In the Long video tab Sam drafts the storyboard, but you decide what goes on screen. This guide explains how the storyboard is built, what each shot type does, how the continuity file keeps your AI influencer consistent and how to fix a single shot without remaking the whole video. If you have not made a storyboard yet, start with the long video guide.

How is the storyboard organised?

A video is made of chapters, a chapter of scenes and a scene of shots. A chapter is a part of the story with its own title (up to 16 chapters). A scene is one place and situation, for example "sunny work corner", with an outfit and an optional location image from your character. A shot is the smallest unit: up to 8 seconds, at most 160 per video. The header shows the total length against your target.

Which shot types are there?

  • Talking: the character speaks to camera. Clips are 4, 6 or 8 seconds depending on the line.
  • Cutaway: an image related to the topic, brought to life, while the character's narration continues.
  • Character in scene: the character is on screen doing something but not speaking; the narration continues.
  • Product: a shot built from one of your product images, keeping its shape, colours and label, brought to life with narration.
  • Screen: one of your screenshots shown with a slow zoom, with narration. No image is generated, so your screen appears as it is.

Non-talking shots are 3 to 8 seconds long, long enough for their narration.

How long can a line be?

Each shot shows how much text fits. A talking line must fit an 8-second clip and a narration line must fit an 8-second shot; the limit depends on the language. You do not have to count: when you save, a line that is too long is split at a sentence boundary into an extra shot, and durations are recalculated from the lines. Talking shots need a line, other shots need a visual description, and product and screen shots need an image selected. Shots with something missing are marked, and the video cannot start until they are fixed.

What is the continuity file?

The continuity file lists the rules that must stay the same in every shot: Look, Outfit, Tone, Lighting, Colour palette, Rules, Notes and Places. Sam writes it with the storyboard and follows it for every shot. You can edit it like the rest of the storyboard. Some useful edits:

  • Fix the outfit in plain words, for example "navy blazer over a white T-shirt, no jewellery", if you want one look for the whole video.
  • Put recurring requirements in Rules: "the product is always held in the right hand", "no text on screens", "evening light in chapter 3 only".
  • Keep the palette short and concrete: "warm beige, olive green, soft white".

Why does consistency hold over ten minutes?

Each scene gets one location frame built from your character's references, the outfit, the location and the continuity file. Every talking shot in that scene starts from that frame rather than from the previous shot's last frame, so tiny changes cannot add up shot after shot. Alternate talking shots in the same scene use a closer framing so the edit does not feel repetitive. Sam also compares frames with the character's reference; if a shot drifts (a different face, outfit or place, or a visible defect), it is made once more automatically and the better result is used.

How do preview frames help?

"Create preview frames" produces the first frame of each scene and visual shot before you pay for video. Check that the place, outfit and product look right, change the description where needed and save. Frames that are still valid are reused in production and not charged again; if you change a shot after its frame was made, the shot is marked "Changed after production" and gets a new frame.

How do I fix one shot after the video is made?

Open the shot and choose "Remake". The approximate cost of that one shot is shown; only that shot is charged, and the chapter and the final video are reassembled. "Put together again" rebuilds the final video from the ready shots for free and skips shots that could not be made. This is also how you finish a video after a cancelled or partly failed production.

Tips for a better storyboard

  • Open with a talking shot. Viewers decide in the first seconds whether to stay, and a face speaking to them holds attention better than a cutaway.
  • Use screen shots for anything that must be readable, such as prices or app screens; they show your screenshot exactly.
  • Keep each scene in one place. A new place deserves a new scene, so it gets its own location frame.
  • Add a clear call to action in the last talking line and repeat it on the end card.

Frequently asked

Can I change the shot order? Yes. Move shots up or down, add or delete shots, chapters and scenes, then save. The quote updates when you save.

Do I lose my edits if I make the storyboard again? Yes. "Recreate storyboard" asks for confirmation because Sam writes a new storyboard and your changes to the current shots are lost.

Does regenerating a shot change the rest of the video? No. Only that shot is made again and charged; the other shots stay as they are and the video is reassembled around it.