Battle Power-Up Storyboard Template

Create a square 3x3 2048x2048 storyboard grid as a cinematic storyboard infographic showing build an anime-style awakening or power-up before counterattack: A wounded young warrior protects a broken village gate while the enemy army advances. A memory charm, inner resolve, rising energy, transformation, and first counterattack build the awakening beat by beat.

Use dark moody high-end film stills, realistic lighting, subtle teal-and-amber color grade, shallow depth of field, atmospheric dust and shadows. Maintain consistent subject identity, wardrobe, location type, visual medium, lighting, and color palette across all panels. If a reference image is provided, use it as the visual anchor for the subject, world, and style; if no reference image is provided, synthesize one coherent world from the story.

Plan the 9 storyboard panels yourself from the story and the template rhythm, then render the final infographic. Story facts must not change: preserve the named relationship, setting, key object, reveal, cause, and emotional meaning from the story. Do not replace the story's key object with a different document, incident, crime, accident, or backstory.

Arrange the storyboard in a clean 3x3 grid with thin black borders. Each tile must have a large crop-safe cinematic image area and a separate dark information strip below it. The image area must contain no text, labels, captions, UI, watermarks, or typography. Put all written information only in the strip below each image.

Sequence rhythm: Battlefield → enemy threat → hero wounded → memory trigger → inner awakening → energy build-up → transformation → counterattack → epic pose

Use this template structure as the shot grammar, but adapt every panel to the concrete story:
1. Battlefield setup (top-left) — Wide, 24mm. Purpose: Establish the combat environment. Suggested strip pattern: "SHOT 1 | ARRI Alexa Mini LF | 24mm | [write the concrete story beat you plan for this panel]"
2. Enemy threat (top-center) — Medium / low angle, 35mm. Purpose: Show the enemy's dominance or danger. Suggested strip pattern: "SHOT 2 | ARRI Alexa Mini LF | 35mm | [write the concrete story beat you plan for this panel]"
3. Hero wounded (top-right) — Close-up / medium, 75mm. Purpose: Show protagonist struggling or taking damage. Suggested strip pattern: "SHOT 3 | ARRI Alexa Mini LF | 75mm | [write the concrete story beat you plan for this panel]"
4. Memory trigger (middle-left) — Insert / flashback-style frame, 85mm. Purpose: Introduce emotional memory, vow, or belief. Suggested strip pattern: "SHOT 4 | ARRI Alexa Mini LF | 85mm | [write the concrete story beat you plan for this panel]"
5. Inner awakening (center) — Tight close-up, 75mm. Purpose: Show internal shift or realization. Suggested strip pattern: "SHOT 5 | ARRI Alexa Mini LF | 75mm | [write the concrete story beat you plan for this panel]"
6. Energy build-up (middle-right) — Dynamic medium, 35mm. Purpose: Visualize power gathering. Suggested strip pattern: "SHOT 6 | ARRI Alexa Mini LF | 35mm | [write the concrete story beat you plan for this panel]"
7. Transformation reveal (bottom-left) — Hero reveal, 35mm. Purpose: Reveal new form, aura, or power state. Suggested strip pattern: "SHOT 7 | ARRI Alexa Mini LF | 35mm | [write the concrete story beat you plan for this panel]"
8. Counterattack moment (bottom-center) — Action medium wide, 24mm. Purpose: Show first decisive strike or response. Suggested strip pattern: "SHOT 8 | ARRI Alexa Mini LF | 24mm | [write the concrete story beat you plan for this panel]"
9. Epic power pose (bottom-right) — Hero final frame, 35mm. Purpose: End on a powerful iconic pose. Suggested strip pattern: "SHOT 9 | ARRI Alexa Mini LF | 35mm | [write the concrete story beat you plan for this panel]"

Each information strip must show the planned panel title, shot metadata, and the concrete story beat in plain English. The strip text must include the story's key object and reveal where relevant, so the sequence cannot be mistaken for a different incident. Use clear numbered scene titles, compact metadata, and concise action subtitles in the information strips. Use plain text only: no emojis, no decorative symbols, no fake app UI text, and no real brand logos or copyrighted marks. Make each panel visually distinct through shot scale, camera angle, lens feeling, blocking, foreground/background layering, and subject movement. Exactly 9 panels, no extra panels, no merged panels, no duplicate compositions, no speech bubbles, no lorem ipsum, high-detail professional storyboard sheet.