TikTok Hook / Social Ad Storyboard Template

Create a square 3x3 2048x2048 storyboard grid as a cinematic storyboard infographic showing create a fast attention-to-payoff short video sequence: A creator opens on a ruined white sneaker and promises a 30-second save. The sequence moves through curiosity, an unexpected cleaning method, proof, reaction, payoff, and a punchy final frame built for short-form attention.

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: Hook → curiosity → contrast → demo → surprise → reaction → payoff → CTA

Use this template structure as the shot grammar, but adapt every panel to the concrete story:
1. Scroll-stopping hook (top-left) — Bold close-up, 75mm. Purpose: Stop the swipe. Suggested strip pattern: "SHOT 1 | ARRI Alexa Mini LF | 75mm | [write the concrete story beat you plan for this panel]"
2. Curiosity or problem (top-center) — Problem frame, 35mm. Purpose: Make viewer wonder. Suggested strip pattern: "SHOT 2 | ARRI Alexa Mini LF | 35mm | [write the concrete story beat you plan for this panel]"
3. Contrast (top-right) — Contrast shot, 35mm. Purpose: Show unexpected difference. Suggested strip pattern: "SHOT 3 | ARRI Alexa Mini LF | 35mm | [write the concrete story beat you plan for this panel]"
4. Demonstration (middle-left) — Demo, 35mm. Purpose: Show the thing working. Suggested strip pattern: "SHOT 4 | ARRI Alexa Mini LF | 35mm | [write the concrete story beat you plan for this panel]"
5. Surprise proof (center) — Proof frame, 35mm. Purpose: Reveal proof or unexpected result. Suggested strip pattern: "SHOT 5 | ARRI Alexa Mini LF | 35mm | [write the concrete story beat you plan for this panel]"
6. Reaction (middle-right) — Reaction shot, 35mm. Purpose: Show emotional response. Suggested strip pattern: "SHOT 6 | ARRI Alexa Mini LF | 35mm | [write the concrete story beat you plan for this panel]"
7. Payoff (bottom-left) — Result frame, 35mm. Purpose: Deliver promise. Suggested strip pattern: "SHOT 7 | ARRI Alexa Mini LF | 35mm | [write the concrete story beat you plan for this panel]"
8. Benefit repeat (bottom-center) — Benefit shot, 35mm. Purpose: Reinforce value. Suggested strip pattern: "SHOT 8 | ARRI Alexa Mini LF | 35mm | [write the concrete story beat you plan for this panel]"
9. CTA or punchline (bottom-right) — CTA / punchline, 35mm. Purpose: End with action or memorable beat. 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.