Product video storyboard
Twelve panels for a sixty-second product video. BoardSnap captured each panel's shot type, the scene description, and partial VO notes. The director had a production breakdown in hand before leaving the storyboard session.
Use case
Storyboard on the whiteboard. Production-ready breakdown in ten seconds.
BoardSnap is an iOS app that reads whiteboard storyboard panels and turns rough sketches with scene notes, dialogue fragments, and transition markers into a structured scene-by-scene breakdown for production.
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The problem
Whiteboard storyboards are a fast, low-stakes way to visualize a narrative before committing to production assets. Panels get drawn, annotated, revised, and redrawn in real time. The creative director edits by literally erasing panels and redrawing them.
The final board — after all the revisions — is a real production document. But it only works as one if you can get it out of whiteboard form. Digital storyboard tools are too slow for the ideation phase; the whiteboard is where the story gets shaped. BoardSnap bridges the gap.
The workflow
- Draw panels in sequence
Rough boxes, numbered in order. Sketch the key visual moment in each panel — doesn't need to be detailed, just clear enough to communicate the composition and action.
- Label each panel
Panel number, scene or shot type (wide, medium, close-up, POV), and a one-line scene description. Labels are what BoardSnap uses to structure the scene breakdown.
- Add dialogue or voiceover
Write dialogue or VO text below or adjacent to each panel. Even partial dialogue ('V/O: something about the product benefit') gives BoardSnap enough to include it in the scene note.
- Mark transitions
Arrows between panels indicate transitions. Label the transition type if it matters: 'cut,' 'dissolve,' 'smash cut.' These appear in the breakdown as scene transitions.
- Note production flags
Any production considerations written on the board — 'requires location,' 'VFX needed here,' 'timing: 3 seconds' — become production flags in the output.
- Snap the full storyboard
BoardSnap reads panels in sequence, with their labels, sketches (described by any text annotations on them), dialogue, transitions, and production flags.
What you get
A scene-by-scene production breakdown: each panel numbered and labeled, shot type, scene description, dialogue or VO (if written), transition to next panel, and any production flags. The output is structured enough to hand directly to a production coordinator or paste into a production breakdown spreadsheet.
Real examples
TV spot storyboard
A thirty-second spot storyboarded in eight panels with detailed transition notes. BoardSnap's output was used as the animatic brief — the animation team executed from the breakdown without a secondary briefing.
Frequently asked
Does the quality of the panel sketches matter?
No. BoardSnap reads text, not drawings. The sketches communicate composition in the room; the text annotations communicate the content to BoardSnap. Even stick-figure panels work as long as they're labeled.
What if a storyboard spans multiple boards?
Snap each board separately, numbering the panels continuously. All snaps go into the same project. The project AI chat can synthesize the full sequence from multiple boards.
Can I use this for animated storyboards?
Yes. Animation-specific notes (motion direction, easing type, layer separation) are just text on the board — BoardSnap reads them as production flags. The output works as an animation direction document.
What formats can I export the storyboard breakdown to?
The BoardSnap output is plain text — paste it into any production tool, spreadsheet, or project management system. The format is straightforward enough to copy directly into a standard production breakdown template.
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