GPT Image 2 storyboard prompt:

"Create a Pixar 3D style character design sheet. Clean white background. Two characters side by side with a clean dividing line. Bold brushstroke-style title at the top: DAVE VS THE SHELF. Subtitle: One screw. One second. All of it gone.

LEFT SIDE — DAVE
Large name in bold black. Underneath: "He didn't need the instructions."
Hero portrait — Dave on clean white. Grey t-shirt, dark jeans, white trainers, reading glasses on forehead. Arms crossed, deeply satisfied.
Three poses:

- Kneeling, screwdriver in hand, instructions face down.
- Standing back, wiping forehead, shelf half built.
- Open palm, one small screw. Pride shifting to dread.
INSTRUCTION READING ░░░░░░░░░░ Did not happen
BUILD CONFIDENCE ██████████ Until the screw
SHELF INTEGRITY ░░░░░░░░░░ Retroactively zero

RIGHT SIDE — THE SHELF
Large name in bold black. Underneath: "It was always going to do this."
Hero portrait — completed shelf on clean white. Complex asymmetric natural wood unit. Two tall tower sections, wide central section, cabinet doors with round handles, small drawers, built-in desk surface on the right. Irregular and architectural. Not a grid.
Three poses:

- Fully assembled. Every section in place. Looks permanent.
- Left tower leaning one millimeter. The beginning.
- Full collapse — sections toppling, drawers sliding, doors swinging, desk dropping last.
STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ░░░░░░░░░░ Depended on that screw
REMORSE ░░░░░░░░░░ It simply fell.

BOTTOM STRIP:
Dave opening box, instructions face down · Dave mid-build, shelf half assembled, sweat on forehead · Dave stepping back, full shelf complete, satisfied nod · Overhead — Dave's palm, one small screw, nothing else · Full collapse — sections toppling, drawers sliding, doors flying, Dave watching

HE BUILT IT PERFECTLY. HE HELD THE PROOF.

STYLE NOTES: Pixar 3D vivid rendering. White walls, cool daylight, wooden floor in strip. Wood shelf against white walls. Complex asymmetric shelf in every frame — not a grid. Maximum Pixar expression."

"Use the attached DAVE VS THE SHELF character sheet throughout. Dave: Pixar 3D man, grey t-shirt, dark jeans, white trainers, reading glasses on forehead. Pixar 3D render. No realistic humans.

THE ROOM: White walls, cool natural daylight, light wooden floor. No dark frames.

THE SHELF: Large complex asymmetric shelf unit — natural wood color. Tower sections, mixed compartments, cabinet doors, drawers, built-in desk. Held together by one missing screw.

No music. Sound design only throughout.

0:00–0:02 — Wide. Dave opens a plain flat pack box. Pulls out instructions. Places them face down. Rolls up his sleeves. SOUND: Cardboard. Silence.

0:02–0:06 — Fast cuts. Dave building — screwdriver turning, panels fitting, drawers sliding in, tower sections rising. Sweat on forehead. SOUND: Screwdriver. Wood clicking.

0:06–0:08 — Dave steps back, hands on hips, looks at the finished shelf. Satisfied nod. SOUND: Silence.

0:08–0:09 — Dave opens his right hand. Overhead shot directly above — one small silver screw centered in his palm. Nothing else in frame. SOUND: Silence.

0:09–0:10 — Dave looks up at the shelf. Expression shifts. A faint wooden creak from inside. SOUND: One wooden creak. Silence.

0:10–0:12 — The left tower section begins to lean. Slowly. Inevitably. A deep wooden groan. The next section follows. Dave cannot stop this. SOUND: Deep wooden groaning.

0:12–0:14 — Full natural collapse. Tower sections leaning and dropping one by one, drawers sliding out, cabinet doors swinging open, desk surface dropping last. Heavy impacts one at a time. Dave watching. Screw still in his hand. SOUND: Heavy wooden impacts one by one. Final thud. Silence.

0:14–0:15 — Wide. Dave in the wreckage. White wall bare behind him. Looks at the screw. Does not move. Fade out. SOUND: One exhale. Fade out.

Camera: wide box, fast builds, wide reveal, overhead palm, medium Dave and shelf, wide collapse, wide wreckage. Cool natural Pixar lighting."