Guide
Plan a 30-second brand film shot by shot
For this guide and its prompts we recommend:
- Higgsfield makes the key frame for each shot from your shot list.
- PixVerse animates each key frame with one simple camera move.
- Murf records the voice-over in an AI voice that you label on the end card. Free trial with 10 minutes of voice generation (source)
Offers checked 21 Oct 2026 More tools below ↓
You can now storyboard a brand film yourself.
A shot list and a finished 30-second brand film with voice-over and captions.
What you need
- Three sentences on what your brand stands for, in your own words
- Any AI chat assistant and a spreadsheet for the shot list
- Higgsfield and PixVerse
- Murf
- A video editor and OpusClip for captions and formats
Recommended AI tools
HiggsfieldScenes and motion that look planned PixVerseYou choose from several takes MurfA clear voiceover without booking a studioTrial OpusClipOne recording becomes several captioned clipsFree plan
Steps
Write one message, then the shot list
Decide the one thing viewers should remember. Then write a shot list of six to eight shots: number, what we see, camera move, length, words spoken.
WeakMake a cool brand film for my coffee shop.
BetterOne message: we roast in small batches on site. Shot 1, 4 s: beans in the roaster, slow push in. Shot 2, 3 s: hands weighing beans, static. Voice: We roast every morning, right here.
Make key frames and animate them
Generate a still for each shot, check it, then animate it with one simple movement. Keep objects and places; no real person's likeness, no AI children or animals. For video prompts, see /guides/write-prompts-for-ai-video/.
Record the voice-over and label it
Record the lines in an AI voice and time them to the shots. Say in the caption or end card that the voice is AI.
Assemble, caption and export formats
Put shots, voice and a quiet music track together in a video editor, add captions and export wide and vertical versions. Add 'Footage and voice made with AI' to the end card.
The full instruction
Copy it into any AI chat assistant and change only the first line.
Change only this line: BUSINESS = [a local coffee roaster] You help me plan a 30-second brand film, shot by shot. My business is my BUSINESS. Before you start, ask me one question at a time: what I stand for, in three sentences in my words; the one thing viewers should remember; and where it will play (for example website, Instagram, YouTube). If the message is still unclear, ask one more question. Then do three things: 1. A shot list of 6-8 shots as a table: number, length in seconds, what is on screen, camera move, words spoken. Total about 30 seconds. 2. For each shot, an image prompt of at most 30 words using objects and places only. No real people's likeness, no children, no animals. 3. An end card line and a caption line that say the footage and voice are made with AI. After my answers, start with the shot list.
What you end up with
A 30-second film built from a shot list, with one clear message, AI footage and voice labelled, captions, and wide and vertical versions.
Common mistakes
- Starting to generate before the shot list is finished.
- Using a face that looks like a real person.
- Leaving the AI label off the version you post.
Processes that need more than one tool
Each process below uses several tools, each for the job it does best. Any AI chat assistant works where one is named.
Write the shot list
Tools, in order: any AI chat assistant → a spreadsheet
- Ask the chat assistant for a shot list from your one message.
- Paste it into a spreadsheet: shot, length, what we see, camera move, words, status.
The prompt for this process
Before writing anything, ask me up to three questions about my brand film, one at a time. Then write a shot list for a 30-second film. Business: [one sentence] One message to remember: [one sentence] Table: shot number, seconds, what we see, camera move, words spoken. 6 to 8 shots, about 30 seconds in total. Objects and places only, no real people's likeness, no children, no animals. Start with your first question.
Make key frames and animate them
Tools, in order: Higgsfield → PixVerse
- Generate one still per shot in Higgsfield and check each against the shot list.
- Animate each still with one simple camera move in PixVerse.
The prompt for this process
Turn my shot list into prompts: a still image for Higgsfield and a short movement for PixVerse. Shot list: [paste] Look: [e.g. warm morning light, wood, close-ups] For each shot, write an image prompt of at most 30 words and a movement prompt of at most 12 words with one camera move. Objects and places only. No real people's likeness, no children, no animals, no text in the image. Start with shot 1.
Voice-over
Tools, in order: Murf → a video editor
- Record the spoken lines in an AI voice in Murf.
- Place the voice track in a video editor and time each line to its shot.
The prompt for this process
Help me prepare the voice-over for my 30-second brand film, recorded in an AI voice in Murf. Lines per shot: [paste] Brand feel: [three words] Describe the voice in 3 lines (pace, tone, accent). Check that the lines fit about 30 seconds read at a calm pace and shorten any that do not. Mark words the voice may say wrongly. Write an end card line saying the voice is AI. Start with the timing check.
Assemble and caption
Tools, in order: a video editor → OpusClip
- Put shots, voice and a licensed quiet music track together in a video editor and export a wide master.
- Add captions and make the vertical version in OpusClip, with 'Footage and voice made with AI' on the end card.
The prompt for this process
Help me finish my 30-second brand film: assembled in a video editor, captions and vertical version in OpusClip. Shots and lines: [paste] Where it will be posted: [platforms] Write: a caption file text split into short lines of at most 6 words, an end card with the AI label, a post text of at most 40 words per platform that says the footage and voice are made with AI, and a last checklist before posting. Start with the captions.
For this result we recommend these tools
This guide describes a result. These tools are one way to get there faster. Whether one pays for itself depends on your work, and we promise no result.
Higgsfield
An AI image and video generator with many models, effects and an ads studio.
From €19 per month (Starter, billed annually; 270 credits a month) (source, checked 2026-10-15)
Higgsfield is an AI image and video generator with ready camera moves and effect templates. In this guide it is used in “Make key frames and animate them”. Creators use it for ads, covers and short clips, and its motion presets can turn a still product photo into a moving shot.

From Sofia’s story: Sunday: Ema and Sofia make an autumn advert
ToolPixVerse
Turns a text prompt or a photo into a short video clip.
From $10 per month (Standard, monthly billing) (source, checked 2026-10-04)
PixVerse generates short AI videos from a text prompt or a start image. In this guide it is used in “Make key frames and animate them”. It is used for Reels, teasers and product moments, and it makes several versions quickly, so you keep only the best one.
ToolMurf
AI voice generator for text-to-speech voiceovers, dubbing and a voice API.
From $19 per month, $228 billed annually (Creator) (source, checked 2026-10-07)
Murf turns a written script into a studio-style AI voiceover, with many voices and languages. In this guide it is used in “Voice-over”. It is used for training videos, explainers and announcements, and you can fix pronunciation, pauses and emphasis word by word.
Free trial with 10 minutes of voice generation (source, checked 21 Oct 2026)

From Sandra’s story: Sandra cuts the video - and keeps the stitch
ToolOpusClip
AI tool that cuts long videos into short clips with captions for social media.
From $15 USD/mo, billed monthly (Starter, available monthly only) (source, checked 2026-10-07)
OpusClip cuts long videos into short vertical clips and adds captions automatically. In this guide it is used in “Assemble and caption”. Podcasters, coaches and shops use it to turn one recording into a week of clips, and it picks moments that stand alone and reframes the speaker for phones.
Free plan (source, checked 21 Oct 2026)
We recommend a specialised tool for each process rather than one tool that does everything. Tools that try to do everything rarely do any one job really well, because no single function gets perfected. It is the same in life, in business and in relationships: spread your attention over ten places and nothing gets done properly.
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