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

Panel terms: the vocabulary of AI storyboards

Each entry defines a storyboard term for this catalogue and shows it in the words of the tools that use it. As of 2026-09-25.

What this sheet holdsWords used for panels, shot lists, animatics and references, defined as the catalogue uses them. The sheet holds 16 pages.SheetPanel terms16 pagesEach pageOne term, defined by the catalogue.Each quotePage and day read.
Fig. 1 Pages in the sheet link back here and to their neighbours.

Vendors say frame, panel, shot and cut where the meanings overlap. Each entry pins down the sense kept on this catalogue and then quotes the tools in their own words.

Definitions belong to the catalogue; the quotes belong to the vendors.

1Pages in this sheet

  • Animatic — Animatic on AI storyboard tools, defined for this catalogue, with 3 board tools' own wording quoted.
  • Approval — Approval on AI storyboard tools, defined for this catalogue, with 4 board tools' own wording quoted.
  • Beat — Beat on AI storyboard tools, defined for this catalogue, with 3 board tools' own wording quoted.
  • Camera angle — Camera angle on AI storyboard tools, defined for this catalogue, with 8 board tools' own wording quoted.
  • Camera move — Camera move on AI storyboard tools, defined for this catalogue, with 8 board tools' own wording quoted.
  • Element — Element on AI storyboard tools, defined for this catalogue, with 5 board tools' own wording quoted.
  • Panel — Panel on AI storyboard tools, defined for this catalogue, with 5 board tools' own wording quoted.
  • Pitch deck — Pitch deck on AI storyboard tools, defined for this catalogue, with 3 board tools' own wording quoted.
  • Reference image — Reference image on AI storyboard tools, defined for this catalogue, with 8 board tools' own wording quoted.
  • Regeneration — Regeneration on AI storyboard tools, defined for this catalogue, with 8 board tools' own wording quoted.
  • Region edit — Region edit on AI storyboard tools, defined for this catalogue, with 3 board tools' own wording quoted.
  • Scene — Scene on AI storyboard tools, defined for this catalogue, with 8 board tools' own wording quoted.
  • Script format — Script format on AI storyboard tools, defined for this catalogue, with 8 board tools' own wording quoted.
  • Shot list — Shot list on AI storyboard tools, defined for this catalogue, with 6 board tools' own wording quoted.
  • Shot type — Shot type on AI storyboard tools, defined for this catalogue, with 7 board tools' own wording quoted.
  • Storyboard — Storyboard on AI storyboard tools, defined for this catalogue, with 8 board tools' own wording quoted.

2The other sheets

3From board to moving shots

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

Paste a scene or a short script and SceneMixer gives you a storyboard — numbered shots with framing and seconds — and then a moving version of each segment, which you can join into a rough cut of the scene.

SceneMixer, Using SceneMixer for Previs and Animatics Before a Live-Action Shoot (read 2026-10-13)

An AI short drama is a serialized show of 60–120 second vertical episodes whose cast, sets and footage are generated by AI. Making one takes six steps: analyze the script into episodes, lock a consistent cast with reference art, localize for your market, write and edit storyboards, generate each 4–15 second shot, then composite and publish.

SceneMixer, How to Make an AI Short Drama, Step by Step (read 2026-10-13)