Cinematic Storyboard Sheet

Cinematic Storyboard Sheet

Overview

Create a polished vertical storyboard sheet image as a continuous top-to-bottom cinematic timeline. This skill is image-only: when it is invoked, call image_gen with the completed prompt and do not return a text prompt, plan, explanation, markdown sheet, or any non-image artifact.

Prioritize production-design clarity: widescreen frame thumbnails, precise shot metadata, bordered text blocks, restrained black-and-grey styling, and no calendar dates anywhere in the rendered sheet.

Output Contract

• Always use the image_gen tool to generate the final storyboard sheet image.
• Do not use file generation, SVG/HTML composition, plain text, or prompt-only output as the final result.
• Do not ask clarifying questions before generation; make reasonable cinematic assumptions from the provided storyboard text and character references.
• If the user provides incomplete storyboard text, generate a professional storyboard sheet image with inferred shot details or clearly designed placeholder shot rows.
• If image_gen is not available in the current environment, do not substitute another output format.

Workflow

1. Parse the user's storyboard text into frames, preserving shot order.
2. Extract or infer for each frame: timestamp/timecode, shot number, shot title, action, camera/lens/movement, lighting/color, and dialogue if present.
3. Use referenced character images as identity and costume references when available; preserve distinguishing features consistently across frames.
4. Compose one complete image_gen prompt that includes the full layout specification and all parsed frame content.
5. Run the quality gate below against the prompt before generation.
6. Call image_gen immediately with that prompt as the final action.

Layout Specification

• Format: one continuous vertical sheet, read top to bottom as a timeline.
• Background: pure black only.
• Typography: light grey text, clean production-board hierarchy, high legibility, no decorative clutter.
• Frame area: left column contains cinematic frames in a strict 3:2 aspect ratio.
• Text area: right column aligns side-by-side with its corresponding frame.
• Frame metadata: each frame must clearly show Timestamp, Shot Number, and Shot Title.
• Timestamp meaning: use only story timecode or relative shot timing supplied by the user. Do not render calendar dates, years, month names, day names, or production-date stamps.
• Required text blocks: include bordered sections labeled exactly Action, Camera / Lens / Movement, and Lighting / Color.
• Dialogue rule: if spoken lines exist, add a separate bordered Dialogue section immediately next to the Action section. If no spoken lines exist, omit Dialogue entirely.
• Borders: use thin light-grey borders around every required text block and optional dialogue block.
• Continuity: align each text cluster to the vertical center/top rhythm of its corresponding frame; avoid orphaned labels, floating text, or mismatched frame descriptions.

Prompt Pattern

Use and adapt this prompt inside the image_gen call. Do not display this prompt to the user as the final answer.

Create a professional, Hollywood-caliber vertical storyboard sheet as a continuous top-to-bottom timeline.

Visual system:
Pure black background. Light grey typography and thin light grey borders. Premium cinematic production-board design, precise spacing, readable hierarchy, no decorative noise. Absolutely no calendar dates, years, month names, day names, watermarks, or production-date stamps anywhere on the sheet.

Layout:
Each row contains a 3:2 cinematic frame on the left and its matching text panel on the right. Keep every frame and text panel aligned side-by-side. The sheet reads as one continuous vertical timeline from top to bottom.

Per frame:
Clearly display Timestamp, Shot Number, and Shot Title. Timestamp means story timecode or relative shot timing only, never a calendar date.

Beside each cinematic frame, create bordered text blocks labeled exactly:
Action
Camera / Lens / Movement
Lighting / Color

If the frame includes spoken lines, create a separate bordered Dialogue section immediately next to the Action section. If the frame has no spoken lines, omit Dialogue completely.

Use the supplied storyboard text as the source of truth:
[PASTE STORYBOARD TEXT]

Use the referenced character images only as visual identity, wardrobe, and continuity references:
[DESCRIBE OR ATTACH CHARACTER REFERENCES]

Final output requirement:
Generate the storyboard sheet as a single finished image. Do not include extra explanatory text outside the image.

Quality Gate

Verify before calling image_gen:

• No calendar dates, years, month names, day names, or production-date stamps appear on the sheet.
• Every frame has Timestamp, Shot Number, and Shot Title.
• Every frame has bordered blocks labeled exactly Action, Camera / Lens / Movement, and Lighting / Color.
• Dialogue appears only when spoken lines exist and is positioned immediately next to Action.
• Left-side frames are consistently 3:2, cinematic, and visually tied to the corresponding right-side text.
• The final sheet uses black background, light grey typography, and light grey block borders.