Writers moving into AI video say they never know how to describe a shot, and copy prompt words they do not understand. Then the cut breaks the room: people change places, props disappear, the set shifts.

The problem

A shot description in words leaves the camera and the room to chance. Every new shot is drawn as if the scene had just begun.

How Scenaloom handles it

  1. Each shot on the storyboard has a camera: size from extreme close-up to extreme wide, over-the-shoulder and point of view, plus angle, lens, movement and focus, chosen by name.
  2. Suggest shots proposes a shot list with a camera for each, and a set for the scene. You keep what you want.
  3. Set and blocking holds the scene's props, positions and changes. Every shot in the scene uses it, and a frame drawn before a change is flagged.
The storyboard for the ferry scene: seven shots from Suggest shots, each card with its size, angle, movement, lens, focus and who is in frame
Suggest shots gave each shot a camera; every field stays editable.
The camera fields of a shot: size, angle, movement and focus chosen by name, and the lens
The camera fields on one shot.
Set and blocking for the ferry deck: the rope by the lifeboat held by Lin, the damp ticket held by Theo, and where Maya and Theo stand in frame
One set and blocking sheet for the scene, proposed with the shots.
Pick angle, lens and movement for a shot from plain names.

The result

A shot list a crew could read, and frames that keep the room. The export sheet carries Lens, Angle, Movement and Focus columns, so the plan goes with the file.

Questions

How big can a set sheet be?

Up to 12 props, 8 positions and 20 changes per scene.

Do I have to use Suggest shots?

No. Every field can be set by hand.

Try it on a story. Start free with “Last Ferry”, the example on this page, or with your own work.

Start free with this example