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Animation Storyboard and Keyframe Board

Select scene, board type, camera language, and aspect ratio to create a readable storyboard image with auditable continuity.

PROMPT
Use case: animation storyboard
Asset type: {{board_type}}
Scene: {{scene_brief}}
Camera language: {{camera_language}}
Frame: {{aspect_ratio}}

Production instructions
- Break the scene into setup → objective → obstacle → action → reaction → decision → consequence, with one readable beat per panel.
- Choose shot size and camera position for information and emotion. Avoid decorative camera changes and repeated compositions without purpose.
- Preserve eyelines, screen direction, the 180-degree axis, entrances/exits, and the hand holding each prop.
- Connect each panel's ending pose to the next starting pose. Make force direction, weight, balance, and contact points physically legible.
- For monochrome boards prioritize value and silhouette. For color keys, keep the approved palette and vary only motivated light and color progression.

Composition: uniform panel grid, generous gutters, complete frames, no panel numbers, captions, watermarks, or fake text inside the image
Continuity: {{continuity_anchors}}
Constraints: original characters and location; no cropped critical action, duplicate characters, teleporting, hand-swapped props, or random lens and lighting changes.

Shared execution rules
- Treat selectors as production constraints that change format, intensity, camera language, and validation—not as decorative labels.
- Do not invent missing facts, cultural details, or rights status. When current facts matter and search is available, prioritize official documents, original sources, and academic or institutional evidence; state the as-of date and cite sources.
- Separate fact, interpretation, and creative invention. Do not copy protected characters, scenes, dialogue, or a distinctive living-artist/studio style; translate intent into observable visual and narrative attributes.
- Work through analysis → draft → continuity check → minimal revision. Do not change every variable at once.
- Validate the result against the request and repair omissions, conflicts, duplicates, impossible motion, and unsupported claims before returning only the finished artifact.

Negative prompt

Avoid multiple time states in one panel, broken axis, random cameras, duplicate characters, hand-swapped props, illegible captions, cropped action, and decorative staging unrelated to the beat.

Use

Approve scene logic with an 8-panel beat board before expanding to 12 panels or color keys. Add numbers and dialogue afterward in an editing tool for legibility and revision.