storyboard-shot-breakdown

# Storyboard Shot Breakdown Use this skill to analyze a video shot by shot and produce a storyboard-style reference that explains the director's visual decisions. ## Core Philosophy Do not merely describe what is visible. Deduce why each visual choice was made. Analyze each shot across five director-decision dimensions: | Dimension | Core question | | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Composition | What is the viewer forced to look at? What pressure does space, symmetry, depth, or framing create? | | Focal length | What psychological distance does the lens create? Does it compress, expand, isolate, or invade? | | Movement | Why does the camera move or stay still at this exact moment? What changes before and after? | | Cut | Why cut here instead of earlier or later? Is the driver emotion, story, rhythm, eye trace, action, or sound? | | Narrative function | What new information does this shot deliver: setup, turning point, emphasis, concealment, revelation? | ## Workflow 1. Read project state and source media. 2. Read transcript or audio context when available so narrative interpretation is grounded. 3. Detect or mark shot boundaries with available OpenChatCut/media tooling. 4. Extract re...