• Module 3 · Storyboard It
  • 1 min read · about 20 min lab
  • Builds: Your storyboard and key frame in Video Studio

Write AI Image Prompts for Every Storyboard Scene, and Generate One Key Frame

Write an image prompt for every scene, then generate one key frame.

Key takeaway & what you'll build

Give every scene an image prompt built from its shot, subject, setting, and lighting, plus one shared style line that keeps the frames consistent. Each frame costs 18 credits, so perfect the key scene's prompt and generate that one; the prompts double as your shot list when you film.

You'll build: Your storyboard and key frame in Video Studio

Every scene gets a prompt

A scene's image prompt is what Ace uses to generate its frame. Write one for every scene, even the ones you won't generate. A good prompt is also a precise shot description for when you film.

Build each prompt from your visual language:

  • Shot and framing (medium shot, vertical)
  • Subject and action
  • Setting and lighting
  • A shared style line you reuse in every scene, which keeps frames consistent

Medium shot, vertical 9:16. A woman in her 30s at a tidy home-office desk, looking into camera, mid-sentence, a spreadsheet on a monitor behind her. Warm desk-lamp light, evening. Photorealistic, soft shadows, muted warm palette.

Generate one key frame

Each generated frame costs 18 credits. For this course, generate a frame for one key scene, usually the hook, since that's the frame that decides whether anyone watches.

  1. Perfect the key scene's prompt first.
  2. Click Generate Image on that scene card.
  3. If it's close but not right, adjust the prompt before using Regenerate Image.

⚠️ Generate All Images creates a frame for every scene at 18 credits each. Six scenes is 108 credits. Only use it when you're sure you want every frame.

Why prompts matter even unfilmed

Your prompts become your shot list. If you film yourself, each prompt tells you exactly how to set up the camera. If you generate clips later, each prompt is ready to go.

Try it

Write an image prompt for every scene, reusing one style line. Then generate the frame for your key scene only.

Hands-on lab

Your Storyboard

Submit your storyboard: every scene with its timing, label, on-screen action (including shot type), audio, and image prompt. Mark which scene you generated a frame for and why it's the key scene, and give your shared style line.

What the AI grader checks for

  • Follows the script's structure (35%): Scenes map to hook, tension, payoff, and CTA, with one beat per scene and timings that add up to the target length.
  • Visual continuity (35%): Shot types, setting, lighting, and a shared style line keep the scenes consistent as one video.
  • Direction is specific enough to film (30%): Each scene's on-screen action and image prompt specify shot, framing, subject, and setting clearly enough to set up a camera or generate a frame; the key-frame choice is justified.

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