Storyboard Shot Breakdown

Use this skill to analyze a video shot by shot and produce a storyboard-style reference that explains the director's visual decisions.

Core Philosophy

Do not merely describe what is visible. Deduce why each visual choice was made.

Analyze each shot across five director-decision dimensions:

Dimension	Core question
Composition	What is the viewer forced to look at? What pressure does space, symmetry, depth, or framing create?
Focal length	What psychological distance does the lens create? Does it compress, expand, isolate, or invade?
Movement	Why does the camera move or stay still at this exact moment? What changes before and after?
Cut	Why cut here instead of earlier or later? Is the driver emotion, story, rhythm, eye trace, action, or sound?
Narrative function	What new information does this shot deliver: setup, turning point, emphasis, concealment, revelation?

Workflow

1. Read project state and source media.
2. Read transcript or audio context when available so narrative interpretation is grounded.
3. Detect or mark shot boundaries with available OpenChatCut/media tooling.
4. Extract representative frames for each shot in batch when possible.
5. Inspect frames before writing analysis. Do not invent details that are not visible.
6. For high shot counts, tell the user the count and offer output scope choices before spending effort.
7. Analyze each selected shot using the five dimensions.
8. Summarize the overall visual rule of the scene in 1-2 concise sentences.
9. Generate a storyboard reference image or structured analysis artifact if the user wants a visual output.