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AI assistant launch film: from storyboard to animation.
Five sequences, each shown twice: the Figma storyboard frame and the After Effects render it became. Drag the handle on any panel to compare them.
Sequence 01 · 00:00 – 00:08
Cold open: the blank prompt
The board had a cursor blinking on a white screen. In animation I added a slow push-in and let the cursor breathe twelve frames longer, so the silence reads as intent, not a loading bug.
Sequence 02 · 00:08 – 00:19
The first answer
The storyboard showed the answer appearing all at once. I split it into a word-by-word build with a small overshoot on each line, timed to the voiceover.
Fun fact
Sequence 02 has 214 keyframes on the text alone.
Sequence 03 · 00:19 – 00:31
Features in orbit
The Figma frame placed the feature cards in a static grid. In After Effects they orbit the prompt on a 3D camera and settle into that same grid on the beat.
Sequence 04 · 00:31 – 00:46
The product in hand
The storyboard's phone mockup was flat. I rebuilt it in 3D with a subtle parallax so the interface feels like something you could pick up.
Fun fact
The orbit camera took a full day to build and eleven seconds to watch.
Sequence 05 · 00:46 – 01:00
Logo lockup
The end card stayed almost exactly as boarded. The one change: the logo now resolves out of the prompt cursor, tying the ending back to the very first shot.
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