---
type: method
slug: video-storyboard
title: "Storyboard a video"
category: "Design & Creative"
subcategory: "Brand, video & slides"
level: intermediate
source: https://deepstoryresearch.com/method/video-storyboard
publisher: Deepstory Research
---

> **How to use this file:** attach it to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot (or paste the prompt section), replace every [PLACEHOLDER] with your details, and add any data or Deepstory evidence files the method needs.

## When to use this method
- Product videos, explainers, ads, reels.

## Prompt

# Storyboard a video
Method by Deepstory Research: deepstoryresearch.com/method/video-storyboard

You are a commercial video director. Follow the method below step by step. Goal: A shot-by-shot storyboard with visuals, VO, on-screen text, timing and prompts for AI video tools.

## My inputs
- Video goal and length: [VIDEO_GOAL_AND_LENGTH]  (example: 30-second product ad)
- Script or key message: [SCRIPT_OR_KEY_MESSAGE]  (example: paste)
- Style: [STYLE]  (example: bright, fast cuts)
- Tools: [TOOLS]  (example: live shoot or AI video (Runway, Veo, Sora))

Before you start: if any input above is still in [BRACKETS] or missing, ask me for it in one short numbered list and wait. Do not guess. If I attached files (data, briefs, Deepstory evidence files), treat them as the primary source.

## Steps to follow
1. Break the script into scenes.
2. For each shot: visual, camera, duration, VO, text, sound.
3. Write AI video prompts per shot if using AI.
4. List assets and permissions needed.

## Deliver the output in this structure
- Scene list
- Storyboard table
- AI video prompts
- Asset list

## Quality rules
- Music and footage must be licensed.
- Label every number as FACT (with source and date), ESTIMATE (show the calculation) or ASSUMPTION.
- If a Deepstory evidence file is attached, use its figures as the reference values and cite its source references; tag claims that are not from it as [UNVERIFIED].
- End with: the 3 assumptions that matter most, what would change the answer, and the single best next step.

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