📚 How to make an AI storyboard
Storyboarding used to be the slowest part of pre-production. AI collapses it into an afternoon — even with the same character across every panel.
Break the script into beats
One panel per story beat, not per line of dialogue. A 3-minute scene usually needs 12–20 panels: wide establishing, medium coverage, close-ups on the emotional beats.
Lock a character reference
Generate a single high-quality reference of each main character in a neutral pose. Use Nano Banana 2 or Flux Kontext to reproduce that character across every subsequent panel.
Prompt for shot type, not story
Panels are shot descriptions, not paragraphs. 'Medium two-shot in the diner booth, natural window light, both characters looking down at coffee.' Save the plot for the notes column.
Export as a contact sheet
Arrange the panels in a grid with beat numbers and short captions. That contact sheet is what you'll pitch, share with a director or use as generation reference for the final AI shoot.
Ready to put this into practice?
Open the studio and apply what you just learned in under a minute.
Start a storyboard