The funding application
The board and the key image open a grant application or a pitch to a producer: people see the film before reading the synopsis, and the tone reads in one page.
Make a film mood board with AI
Your pitch becomes a mood board of nine references, palette, light, materials and costumes, then the film's first image in that mood. Workflow visible here, no account needed.
Real workflow: a pitch about a lighthouse keeper in Brittany in 1974 becomes a board of nine references and a palette, then the film's opening shot in exactly that mood. The second image starts from the first.
At a glance
- You provide
- a text or a brief
- What the workflow produces
- 2 images in 16:9
- Canvas structure
- 5 nodes wired by 3 connections
- Models wired in
- Nano Banana Pro
- Cost of one full run
- about 38 credits, roughly $0.46
- Account
- The demo is visible without an account; generating requires a free account, trial credits included
Before the first shot, a film crew agrees on a mood: a palette, a light, materials, costumes. That is the mood board, usually assembled by trawling stock libraries for days. This workflow composes it from your pitch, then draws the film's first image in that mood.
The first hard part is the grid. An image model happily makes a blurry collage or a poster. The prompt therefore describes each of the nine cells, starts with a row of colours, and forbids any text: no labels, no misspelt colour codes.
The second is consistency: the key image starts from the board, wired into its image port, and takes on its palette, light and grain without copying a cell. The board comes before the lighting test and location scouting. Both images cost thirty-eight credits.
Actual renders from the demo
These are the files of the workflow above, exactly as the models produced them, unretouched. The starting point is shown when there is one.
Render
Who it is for
Directors, screenwriters, producers, agencies and creators who want to set the visual mood of a project before filming.
Which files to provide
The pitch in one sentence, a palette of four named colours and a description of the board's nine cells.
How it works
- 1
Write the pitch in one sentence
Who, where, when, what threat: "a lighthouse keeper alone in Brittany in 1974, a storm coming". The rest of the board follows from it.
- 2
Name the palette in four colours
Slate blue, sea green, oxidised brass, one warm amber. Named colours show up in every cell and in the key image; "cold tones" gives nothing precise.
- 3
Describe every cell
A place, a light, a material, a costume, a prop, a texture. Nine described cells make a board; a general mood makes a collage.
- 4
Wire the board into the key image
The image port of the second node receives the board. Its prompt asks for a new shot in that palette and grain, without copying a cell.
Variations and use cases
The same canvas, tuned for different needs: each variation is two or three lines of prompt away.
The brief to the cinematographer
The palette and lights of the board become the basis of the discussion with the camera department, before lighting tests and location scouting.
The music video
One board per track sets the visual world of a video, and the key image becomes the reference for every shot generated or filmed afterwards.
A series and its seasons
Each season gets its board, same place but another palette, to mark the passing of time and keep consistency from one season to the next.
Advertising
An agency presents two boards for the same campaign, two moods, before booking anything, and the client chooses on images.
The video game
A level's mood is set on a board, then the key image becomes the base of the game teaser and the promotional visuals.
Common mistakes
Describing a mood instead of the cells
"A melancholic Breton mood" gives a vague collage. Nine described cells give a board a crew can discuss.
Letting the model write labels
Without a ban, the board gets covered in captions and misspelt colour codes. A row of flat colour swatches says the palette without a word.
Generating the key image separately
Without the board as a reference, the key image takes another palette and another grain. The cable between the two nodes is what makes the board a tool.
Copying a cell
The key image must be a new shot in the mood, not an enlarged cell. The prompt says so, otherwise the model takes the shortcut.
Recommended models
Nano Banana Pro
GPT Image 2.5 Flare
Seedream 5 ProFrequently asked questions
Can I start from a script?
Yes: script to film pulls a visual bible from a PDF. Copy its pitch and palette into the board's Text node, and the rest of the workflow does not change.
Can I add my own references?
Yes, by wiring a Media node with your images into the board's image port and asking to work them into the grid. Keep images you hold the rights to.
How many key images can I draw from it?
As many as you like: every Image node wired to the board draws another shot in the same mood, nineteen credits each.
How much do the board and the key image cost?
Thirty-eight credits, nineteen per image on Nano Banana Pro. Each extra key image in the same mood costs nineteen credits.
Why Nano Banana Pro?
Because it holds a grid of nine coherent images without stray text, and takes on the palette and light of a reference image, as measured on location scouting and the lighting test.
Are the board images royalty free?
They are generated, not pulled from stock libraries or films: you can show them to your crew and funders without crediting a photographer.
What output format?
16:9 in 2K for the board and the key image. A scope format can be asked for in the key image prompt, for a more cinematic look.
Can I draw on an existing film?
On an era, a genre, a light, yes. Naming a film or a director to copy them, no: describe what you like about their images.
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