so i kept running into this thing when prepping scenes for AI generation
id write the script, know exactly what i wanted. the framing, the mood, how the camera moves. and then sit down to prompt it and just… lose it. by the time its in text form its already wrong. the model picks something technically fine but its not the shot i had in my head.
took me a while to realize the problem wasnt the prompt. it was that i was skipping the storyboard. thats the step where you actually lock your decisions as a director – shot size, angle, blocking. without it youre just describing vibes and hoping the model fills in the gaps the way you would.
started building something to force myself through that step faster. uploads the script, spits out a shot list, generates rough frames i can use as image-to-image references before i touch kling or runway. honestly just using it to not skip the part i always used to skip
its called StoryBirdie — Professional AI Storyboarding Software
anyone else find this is where the breakdown happens, between the script and the first prompt?