Tools used:
- Midjourney
- GPT Image 2
- Seedance 2
Step 1: create the Midjourney image
Prompt:
anything you want –ar 16:9 –sref 4176214734 1884683894 2138934986
Step 2: create the storyboard with ChatGPT
Prompt:
Create a 16:9 image.
[PROJECT CARD] TITLE: THE RUNAWAY TOME META LINE: Suspense / Fantasy / Kinetic PRIORITY: Readable action choreography MICRO BRIEF: Character pursues an animated, page-bursting book through a dense indoor jungle.
[CONTINUITY HEADER] SEQUENCE ID: CHASE_01 REFERENCE PRIORITY: @image1 controls face/body/wardrobe/proportions; this storyboard controls staging, motion, geography, continuity.
[SCENE PACKET] PREMISE: A sentient book escapes from a desk and leads its owner on a frantic chase. LOCATION: Dim, plant-filled study room with a heavy wooden desk and floor-to-ceiling foliage. START -> END: Book snaps shut on the desk -> Character tackles the book as pages explode into the air. ACTION CHAIN: Book slams shut, slides off desk, hits floor, weaves through plant stems, character follows, book leaps, character dives, book erupts. PROP / EFFECT STATE: Old leather book, glowing faint arcane light, loose parchment pages. MUST READ: The book’s independent, fleeing movement through the complex obstacle course of plants.
[CHARACTER SANITIZATION] C1: Mid-20s, slender silhouette, simple scholar robes, messy hair, expressive hands, determined posture.
[IDENTITY CONSISTENCY] @image1 controls face/body/wardrobe/proportions; keep C1 silhouette, robes, and screen side consistent.
[STORYBOARD PURITY] Panel images are visual-only low-detail monochrome light-gray rough sketches. Put panel numbers, beat names, and lens tags in the header strip outside each panel image. No color, labels, arrows, captions, subtitles, logos, watermarks, timing marks, diagrams, UI, ghost poses, duplicate bodies, or technical overlays inside panels.
[MASTER SHOT RULE] P01 establishes the desk and room geography.
[EMOTIONAL ARC] Curiosity -> Alarm -> Frantic Pursuit -> Desperation -> Impact.
[STYLE LOCKS] STYLE LOCK: Monochrome rough sketch, light-gray lines, simplified forms, clean gesture poses, no rendering. EFFECT LOCK: Faint particle trail for book motion, light-gray sketch for exploding pages. ENVIRONMENT LOCK: Dense leaf silhouettes, dark wood textures, simple desk shape, consistent room scale.
[DIRECTOR STRIP] PANEL HEADERS: P01/35mm/Desk Master -> P02/50mm/Snap Shut -> P03/24mm/Floor Drop -> P04/50mm/Plant Weave -> P05/50mm/Under Canopy -> P06/85mm/Close Pursuit -> P07/24mm/Book Leap -> P08/35mm/Final Dive -> P09/50mm/Explosion Hit CAMERA + LENS PLAN: P01 static master -> P02 push-in -> P03 low side track -> P04 handheld drift -> P05 side track -> P06 orbit hold -> P07 low tracking -> P08 dive pan -> P09 low wide hold ACTION PATH: P01 idle -> P02 snaps shut -> P03 slides off -> P04 weaves plants -> P05 C1 scrambles -> P06 book leaps -> P07 C1 reaches -> P08 tackle -> P09 pages burst RHYTHM TRACK: RHY P01: hold / medium block / clean beat -> P02: burst / short block / smash beat -> P03: burst / short block / match beat -> P04: build / medium block / clean beat -> P05: build / medium block / clean beat -> P06: burst / short block / smash beat -> P07: build / short block / clean beat -> P08: impact / short block / smash beat -> P09: final hit / long block / held beat ESCALATION MAP: ESC P01: L1 calm / flat -> P02: L2 tension / spike -> P03: L2 tension / rise -> P04: L3 rise / rise -> P05: L3 rise / rise -> P06: L4 surge / spike -> P07: L4 surge / rise -> P08: L5 peak / spike -> P09: L5 peak / unresolved STATE TRACK: P01 open book -> P02 closed -> P03 floor -> P04 plants -> P05 plants -> P06 mid-air -> P07 reach -> P08 tackle -> P09 explosion STYLE TRACK: P01 sketch -> P02 sketch -> P03 sketch -> P04 sketch -> P05 sketch -> P06 sketch -> P07 sketch -> P08 sketch -> P09 sketch
[SEQUENCE] Grid: 9 panels, 3×3 layout. The sequence tracks the book’s flight through the study until the final collision.
Make the aspect ratio 16:9
Step 3: create the video with Seedance 2
Prompt:
Use @image2 as the authoritative director-approved storyboard blueprint for the sequence. Treat every storyboard panel as a consecutive shot within a single cinematic sequence. Follow panel order exactly and do not invent alternative coverage. Do not render the storyboard sheet itself. Preserve camera placement, framing, lens intent, shot scale, character staging, screen direction, environmental geography, prop placement, action choreography, continuity and emotional escalation shown by the storyboard. The storyboard is the primary source of truth for visual storytelling. Recreate the filmed sequence implied by the panels rather than the physical storyboard artwork.
Use @image1 as the authoritative character reference.
ENVIRONMENT: Dim, cluttered study, heavy wooden desk, dense indoor potted plants with broad leaves, dusty atmosphere.
EMOTIONAL GUIDANCE: Valence: Negative (anxiety) + Arousal: High (frantic). Characters show urgency through quick movements and wide eye-lines; camera rhythm accelerates with the chase.
VISUAL STYLE: High-contrast cinematic film look, desaturated palette with warm lamp light, shallow depth of field, natural motion blur.
AUDIO: No background music or score. Use only diegetic sounds: the sharp snap of a heavy book cover, scuffling footsteps on floorboards, leaves rustling, and a muffled explosion of fluttering paper.
PANEL BEATS:
P01: Wide master shot of the study with the character at the desk, looking down at the open book.
P02: Close-up as the book snaps shut suddenly, sounding like a gunshot.
P03: Low angle as the book slides off the desk and hits the floor.
P04: The book scurries through a thicket of plant stems; the character’s hands reach into the frame.
P05: The character crawls through the plants in pursuit of the fleeing book.
P06: The book leaps upward, hovering briefly between two large ferns.
P07: The character lunges toward the book, fingers brushing the leather cover.
P08: The character dives forward, tackling the book to the floor.
P09: Impact shot as the character pins the book, and hundreds of pages erupt outward, filling the frame.
