A board your DP can shoot from.
Every frame carries its shot data: size, angle, lens, camera, movement and the kit it needs. Plan the setups on an overhead floorplan, sketch the composition yourself or let AI draft frames from your references, then play the whole sequence back as an animatic with sound.
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A shot list a DP can read
Camera, lens, angle, movement and equipment live on every shot, with movement arrows drawn on the frame. The board and the shot list are the same data in two views.
Your framing, not the machine's
AI sketches frames from your scene descriptions, steered by the character references in your database so faces stay consistent, and shaped by your own composition sketches so the framing stays yours.
Prioritised for the day you lose the light
Tag every shot Essential, Ideal or Luxury and note a shooting strategy per scene. When the schedule tightens, everyone already knows what goes first.
Plan the setups, not just the frames.
Draw the scene from above: walls, doors and set pieces to scale, camera positions with real lens FOV cones, lights with beam spread, colour temperature and intensity, plus blocking beats. Group your shots into lettered setups (A, B, C) so the day is planned as camera moves, not a wish list of angles.
Every department's view
Filter the same diagram for Director, DP or Gaffer, and toggle Set, Blocking, Cameras, Lighting, Grip and Notes layers so nobody reads a drawing full of someone else's detail.
Lights with real numbers
Place the units you're actually hiring, with percentage and Kelvin on the diagram. The gaffer gets the rig, not a vague note about “warm from camera left”.
Export the setup book
Send the whole scene as a setup book: diagrams, the shots each setup covers and the notes attached. The recce decision survives the two weeks before you shoot it.
Play it before you shoot it.
Cut your frames into an animatic on a real timeline: per-frame durations, split at the playhead, scene bands, and separate lanes for voice and music. Attach the script read-through, record a scratch VO or drop in audio, then export the video to share. Animatics come with the Indie plan; storyboards and shot lists are free.
From boards to the shoot day, without re-typing.
The storyboard reads your script and breakdown, the shot list syncs to the schedule, and shots link to your equipment inventory so the camera package is decided in prep, not argued on the day.
What storyboards and shot lists do
A shot list plans the coverage for a scene, the camera, lens, movement and equipment for each shot, so the editor has enough angles and sizes to cut together. A storyboard turns those shots into visual panels that communicate the director's vision to the team. InteScene lets you build a detailed shot list in a spreadsheet-style List view or a card grid with frame previews, then bring each shot to life as a storyboard frame. New shots start from a usable default (MS, Eye-Level, Static) rather than a blank box, and you can group shots by camera setup to mirror how scenes actually shoot.
How InteScene's AI storyboards work
Select a scene and the AI, acting as a cinematographer, proposes a full coverage shot list with size, angle, movement, camera, lens, equipment and subject. Every suggested shot is tied to the exact line of action or dialogue it covers, and that line highlights in the script. For images, the AI first reads the scene to understand its setting, mood, characters and key props, then builds each frame from the shot's size, angle and movement. You choose a style (B&W sketch, colour sketch, cinematic or painterly), an aspect ratio and a quality tier. Characters are matched from your breakdown and their reference photos are reused, so faces stay consistent across panels and the generated frames look like your actual cast. Generated images are always instructed to contain no text, labels or watermarks, so they read as clean visual references. You can also tag each shot Essential, Ideal or Luxury, shooting-strategy tiers that bake on-set triage into the plan for when the day runs long.
What it replaces
AI storyboards replace the storyboard artist most productions cannot afford. Directors and indie filmmakers get usable visual panels for every shot without hiring an illustrator or learning to draw, and a full shot-list planner replaces the blank-page chore of building coverage by hand. Because the shot list and storyboard read from the same project, shots feed the Camera report and the day's storyboard, and live Storyboard shot cards appear on the Planning Board, so the visual plan stays tied to the real production rather than living in a disconnected mood folder.
Quick answers
How do AI storyboards work?
In InteScene you select a scene and the AI proposes a full coverage shot list, then generates a storyboard image for any shot. The AI first reads the scene to understand its setting, mood, characters and key props, then builds each frame from the shot's size, angle and movement. You choose a style, aspect ratio and quality tier, and every result is a suggestion you can keep, regenerate or refine.
Will the storyboard frames match my actual cast?
Yes. Characters are matched from your breakdown and their reference photos are reused when generating frames, so faces stay consistent across panels and the storyboards actually look like your cast. Generated images are always instructed to contain no text, labels or watermarks so they read as clean visual references.
Can the AI build a shot list for me?
Yes. Select a scene and the AI, acting as a cinematographer, proposes a full coverage shot list with size, angle, movement, camera, lens, equipment and subject. Each suggested shot is tied to the exact line of action or dialogue it covers, and that line highlights in the script so you can see what each shot covers.
What are shooting-strategy tiers?
Shooting-strategy tiers let you tag each shot Essential, Ideal or Luxury, so the assistant director knows the must-gets when the day runs long or the light goes. They bake on-set triage directly into the plan, and shots can be grouped by camera setup to mirror how scenes actually shoot.
See every shot before you shoot it.
Made by filmmakers, for filmmakers. Storyboards and shot lists are free to start.