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From script to shots to video

AI Storyboard Generator

Paste a scene or a whole script. Pencil0 breaks it into shots, draws a rough black-and-white storyboard frame for each one, and lets you keep going: the same shots can be generated as video clips with sound.

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SC 01How it works

From a page of script to a board of shots

Storyboarding here is one step in a pipeline that continues into video. Each stage waits for your confirmation.

  1. 01
    STEP 01

    Paste or write the script

    Describe the scene, paste your own screenplay or upload a complete script. You get a structured script that you can revise by talking to the AI.

  2. 02
    STEP 02

    Get the shot breakdown

    The script is split into a list of shots. Each shot records its action and performance, any dialogue and sound cues, the characters and the scene it uses, a camera movement and a duration of 4 to 15 seconds.

  3. 03
    STEP 03

    Review the storyboard frames

    Each shot can be drawn as a rough black-and-white storyboard frame, in the aspect ratio of your project. Check the composition and the action here, before you generate any video.

  4. 04
    STEP 04

    Turn the shots into video

    When a shot looks right, generate its video clip with sound. The storyboard frame guides the action and framing, and the character and scene references supply the faces and the place.

SC 02What you get

A storyboard that you can keep working with

Dedicated storyboard tools stop at the picture. Here the storyboard is a working stage between the script and the finished film.

  • Automatic shot breakdown

    Each shot keeps its action, dialogue, characters, scene, camera movement and duration, plus director notes such as what the shot needs to achieve, how it starts and ends, the lighting and the sound.

  • Rewrite a single shot with AI

    If one shot is wrong, ask the AI to rewrite just that shot instead of splitting the whole episode again. You can keep the duration or keep the layout, and a video or storyboard frame you already generated is not thrown away.

  • Black-and-white sketch frames

    Frames are rough thumbnail sketches: plain lines, no shading, a white background. A frame can hold a few panels for one shot, each labelled with the framing, such as wide, medium or close-up, and any camera move.

  • A spatial layout for each shot

    Each shot has a top-down board that places the people and objects, which way they face, and where the camera sits and what it can see. You can adjust it, and the storyboard is drawn from it so the positions agree from frame to frame.

  • Linked to your characters

    The figures in a storyboard frame are faceless placeholders, labelled with the character's name. Faces, hair and clothing come from the character reference images when the video is generated.

  • Straight on to video

    The storyboard is not a dead end. The same shot can be generated as a video clip, and finished clips are joined into the film.

SC 03Craft notes

What a good storyboard contains

A storyboard exists to answer production questions before they become expensive. These are the things a useful one settles.

NOTE 01

Reference image, storyboard or first frame: which should I upload?

A character asset answers who is in the shot. A storyboard answers how the action is framed. A first frame defines the intended opening still for a supported generation path. The spatial board records positions and camera relationships. Uploading one image does not create or replace those other records.

For an accepted external image, use Upload final in the character, scene or prop asset editor. For shot composition, upload one image in that shot's storyboard panel; for an opening image, use its first-frame panel. Export a single frame as PNG or JPEG, up to 4 MB, and check the shot ID, aspect ratio and current image before replacing it. Upload requires a signed-in account with access to the project.

Pencil0's generated black-and-white storyboards use faceless figures to plan framing. Character appearance is supplied separately from the character assets when the video reference plan is built. Which images reach the video model depends on the selected model and shot mode. See the reference-to-shot guide for a concrete preparation and review sequence; a still image alone does not establish video continuity.

NOTE 02

Framing: how much of the world is in the shot

Shot size is the first decision. A wide shot establishes where everyone is, a medium shot carries conversation and movement, and a close-up isolates a face or an object. The frames Pencil0 draws are labelled with their framing so you can read the rhythm of a sequence at a glance: wide, medium, close-up, a reaction, back to wide.

When a sequence is all one size it tends to feel flat. When you review the board, look for the shot that should be tighter or looser than it is.

NOTE 03

Camera movement and angle

A shot either holds still or moves for a reason. Each shot in Pencil0 carries a camera movement, such as a push in, a pull back, a pan, a move to the side or a static frame, and the storyboard labels the camera direction where there is one. A good rule is one main movement per shot: stacking several in one clip makes the picture unstable.

The spatial layout adds the part that words handle badly: where the camera stands and which way it looks, so the same room is shot from consistent positions.

NOTE 04

Action and performance, in visible terms

A shot should describe what a camera can see. "She is sad" is not a shot; "she lowers her head and tightens her grip on the letter" is. Feelings are turned into physical detail, and one shot usually has one main action.

When a shot contains several actions, several locations or a long exchange of dialogue, it is better split into more than one shot. Because a shot runs 4 to 15 seconds, the dialogue in it has to fit that time.

NOTE 05

Continuity from shot to shot

A storyboard also keeps a sequence consistent: who is where, what they are holding, which way they are facing as you cut. The director notes on each shot record how the shot starts and ends so that the next one can pick up from there.

If you are starting from a finished script, the AI movie maker page walks through the full path from storyboard to final cut, and consistent character AI explains how the faces are kept stable once you move to video.

SC 04Specs and limits

Formats, shot length and credits

The practical details, stated plainly.

INPUTInput
A scene or idea, pasted script text, or a complete uploaded script.
FIELDSShot fields
Action and performance, dialogue, characters, scene, camera movement, duration and director notes, plus an adjustable top-down spatial layout.
FRAMEStoryboard frame
A rough black-and-white line sketch with panels in your project's aspect ratio. People are faceless placeholders with name labels.
SHOTShot length
4 to 15 seconds per shot.
MODELVideo models
Seedance 2 Fast, Seedance 2, Seedance 2.5 and MiniMax Hailuo H3, with native audio by default.
COSTCost
Credit-based. Storyboard frames, shot rewrites and video each use credits, and video is priced by shot length and resolution. There is no free tier; new accounts can buy a one-time trial pack on their first purchase, sized to finish one complete short film. See pricing.
ACCESSAccess
Currently an invite-only beta. Join the waitlist above, or sign up if you already have an invite code.

Available models and credit prices can change, so treat the pricing page as the source of truth.

SC 05Questions

AI storyboard generator: frequently asked questions

Q.01

Can AI create a storyboard from a script?

Yes. Paste or upload a script and Pencil0 splits it into a list of shots, then draws a black-and-white storyboard frame for each shot. You review both before moving on.

Q.02

What does each storyboard frame include?

A frame is a rough thumbnail sketch of one shot: one or a few panels showing the key moments of the action, drawn in plain lines on white, with no shading or colour. Each panel is labelled with its framing, such as wide or close-up, and with camera direction where relevant. People appear as faceless placeholder figures with name labels.

Q.03

Can I edit shots?

Yes. You can edit a shot's text and adjust its spatial layout by hand, or ask the AI to rewrite a single shot, with the option to keep its duration or its layout. A rewrite does not delete a video or storyboard frame you already generated, so regenerate them yourself if you want them to match.

Q.04

Can I turn the storyboard into video?

Yes. Each shot can be generated as a video clip with sound. The storyboard frame guides the action and the framing, and the characters and the scene come from their reference images. Finished shots are joined into the film.

Q.05

Does it support my own characters?

Yes. Character reference images can be uploaded or generated, and they are used when the shot video is generated. The storyboard itself uses placeholder figures, so it shows blocking and framing rather than faces.

Q.06

Do I have to make the video?

No. Each stage waits for your confirmation, so you can stop at the shot breakdown or the storyboard. Video is generated per shot when you choose to, and that is the stage that uses the most credits.

Q.07

Can I upload an externally made storyboard or first frame?

Yes. The shot has separate upload controls for its storyboard image and first frame. Use one PNG or JPEG up to 4 MB per upload. A storyboard image does not import a shot list or spatial layout, and the selected video model and shot mode determine how the stored images are used.

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