Storyboard Grid To Video Template

# STAGE ONE: Storyboard Sheet Image Prompt

Create a single-page premium storyboard sheet in **16:9 landscape** format with **9 numbered panels** arranged in a clean 3×3 grid.

## Header Information Cards
- Title: "{{story-title}}"
- Total video time: 15 seconds
- Shot count: 9 shots
- Pacing: ~1.5–2 seconds per panel
- Audio: {{audio-notes}}

## Panel Sequence (Action + Shot Size)
Write each panel as motion already happening, never as a static picture:

{{panel-descriptions}}

## Design Specifications
- Style: Pixar-quality 3D previs storyboard—clean line art with light shading, professional animation production look
- Annotations: Large panel numbers (1–9) in top-left corners, legible shot labels
- Exclude: No timecodes burned into artwork, no timestamps, no character names inside panels, no watermarks, no studio logos
- Layout: Even spacing, clear panel borders, white background with minimal margin text

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# STAGE TWO: Seedance Video Prompt

**Reference Image Assignment:**
- Image 1 = the storyboard sheet generated above (controls sequence, framing, composition, timing, and all actions)
- Do NOT copy poses or layouts from any character reference; the storyboard owns the choreography

## Hard Rules
1. Follow the panel sequence exactly from 1 to 9 in order—no skipped panels, no added shots
2. One panel = one shot, approximately 1.5–2 seconds each, total 15 seconds
3. Match the shot size and action described in each numbered panel
4. Maintain identical character design and environment consistency across all shots
5. Every shot must contain visible motion; treat each panel as a moment mid-action, not a freeze-frame

## Overall Look & Feel
- Visual style: {{visual-style}}
- Lighting: Atmospheric and emotionally appropriate for each story beat
- Camera: Smooth transitions between panels; slight drift or parallax within shots to enhance depth
- Audio: {{audio-notes}}

**Exclude from video:** No subtitles, no burnt-in timecodes, no watermarks, no panel borders in the final render.

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## Example Filled Variables

**{{story-title}}:**  
*Homeward*

**{{audio-notes}}:**  
Soft rain ambience, distant thunder, gentle piano melody building to hopeful resolution

**{{panel-descriptions}}:**  
1. Wide shot: stray cat shivering under cardboard box as rain starts, ears flattening  
2. Close-up: cat's eyes blinking against raindrops, whiskers drooping  
3. Medium shot: cat darting between parked cars, splashing through puddles  
4. Low angle: cat squeezing under a fence, belly brushing wet grass  
5. Over-shoulder: cat spotting a dim porch light in the distance, ears perking up  
6. Tracking shot: cat running down empty sidewalk, tail low, rain streaking past  
7. Medium shot: cat approaching familiar front door, hesitating, paw raised  
8. Close-up: door cracking open, warm light spilling onto wet fur  
9. Wide shot: cat slipping inside, shaking off water, silhouette of owner kneeling

**{{visual-style}}:**  
Pixar-style 3D rendering—soft subsurface scattering on fur, volumetric rain and fog, cinematic color grading with warm practicals against cool night blues