AI explainer video storyboard: a four-shot workflow

An AI explainer works when each spoken claim is supported by evidence the viewer can follow. This walkthrough plans a 20-second clip for a fictional plant app, Leaf Ledger. The viewer forgets to water one fern on a kitchen sill. The sentence they should remember is simple: set a reminder, then water the plant you can see.

Explainer notes and storyboard notes are category background. The board below is an original four-shot example you can rebuild around a feature you can show.

Write the explainer brief first

Fill these six lines before you open a model.

• Viewer: a person with one fern on a kitchen sill.
• Problem: the soil dries out between weekends.
• Outcome: they water it the day the app asks.
• Proof you can show: a reminder card that changes after watering.
• Format: 16:9, about 20 seconds, captions on.
• Off limits: no claim that the app tracks a greenhouse, because this cut shows one plant.

If a line names a feature you cannot point at, cut the line. This cut shows one fern, so the script stays with that plant.

Board four shots with one job each

Shot 1, 0 to 4 seconds. A wilted fern sits on the morning sill, with no phone in frame. Spoken line: This fern dried out again. Job: name the problem.

Shot 2 runs from 4 to 9 seconds. The phone rests beside the pot, and the card reads Fern: water today. Spoken line: Leaf Ledger asks on the day it matters. Job: show the reminder.

Shot 3 runs from 9 to 15 seconds. A hand pours water once, and the card changes to Watered. Spoken line: You water it, and the card updates. Job: prove the action.

Shot 4, 15 to 20 seconds. The fern looks slightly fresher, with empty space under the pot. Spoken line: Set one reminder for the plant you have. Job: ask for the next step. If shot 3 never shows the card change, the spoken line is false.

Match every spoken line to visual proof

Design the four stills before you animate. The fern, the cream pot, and the card layout should already match. Put the card text on a still you control. Ask the video model to pour water and to keep the phone shape. If the letters break, composite the approved card in the edit. Garbled type is not the product.

Use a real screen recording for any control the viewer must copy in the live app. The Leaf Ledger card in this example can be a designed still you own. A settings menu, a paywall, or a permission dialog should be captured from the product.

Kitchen sill, morning light, one green fern in a cream pot.
A hand pours water once into the soil. A phone beside the
pot keeps its shape and position. Leave the screen blank
for a card added in the edit. Slow push-in, no extra plants,
no extra text, 16:9.

Animate each still as its own short clip. When one shot needs an opening frame and a closing frame, the Seedance storyboard guide shows that model's plan for a shot that already has a job on this board.

Assemble in story order

Lay the four clips on a timeline in the order above. Hold shot 3 long enough to see the card change. Add the voice after the picture order works, and place each line under its shot.

The promo video workflow shows how a last shot can leave room for an offer. Here the last shot leaves room for the reminder line. If one clip breaks the pot color, replace that clip only.

Place captions where the proof stays visible

Burn captions that match the spoken line, not a longer paragraph. Put them in the lower third, clear of the phone and the fern's leaves. Check a phone-sized preview. If the card and the caption collide, move the caption or reframe the shot. A silent viewer will treat the caption as the claim, so it has to match the picture.

Read the caption against shot 3 in particular. Watered on the card and The plant is saved in the caption are different claims. Keep the caption as plain as the card: Fern watered.

Getting started on OmniArt

Write the six-line brief for one real feature you can show. Create the four stills in the image workspace, animate each still as its own short clip in the video workspace, and assemble them in shot order. Record or generate the voice to the locked picture, add captions that repeat the visible proof, and publish the version where shot 3 shows the change you named.