StoryBoard OS
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How StoryBoard OS works

The app runs the full videography process — story, scenes, characters, voices, safety, generation, and finishing — one reviewable stage at a time. This guide covers getting started, what each stage does, and how to prompt it well.

Getting started

  1. 01

    Create a project

    Pick a media type and a target length. This sets the shape of everything downstream — a 30-second ad and a 20-minute episode break into scenes very differently.

  2. 02

    Develop the story

    Upload a script or describe a topic. The pipeline drafts a rough-order story you refine before any frame is drawn. Story work is free on every plan.

  3. 03

    Build scenes and characters

    Break the story into scenes, then create character profiles, multi-view sheets, and voices that stay consistent across every shot.

  4. 04

    Generate and assemble

    A consistency pass reviews the whole story, scenes generate in the background, then you stitch, add transitions, and finish. Generation uses credits.

Start a project

The production pipeline

The sixteen stages every project has. Four content types add a seventeenth — listed under the table — and the order below is the order they are laid out in, not a lock: you can move between stages freely. Each stage names a checkpoint, which is what to satisfy yourself of before moving on. Only one is enforced: generation will not spend video credits until the storyboard is approved.

  1. 01
    Project setupConfirm media type and length.
  2. 02
    Subject & sourceConfirm script/topic interpretation.
  3. 03
    Rough-order storyReview the high-level outline.
  4. 04
    Story refinementApprove the story.
  5. 05
    Scene breakdownReview each scene.
  6. 06
    Character profilesReview each profile.
  7. 07
    Character visualizationApprove character sheets and variations.
  8. 08
    Character voicesApprove each voice.
  9. 09
    Objects & productsApprove each object sheet; assign objects to scenes.
  10. 10
    EnvironmentsApprove each location and its place-variations.
  11. 11
    Ratings & rightsAcknowledge rating; pass likeness clearance.
  12. 12
    Consistency passReview issues or correction log; approve.
  13. 13
    Scene generationReview each generated scene.
  14. 14
    Assembly & revisionAssemble and approve the cut.
  15. 15
    FeedbackGive per-video and platform feedback.
  16. 16
    SharingChoose to share (opt-in, watermarked).

Added by content type

Hook & CTA — inserted after Scene breakdown for short-form projects. Confirm the opening hook and closing call-to-action.

Chaptering — inserted after Scene breakdown for long-form projects. Group scenes into acts/chapters for a long-form structure.

Style lock — inserted after Story refinement for animation and anime projects. Lock the animation/anime style reference reused across every shot.

Prompting tips

Describe intent, not just keywords

"A tired detective reading a case file under a desk lamp, late night" beats "detective, lamp, night". The model has more to hold onto and characters stay truer across scenes.

Fix what must not drift

Name the traits that define a character — build, hair, a scar, a jacket — in their profile. Outfits and transitional looks are meant to change on purpose; the consistency pass flags the ones that changed by accident.

Set the frame like a shot list

Call the shot: wide vs. close, camera height, time of day, mood. Scene breakdowns read cinematography cues, so the more concretely you frame a scene the closer the first generation lands.

Refine in passes, not one giant prompt

Settle the story, then scenes, then characters. Working in that order means later stages build on decisions you have already made instead of re-litigating everything at once.

Still stuck? Email support. An in-app assistant that answers questions about the pipeline is on the way.