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A timeline for scenes, not a timeline for footage

Editing software gives you a timeline after the footage exists. This one comes first. Cards stand in for shots you have not rendered yet, so the shape of the scene is decided before a single credit is spent.

Opens the storyboard with this scene, runtime and framing already filled in.

Episode 1, The lamp goes dark

6 shots

41s planned45s target
W8s

The lamp room at dusk. The lens flickers and dies.

Static

M6s

Caoimhe on the stairs: "Third time this week."

Push in

OS6s

Over Ruaridh's shoulder, she holds up the logbook.

Handheld

C5s

His face. He does not answer.

Static

W9s
pending

Pan across the gallery to the open door.

Pan

POV7s
pending

Her eyes. He walks toward the lens.

Handheld

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The timeline, left to right

The Storyboard page is a single horizontal strip that scrolls sideways. Each card on it is one shot, and its width is just a card; the seconds are printed on it rather than drawn to scale, which keeps a fifteen-second shot from crowding out a five-second one on a phone screen. Empty slots are drawn with a dashed outline so the next card has somewhere obvious to go.

Above the strip sits the runtime meter: planned seconds on the left, target on the right, and a bar between them that fills as cards are added. Drag a card and the meter does not change; change a duration and it does. The whole episode is readable at a glance without playing anything.

What lives on a card

Duration, from four to fifteen seconds. Shot size: wide, medium, close, over-the-shoulder or POV. Camera move: static, push in, pan or handheld. Up to three cast members, each optionally with an outfit, a prop and a voice style. A set. And the line, which is the sentence or two describing what happens in the shot. When the card has been rendered, its take plays in a small preview right on the card.

Cards can be duplicated, which is the fastest way to make a reverse angle: copy the card, flip the shot to over-the-shoulder, swap which character is in the foreground, keep the line.

Rendering in order, or not

Pending cards queue up for rendering as takes. You can render them in order, render the cheapest ones first to check the cast, or render the hardest one first to see if the idea holds. Each take is its own job with its own price, shown on the card before you confirm, so the queue is never a surprise bill.

When every card has a complete take, the join step concatenates them in timeline order into one 9:16 file. Reorder before you join and the file follows the new order.

Scenes become episodes, episodes become series

A timeline belongs to an episode, and an episode belongs to a series. The series carries the recurring cast and the default set, so a new episode starts with the right faces available. Series can be made public, which gives them a page listing every joined episode with a player.

Nothing about the structure is forced. A series can be one episode; an episode can be one card. The timeline is there for when you want more than that.

Sample takes

Each one is a single card rendered as a take: one shot size, one camera move, one line.

8s

The lamp goes dark

Wide · Static

6s

The answer she expected

Close · Static

7s

Hands up, slowly

POV · Handheld

9s

Table nine is the critic

Medium · Handheld

Questions

Is the timeline drawn to scale?+

No. Cards are a fixed width with the seconds printed on them. That keeps every card legible on a phone, and the runtime meter shows the totals.

Can I reorder after rendering?+

Yes. Takes stay attached to their cards, so moving a card moves its take. The join follows whatever order the timeline is in when you press it.

What is the longest episode?+

Twelve cards at fifteen seconds each, so three minutes. Most episodes made here are sixty to ninety seconds.

Who owns the episodes I make?+

You own what you make, as described in our terms of service. We keep a licence to host and operate the service. Rules on copyright vary by country, so speak to a lawyer if your project depends on it. Read the terms.

Ready to board it?

New accounts start with two credits. The first scene draft is on us.

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