Shot size
Wide shots explain space. Medium shots show behavior and relationships. Close-ups reserve attention for emotion or information.
AI shot list generator
Turn story beats into camera coverage you can edit
Use a scene description to draft the shot order, then refine shot size, camera angle, movement, action, and visual prompts before production.
A shot list translates story into execution
A script tells you what happens. A shot list records how the camera covers that action. Each row or storyboard frame should name the subject, visible action, shot size, angle, movement, and any timing or sound note the crew needs. The sequence should cover the scene without creating extra setups that add no story information.
An AI draft can help you see missing beats and alternative coverage. It cannot know your location, available light, schedule, lens package, actor blocking, or safety plan. Use the generated list as a planning draft and remove shots that the production cannot justify.
Build coverage around the scene change
- Identify the turning point. Mark the line, action, reveal, or reaction that changes the scene.
- Establish geography. Add a wide or moving shot only when the audience needs spatial context.
- Cover the interaction. Choose masters, two-shots, singles, or inserts based on editorial needs.
- Protect the critical reaction. Give the most important emotional beat enough screen space and duration.
- Check the exit. End with an image that supports the next scene or transition.
Camera movement
Describe the start and end state of a pan, tilt, push, pull, track, or handheld move. Movement needs a story reason and a practical path.
Screen direction
Track where characters look and move. Crossing the axis can disorient the cut unless another shot resets the audience's geography.
Editorial purpose
Write why the shot exists: establish, reveal, connect, isolate, transition, or cover a cut. Delete duplicates that serve the same purpose.
Use images to test the list
Generate frames after the shot order makes sense in text. A contact sheet exposes scale repetition, missing geography, and abrupt visual jumps. If four panels use the same medium composition, decide whether the scene needs that stability or whether the coverage has become flat.
Revise the shot description before repeatedly regenerating an image. Specify the subject priority, action, camera position, and stable character or location details. The prompt pitfalls guide covers contradictory camera language and crowded instructions.
Hand the list to production
Before a shoot, add scene number, setup identifier, location, estimated duration, equipment, audio notes, and priority. Mark shots that require special access, effects, stunts, or continuity photographs. Export or copy the approved plan into the production system your crew uses.
AI Storyboard focuses on visual planning and project organization. It does not replace a call sheet, safety assessment, equipment booking, or assistant director's schedule.
Draft the coverage, then make it yours
Paste a scene, inspect the proposed beats, and edit the list until every shot has a clear story or editorial purpose.
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