Creative Storyboard
Storyboard planning for modern crews
Tech: Next.js 14 · Express · MySQL · WebLLM
Turn chaotic pre-production into a clear plan
Creative Storyboard organizes your project into scenes and shots so crews can align fast.
The Problem
Storyboards live across drives, PDFs, spreadsheets, and chat threads. Teams lose track of which shot references are final and which notes matter. Collaboration happens in too many tools, creating version drift. Pre-production slows down when assets and decisions are scattered.
The Solution
Creative Storyboard lets production teams structure projects into scenes and shots with rich media so they can collaborate in one place and move into filming with confidence.
Target Audience
Indie filmmakers, video teams, and agencies that juggle multiple shoots and need a single source of truth
Market Opportunity
The creator economy is producing more shoots with smaller teams and tighter timelines. Lightweight, purpose-built tools are replacing bloated studio software. A modern, web-based storyboard system fits this shift.
Key Features
Projects → Scenes → Shots Hierarchy
Organizes every asset under a clear production structure. Keeps the team aligned on what is being filmed.
Rich Media Uploads
Attach images, video, and audio references directly to shots. Reduces context switching during planning.
AI Ideation Notes
Generate prompt-driven ideas for visual direction. Helps teams iterate quickly in early planning.
Activity Feed and Progress Views
Track what changed and what is ready. Keeps stakeholders in sync.
Technology Stack
Product Gallery
Project Status
Early users — actively iterating
Engineering Reflection
If starting over, I’d design media handling around a CDN earlier to keep upload latency down. I’d also build role-based permissions from day one to support client reviews without exposing internal notes.
Looking For
Open to production teams for pilots, advisors in creative tooling, and early-stage angels
View Technical Overview
Creative Storyboard is a full-stack storyboarding app that helps filmmakers and creators plan projects with a clear hierarchy of Projects -> Scenes -> Shots, rich media uploads (images, video, audio), and AI prompt notes for ideation.
It streamlines pre-production by centralizing assets, notes, and progress with dashboards, activity feeds, profile management, and a polished, responsive UI.
Features include user registration/login, project creation and editing with banners, scene and shot management, drag-and-drop uploads with progress, lightbox previews, audio playback, and an integrated searchable audio library.
It solves the common pain of scattered files and spreadsheets by keeping visual references, timing, and creative direction in one place—fast to set up and easy to iterate. Tech stack: Next.js 14 (React 18) for the frontend, Express/Node.js API, MySQL (mysql2) for persistence, multer for uploads, bcryptjs for auth, and dotenv/cors/body-parser for configuration and middleware, with custom components and global CSS for styling.