examples from 7 board tools' own pages.
  • Where the camera is decided — Where the camera is decided: a short note on storyboarding for AI video, with examples from 8 board tools' own pages.
  • Why board before the video — Why board before the video: a short note on storyboarding for AI video, with examples from 8 board tools' own pages.

2The other sheets

3From board to moving shots

Between the script and the video in “Boarding basics”, SceneMixer hands back the following, in its own words:

Its character becomes the tone of the episode’s own score, which is planned from the episode’s storyboard — usually one to three pieces — and mixed under the voices.

SceneMixer, Remake: How Spoken Lines and Music Are Read From the Clip, and What Ends Up in Your Episode — “Is the source music reused?” (read 2026-10-13)

The longest an episode may run: 240 seconds for Short Drama, 300 for TV Series, none for Film.

SceneMixer, Short Drama, TV Series or Film — “What is the episode cap?” (read 2026-10-13)