Who this is for: Motion producers planning timed educational and brand studies.
What to prepare
- Approved narration and actual recording timing
- Diagram states matched to phrases
- Caption plan and optional cue assets
Copyable creative brief
An authored planning example. Replace illustrative details with your approved product facts and assets.
Use the illustrative three-part narration as a cadence study. Replace it with approved subject matter before production. The visual events follow the actual recording, not an assumed words-per-minute rate. Preserve pauses where the viewer must inspect a relationship.
Scene-by-scene storyboard
30-second planning sequence · illustrative copy and visual direction
- 01
0–5s
Orient before explanation
Show the whole diagram with inlet, chamber and outlet visible.
On screen:Illustrative three-part diagram
Sound direction: Narration: “Begin with the whole.” Then a brief inspection pause.
- 02
5–12s
Name the first relationship
Highlight the inlet-to-chamber connection; keep the whole diagram visible.
On screen:Inlet → Chamber
Sound direction: Narration: “This inlet connects to the chamber.” Leave the end of the interval for inspection.
- 03
12–20s
Explain the next relationship
Shift emphasis to the chamber-to-outlet connection after the prior phrase ends.
On screen:Chamber → Outlet
Sound direction: Narration: “The chamber connects to the outlet.” Optional quiet cue only after speech if useful.
- 04
20–30s
Resolve and inspect
Hold the complete labeled diagram with both connections visible.
On screen:Three parts, two labeled connections.
Sound direction: Narration: “Read both connections in the complete view.” Finish with a quiet reference hold.
Make it your own
- NARRATION
- Supply the final words and phrase boundaries.
- VISUAL_REFERENTS
- Map each phrase to the exact part or relationship shown.
- PAUSE_MAP
- Reserve inspection moments after important definitions.
Record before locking the cadence
The sample wording is illustrative and the time slots are a starting plan. Use the actual recorded phrase lengths to refine the scene timing. If a technical term needs more explanation, shorten other material or expand to 60 seconds instead of speeding the voice until it becomes difficult to follow.
Coordinate captions and visuals
Reserve a caption region outside the diagram's important labels. A phrase highlight can reinforce the referent, but it should settle while the viewer reads. If the narration refers to “this,” make the corresponding part unambiguous or replace the pronoun with its approved name.
Review the pauses in the export
Watch with sound, muted with captions and as a still final view. Check whether each relationship is visible when spoken and whether effects mask a key word. Record the actual file and times inspected. The planned cue map is not evidence that a final mix or caption track has passed review.
Review checklist
- Each phrase maps to a visible approved referent.
- Important definitions receive an inspection pause.
- Captions avoid diagram labels.
- The final hold remains quiet and complete.