Creating a storyboard

Every Scene Mode project starts on the Create page. You give Fawna a title, a script, and a few knobs, and it turns that into a split of scenes ready for generation. This page covers every field on the form.

Getting to the page

From the app top bar, open Create → New Storyboard. You land on the create form. The same form is reachable from the Dashboard via the New Storyboard button.

The form fields

Title

A short name for the storyboard. Up to 255 characters. Visible in the sidebar and URL.

Video script

The full script Fawna will turn into scenes. Required. Paste prose, not a screenplay. Line breaks are preserved. For multi-narrator stories, prefix each line with Name:.

Reference image

Optional. A single image that defines the visual style. Fawna uses it as a style guide when generating per-scene images. Drag-and-drop or click to upload.

Aspect ratio

One of 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 4:5, 3:4, 9:16. Locked at creation time. Every scene generates at this aspect. Pick based on where the final video will live.

Multi-narrator toggle

Check this when the script has more than one speaking voice. Reveals the Cast panel. See Narrators and voices.

Voice (single-narrator)

When multi-narrator is off, you pick one voice that reads every scene. The dropdown lists all available voices across providers (ElevenLabs, Kokoro, Google Cloud TTS).

Pacing (scenes per minute)

How tightly to chunk the script. Default 10 (≈6s per scene). Lower for contemplative narration, higher for high-energy edits.

Writing the script

Your script should read like narration, not stage directions. One to three minutes is a comfortable range. Keep sentences short. The split model respects natural breaks: sentence ends, line breaks, topic shifts.

In the mountains above the village, there is a lake.
It has been frozen since anyone can remember.
Every winter, the children gather at its edge and wait
for the first sound of cracking. That sound is how they
mark the beginning of the year.
When the ice finally breaks, it is always a surprise.

Multi-narrator scripts

Check the Multi-narrator box and a Cast panel appears. For each speaking voice, add a row with the character's name and either a specific voice or the Auto flag (let Fawna infer a voice from the name and gender).

Then format your script with character prefixes:

Narrator: Two friends sat on a bench by the river.
Maya: Do you think anyone else sees this?
Jan: Every evening for three weeks.
Narrator: They watched the light fade without speaking again.

Fawna's scene splitter uses the prefix to assign each chunk to the right character. Their voice settings drive the narration for that scene.

Reference image

The reference image is a style anchor. It is not a character ref or a scene content ref. It shapes the palette, lighting, and overall aesthetic that Fawna carries across generated scene images.

• Use a single image, not a mood board.
• Pick something with consistent color and lighting. Busy references muddy the transfer.
• For character work, use Fawna Compose to build a character sheet first, then reference those generations per scene.

Choosing the aspect ratio

Aspect is locked at creation. You cannot change it later without starting a new storyboard, so pick carefully. Rough guide:

What happens on submit

When you hit Create, Fawna does three things:

1. Saves the storyboard with your title, script, aspect, voice, and pacing.
2. Creates character records if you enabled multi-narrator.
3. Splits the script into scenes using the pacing setting and (if applicable) the cast prefixes. This is a short synchronous call to a language model.

You are redirected to the storyboard itself in Scene Mode. Scenes are empty assets and ready to generate.

Where to go next

• Narrators and voices for the multi-narrator cast panel.
• Editing scenes once you land on the storyboard page.