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Sally Finds an Old Keyboard Vlog Storyboard

The origin moment, vlog style. Shot horizontal 16:9, cropped to vertical for reels. 13 shots, about 75 seconds. Opens with Sally setting up her iPhone. She finds an old Casio on a curb and brings it home, and it is broken. Dead keys, one stuck note, and a part that takes a week to arrive. Fixing it is where her music starts. Written by Sam, E2 CMO. Directed by Dave.

First Cut - V5

First cut: 31 seconds · horizontal 16:9 · 10 shots · the storyboard below is the expanded version, with the broken keyboard, the week of waiting, and the fix

Shot 0 - Vlog Setup

Setting Up

0:00 - 0:03

No dialogue. Sally sets her iPhone horizontally on a stack of books, adjusts the angle, hits record.

Shot 0
Shot 0
Behind the scenes: Sally positioning her iPhone horizontally on books, fingertip adjusting the angle. Camera app visible. Then she hits record.
Shot 1 - Vlog

Hey Guys

0:00 - 0:05

SALLY (to camera): "Hey guys! Just wanted to make a little vlog today."

Shot 1
Shot 1
Vlog: Sally in her bedroom, talking directly to camera with a warm smile. No keyboard visible yet. Just saying hello.
Shot 2 - Vlog

Check This Out

0:05 - 0:09

SALLY (to camera): "Check this out!" (grabs the keyboard from off stage, holds it up)

Shot 2
Shot 2
Vlog: Sally reaches off to the side, grabs the old Casio keyboard, holds it up toward the camera with a big grin.
Shot 3 - Vlog

Let Me Tell You

0:09 - 0:13

SALLY (to camera): "Let me tell you how I found this old thing."

Shot 3
Shot 3
Vlog: Sally leaning in, keyboard on the desk beside her, about to tell the story. Expressive and engaging.
Shot 4 - Flashback

The Farmer's Market

0:13 - 0:18

SALLY (voiceover): "So this morning I was at the farmer's market, just grabbing some flowers, you know."

Shot 4
Shot 4
Flashback: morning at the farmer's market. Sally with fresh flowers, colorful stalls across the wide frame, warm sunlight.
Shot 5 - Flashback

The Walk

0:18 - 0:23

SALLY (voiceover): "Then I went for a walk to take some pictures around the neighborhood."

Shot 5
Shot 5
Flashback: late afternoon walk through the neighborhood, Sally taking pictures with her phone. Golden hour.
Shot 6 - Flashback

The Find

0:23 - 0:27

SALLY (voiceover): "And there it was. Just sitting on a curb."

Shot 6
Shot 6
Flashback: close-up of the old Casio on the curb, FREE sign taped to it. Golden hour, long shadows. Waiting to be found.
Shot 7 - Vlog

Brought It Home

0:27 - 0:31

SALLY (to camera): "So I brought it home."

Shot 7
Shot 7
Vlog: Sally gesturing back toward the keyboard now set up on her desk. Proud and a little sheepish.
Shot 8 - Vlog

It's Broken

0:31 - 0:41

SALLY (to camera): "Okay, batteries are in. Moment of truth." (presses a key. Nothing. Presses another. Nothing.) "Half the keys are just... dead. And this one won't stop." (one stuck key drones a single sad note, on and on. She stares at it, then flips the keyboard over and yanks the batteries out. Silence.) "Okay. Okay. It's broken."

Shot 8
Shot 8
Vlog: fresh batteries in, and she runs her fingers across the middle octave. Dead, dead, dead. One key is stuck down, droning one low note until she yanks the batteries out. Her face falls. She almost closes the lid and gives up on it. Almost.
Shot 9 - Montage

The Week

0:41 - 0:53

SALLY (voiceover): "I looked it up. It needs a new key contact strip, this little rubber strip under the keys. They still make them, barely. So I ordered one. Seven days, it said." (beat) "Day three. Nothing." (beat) "Day five, a package came! It was for the neighbors."

Shot 9
Shot 9
Montage, one week in small beats: the keyboard sits silent on her desk while she draws E2 right beside it. Sally checking the mailbox, empty. A package on the porch, wrong name, for the neighbors. Every day she glances at the quiet keyboard. Quiet, funny, and a little sad. Patience as a scene.
Shot 10 - Vlog

It's Here

0:53 - 0:58

SALLY (to camera, holding up a small padded package): "It's here. It's actually here."

Shot 10
Shot 10
Day seven: Sally at the front door by the mailbox, holding the small parts package with both hands. A whole week of waiting in one hopeful grin.
Shot 11 - Vlog

The Fix

0:58 - 1:10

SALLY (to camera, quiet): "Okay. Nice and slow." (screws out, back panel off, the cracked old contact strip out, the new one in. She closes it up, batteries back in, and holds her breath.) "Please." (she presses middle C. One clear note rings out. Her whole face changes.) "It works. IT WORKS."

Shot 11
Shot 11
Vlog: the keyboard opened up on her desk, old part out, new part in, closed again with care. She holds her breath and presses one key, and it plays. The first real note. This is where her music starts: she fixes things, the way Pip fixed Doodle, one small part at a time.
Shot 12 - Vlog

We'll See

1:10 - 1:16

SALLY (to camera): "Yeah, we'll have to see. Maybe I'll try to learn some of this. We'll see!" (little wave)

Shot 12
Shot 12
Vlog: Sally close to camera, warm shy smile, little wave goodbye. The keyboard on the desk beside her, working now. Hopeful. End card: "day eight."
Seedance Shooting Script - Paste-Ready
SALLY FINDS AN OLD KEYBOARD (VLOG V4) - SEEDANCE SHOOTING SCRIPT
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Format: 16:9 HORIZONTAL, 720P (crop center to 9:16 for reels) | Model: Seedance 2.5 | Total: 76 seconds, 12 shots
Character reference: @Sally (brown hair low side ponytail, red tie, olive hooded jacket).
The keyboard: old portable Casio-style, lightly worn keys, well loved. This keyboard recurs in every music video after this.
Story spine: she finds it, brings it home, and it is BROKEN. Dead keys, one stuck droning note. The part she needs takes a week to arrive. She fixes it herself, and the first clear note is the origin of her whole music arc.
Structure: Vlog bookends (shots 1-3, 7-8, 10-12) with flashback middle (shots 4-6) and a one-week montage (shot 9). Sally talks to camera in vlog shots, voiceover in flashbacks and the montage.
Audio: Sally's vlog voice + voiceover mixed in post, NEVER generated. Natural ambience only.
Style: Pixar-style 3D animation. One verb per shot, one camera move per shot.

SHOT 1: HEY GUYS (0:00-0:05) - VLOG
Audio: "Hey guys! Just wanted to make a little vlog today."

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, horizontal 16:9, 720P. Vlog style: Sally in her cozy bedroom, sitting and talking directly to the camera with a warm friendly smile, hands in her lap. No keyboard visible yet. Casual vlog framing like a phone on a tripod. Warm indoor light. The camera holds steady. SILENT shot: no audio. @Sally defines her identity, face, and wardrobe. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism.


SHOT 2: CHECK THIS OUT (0:05-0:09) - VLOG
Audio: "Check this out!"

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, horizontal 16:9, 720P. Vlog style: Sally in her cozy bedroom, reaching off to the side of the frame and grabbing an old portable Casio-style keyboard, holding it up toward the camera with a big grin. Casual vlog framing. Warm indoor light. The camera holds steady. SILENT shot: no audio. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism.


SHOT 3: LET ME TELL YOU (0:09-0:13) - VLOG
Audio: "Let me tell you how I found this old thing."

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, horizontal 16:9, 720P. Vlog style: Sally in her cozy bedroom talking to the camera, the old portable Casio-style keyboard resting on the desk beside her. She's leaning in slightly, about to tell a story, expressive and engaging. Casual vlog framing. Warm indoor light. The camera holds steady. SILENT shot: no audio. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism.


SHOT 4: THE FARMER'S MARKET (0:13-0:18) - FLASHBACK
Audio: "So this morning I was at the farmer's market, just grabbing some flowers, you know."

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, horizontal 16:9, 720P. Sally at a cheerful farmer's market in the morning, holding a small bouquet of fresh flowers she just bought. Colorful produce stalls and string lights stretching across the wide frame, warm morning sunlight. The camera drifts gently past the stalls. SILENT shot: no audio. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism.


SHOT 5: THE WALK (0:18-0:23) - FLASHBACK
Audio: "Then I went for a walk to take some pictures around the neighborhood."

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, horizontal 16:9, 720P. Sally walking through a quiet suburban neighborhood in the late afternoon, holding up her phone taking pictures. Wide shot, golden hour light. The camera follows beside her. SILENT shot: no audio. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism.


SHOT 6: THE FIND (0:23-0:27) - FLASHBACK
Audio: "And there it was. Just sitting on a curb."

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, horizontal 16:9, 720P. Close-up of an old portable Casio-style electronic keyboard sitting on a suburban curb, lightly worn keys, well loved, with a handwritten FREE sign taped to it. Golden hour light, long shadows, shallow depth of field. The camera pushes in slowly. Get a clean look at the keyboard here for continuity in future videos. SILENT shot: no audio. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism.


SHOT 7: BROUGHT IT HOME (0:27-0:31) - VLOG
Audio: "So I brought it home."

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, horizontal 16:9, 720P. Vlog style: Sally in her cozy bedroom talking to the camera, gesturing back toward the old portable Casio-style keyboard now set up on her desk behind her. Proud and a little sheepish. Casual vlog framing. Warm indoor light. The camera holds steady. SILENT shot: no audio. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism.


SHOT 8: IT'S BROKEN (0:31-0:41) - VLOG
Audio: "Okay, batteries are in. Moment of truth." (presses keys, nothing) "Half the keys are just... dead. And this one won't stop." (a stuck key drones one sad note until she yanks the batteries out) "Okay. Okay. It's broken."

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, horizontal 16:9, 720P. Vlog style: Sally in her cozy bedroom at her desk, an old worn portable Casio-style keyboard in front of her, battery cover open, fresh batteries beside it. She presses keys across the middle with growing dismay: dead keys, and one white key stuck down lower than the rest. Her expression falls from hopeful to deflated. Warm indoor light. The camera holds on her and the keyboard. SILENT shot: no audio. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism.


SHOT 9: THE WEEK (0:41-0:53) - MONTAGE
Audio (voiceover): "I looked it up. It needs a new key contact strip, this little rubber strip under the keys. So I ordered one. Seven days, it said." (beat) "Day three. Nothing." (beat) "Day five, a package came! It was for the neighbors."

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, horizontal 16:9, 720P. Quiet montage of a week passing: an old portable Casio-style keyboard sits silent on a desk while Sally draws in a sketchbook beside it; Sally opens an empty mailbox and closes it again; a parcel sits on a porch and Sally picks it up, reads the label, and her shoulders drop. Small, patient, funny-sad beats. Soft daylight changing across the shots. The camera holds still for each beat. SILENT shot: no audio. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles, readable text, photorealism.


SHOT 10: IT'S HERE (0:53-0:58) - VLOG
Audio: "It's here. It's actually here."

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, horizontal 16:9, 720P. Sally stands at her front door beside a mailbox, holding a small padded mail package up with both hands, hopeful excited grin, like a long wait just ended. Suburban porch, soft daylight. The camera holds on her. SILENT shot: no audio. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles, readable text, photorealism.


SHOT 11: THE FIX (0:58-1:10) - VLOG
Audio: "Okay. Nice and slow." (she opens it up, swaps the part, closes it, holds her breath) "Please." (presses middle C, one clear note rings out) "It works. IT WORKS."

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, horizontal 16:9, 720P. Vlog style: Sally in her cozy bedroom at her desk, carefully repairing an old portable Casio-style keyboard: small screws set aside in a neat row, the back panel off, a new rubber contact strip going in. Then she closes it up, pauses with her finger hovering over one key, and presses it, face breaking into stunned joy. Warm indoor light. The camera pushes in slowly on her hands, then her face. SILENT shot: no audio. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism.


SHOT 12: WE'LL SEE (1:10-1:16) - VLOG
Audio: "Yeah, we'll have to see. Maybe I'll try to learn some of this. We'll see!"

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, horizontal 16:9, 720P. Vlog style: Sally in her cozy bedroom, close to the camera, giving a warm slightly shy smile and a little wave goodbye. The old portable Casio-style keyboard visible on the desk beside her, whole and working now. Hopeful about learning. Casual vlog framing. Warm indoor light. The camera holds on her. End card: "day eight." SILENT shot: no audio. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism.