GPT Image 2 storyboard prompt:
“Create a crisp, clean infographic storyboard poster for THE BARBER. Wide 16:9 layout, white background, black borders, bold black typography, premium Pixar 3D stylized rendering, bright vivid colors — deep forest green walls, exposed brick, glowing neon signs, spinning barber pole, bold red barber cape, gleaming chrome tools, warm golden sunlight, bright blue sky through the window.
Top header:
•THE BARBER
•TOTAL VIDEO TIME: 12 SECONDS
•8 SHOTS · SHARP · PRECISE · FRESH CUT
•Legend icons: ACTION, HEAT, TIME HINT, INGREDIENT
Same Pixar-style young male barber throughout — sharp fade, clean white t-shirt under black apron, warm confident expression. Classic independent barbershop — deep forest green walls, exposed brick, vintage barber chair, neon signs glowing warm red and blue, chrome tools lined up perfectly, bright blue sky and green trees visible through the large shop window. Vivid, warm, full of personality.
8 panels:
Panel 1 — THE OPENER: Inside the shop. One single neon sign mounted on the inside of the shop window — currently glowing red with CLOSED. Barber reaches up with one hand and flicks the switch on the wall beside it — the sign changes to glowing green OPEN. Morning light flooding through the window behind the sign. Barber pole spinning outside visible through the glass. Barber looks at the camera with a warm confident smile as the green light fills the shop. One sign only — not two signs, not a physical sign being held.
Panel 2 — THE CAPE: Wide medium with both characters visible. Customer sits in the vintage barber chair, bright blue sky through the window behind them. Barber stands behind, snaps the bold red barber cape dramatically — it billows out wide catching the warm light and settles around the customer’s shoulders. Deep forest green walls behind them. The ritual begins.
Panel 3 — THE SPRAY: Close-up with character visible. Barber mists the customer’s hair with a chrome spray bottle — fine water droplets catching the golden sunlight like tiny diamonds, hair darkening and slicking down under the mist. Fresh, bright, cool energy completely different from every other panel.
Panel 4 — THE CUT: Close-up dramatic. Scissors blurring through hair in confident rapid snips — dark hair falling in slow motion, barber’s skilled hands visible, every movement precise and deliberate. Chrome scissors catching the warm shop light.
Panel 5 — THE CLIPPER LINE: Extreme close-up hero craft frame. Clippers carving a perfect crisp clean line along the neck — blade edge perfectly straight, skin clean on one side, hair defined on the other. Chrome clipper gleaming. The most satisfying detail shot in the series.
Panel 6 — THE HOT TOWEL: Wide medium with both characters visible. Barber presses a steaming white towel against the customer’s face — eyes close immediately, shoulders drop, complete surrender to the warmth. Steam rising softly. Green walls and window light behind them. Slow, warm, indulgent.
Panel 7 — THE RAZOR: Close-up dramatic hero shot. Straight razor drawn slowly and confidently along the neck line — one clean precise stroke, blade catching the warm golden light. Calm and deliberate. The most precise moment in the series.
Panel 8 — THE REVEAL: Wide warm shot. Barber and customer both facing the large wall mirror together. Customer sees their complete fresh cut reflected — clean fade, crisp lines, perfect shape. Nobody is holding anything. Customer’s eyes go wide slowly, smile spreads across their face, one hand comes up to touch the fresh cut. Barber standing behind them arms crossed, deeply proud smile, both visible in the mirror reflection. Blue sky and trees through the window behind them. The whole story resolved in one frame.
Footer:
•VIDEO FLOW: 8 shots × ~1.5s = 12 seconds. Closed sign to fresh cut reveal.
•CAMERA TIPS: inside shot for the neon sign flip opener, wide medium for the cape snap, close-up with character for the spray”