Storyboard v1 · 20 Oct 2026 · Draft for approval

Summit brand collaboration video

A 58-second film Alex Azzi can share in Summit community groups to start conversations with brands about Gemini image-generation collaborations. One unbranded sneaker travels through a few imaginative worlds, becomes many people’s versions, and spreads. The film ends by asking viewers to DM Alex.

Runtime
0:58
Format
9:16 master, 16:9 version
Frames
10, in 5 beats
Voice
Alex Azzi, recorded
Made with
Nano Banana Pro + Veo
Approver
Parham
Waiting on Parham: the Google-support line (voiceover line 4 and the frame 8 title) and permission to name Google and Gemini. Every other frame can go into production now.
0:00beats from the brief · tap a frame to jump0:58

The look

The film should feel premium, playful and human. It looks like editorial product photography in natural light, with surreal touches that feel handmade rather than sci-fi. One object anchors everything, so viewers understand the idea in the first ten seconds.

Where things sit in a 9:16 frame

0–14%Platform buttons and status. Keep clear.
16–32%Titles and the end card.
38–66%The sneaker, just below center, in the same spot at every cut from frame 3 to frame 5.
68–76%Burned-in captions.
80–100%Platform caption and username. Keep clear.

What never appears

  • Logos or marks: Google, the Gemini sparkle, Summit, or any real brand
  • Gemini app screens, ad dashboards, view counters, charts or real ad placements
  • Robots, glowing brains, circuit boards, server rooms, stock office montages
  • A generated person presented as a real customer or testimonial
  • Alex’s voice or face made with AI
  • Text generated inside an image (all type is added in the edit)
  • Promises of virality, sales, audience size or a fixed media budget

Style prefix: stills Nano Banana Pro, in Gemini

Premium editorial photograph with a playful, human feel. Soft natural daylight with gentle contrast, true-to-life color with a clean, slightly warm grade, and fine 35mm film grain. Full-frame camera, 50mm lens look, shallow depth of field. Surreal touches feel handmade and tactile, never sci-fi. Vertical 9:16 frame: the main subject sits just below the center, and the top third stays clear for titles. No logos, brand marks, text, letters or numbers anywhere in the image. No screens or app interfaces, no robots, glowing brains, circuit patterns or server rooms, no sparkle or star icons.

Style prefix: motion Veo, image to video

Photoreal, natural motion at real-world speed. Keep the start frame's look, light and colors. The sneaker keeps its exact shape, colors and details for the whole shot and never morphs. No new objects appear. No text, logos or interface elements. No dialogue and no music; light natural ambience only, because the score is added in the edit.

Recurring assets

Each one is described the same way in every prompt. The copy buttons paste the style prefix and these descriptions in front of each frame’s prompt, so every prompt works on its own.

@sneaker keep every detail

A fictional, unbranded low-top runner: cobalt-blue knit upper, cream midsole with one soft wave, tangerine heel loop, flat cream laces, honey-gum outsole. No logos, stripes or text. Built from a seven-view reference sheet before anything else (step P0).

@creator keep every detail

A fictional adult woman with warm brown skin and short natural curls, small gold hoops, an oversized sage-green work shirt with rolled sleeves. Built from a reference sheet (step P1).

@runner loose guide

A fictional adult seen only from the knees down, in black running tights. No face, so nothing to keep consistent beyond the shoes.

@coast keep rock shape and horizon

A flat sea rock high above a rugged coast at golden hour. Appears in frames 5, 6 (as the print) and 10.

@kite loose guide

Square paper kites with plain faces and fine tangerine strings. The pictures on their faces are added in the edit.

The opportunity

0:00–0:08

Brief: open on a beautifully photographed object, then let the scene open into an imaginative world. Establish the brand context before any technology appears.

A creative opportunity for brands
keyframe pending
Studio still life, title in the top third
01

Studio

0:00.0–0:03.53.5s

Job: set up the object and the promise before any technology appears.

Shot
Medium still life · 50mm · locked tripod, slow push-in
We see
The sneaker stands alone on a low plaster plinth in a pale, empty studio. Soft window light from the left throws one long shadow. Quiet and expensive.
Voice
“Google is putting major resources behind Gemini,”
On screen
A creative opportunity for brands, top third, in at 0:00.5
Sound
Room tone and a soft settle. The music bed starts: felt piano, light marimba.
Keyframeprefix: stills@sneaker
The sneaker stands alone in side profile, toe pointing right, on a low matte plaster plinth in a seamless pale stone-gray photo studio. Soft daylight from a large window out of frame left; one long soft shadow falls to the right. Generous empty space above. Calm, minimal, expensive still life.
Motionprefix: motionstart frame: this keyframe
Locked tripod with a very slow push-in, about 5% closer by the end of the shot. The sneaker stays perfectly still. A faint drift of dust floats through the window light. Nothing else moves.
Watch for: keep the studio neutral so the cobalt reads first. Low risk.
A creative opportunity for brands
keyframe pending
The backdrop folds open onto a sunlit sky
02

The studio opens

0:03.5–0:08.04.5s

Job: show that this opportunity is imaginative by opening a world.

Shot
Medium to wide · 35mm · dolly forward
We see
The paper backdrop behind the sneaker splits and folds open like a giant pop-up book, revealing a sunlit sky and a dreamlike city horizon. Warm light floods the plinth. The sneaker stays put.
Voice
“and we’re exploring a way for brands to be part of that momentum.”
On screen
The title holds, then fades out at 0:06.5.
Sound
A big paper unfold and a rush of outdoor air. The music lifts.
Keyframe (end frame)prefix: stills@sneaker
The same studio, plinth and sneaker, but the seamless paper backdrop has folded open down the middle like the pages of a giant pop-up book. Its curling paper edges reveal a bright, sunlit open sky and a dreamlike city horizon beyond. Warm sunlight pours through the opening across the plinth and the sneaker. Playful, handmade paper-craft feel.
Motionprefix: motionstart: frame 1 · end: this keyframe
The paper backdrop splits down the middle and folds back like a pop-up book page, revealing the sky. The camera dollies slowly forward toward the opening. Sunlight sweeps across the plinth. The sneaker does not move or change.
Watch for: this transition depends on Veo’s first-and-last-frame mode. If the fold turns to mush, cut on a light flare instead.

The creative idea

0:08–0:21

Brief: follow the same object through three striking settings with consistent art direction, and show a simple creative prompt as editorial text, not a fake Gemini interface. The sneaker holds the same screen position at every cut, so the world changes around it.

“A city where every rooftop is a running track.”
keyframe pending
Curb height, ordinary morning street
03

Ordinary street

0:08.0–0:12.04s

Job: ground the idea in everyday life before it turns surreal.

Shot
Close-up at curb height · 35mm · locked-off
We see
The sneaker sits on a concrete curb beside a crosswalk on an ordinary morning street. Commuters pass behind it, out of focus.
Voice
“Imagine your brand inspiring an idea”
On screen
The creative prompt, set as editorial type: “A city where every rooftop is a running track.” Top third.
Sound
Morning street ambience and a distant bike bell.
Keyframeprefix: stills@sneaker
The sneaker sits on the edge of a concrete curb beside a painted white crosswalk on an ordinary city street at 8 a.m., seen from a low camera at curb height. Soft morning sun from behind camera right, long shadows. Out-of-focus pedestrians and a parked bicycle in the background. Everyday, real, slightly worn textures.
Motionprefix: motionstart frame: this keyframe
Locked-off camera at curb height. Out-of-focus pedestrians walk past from left to right in the background, and a leaf skitters across the asphalt. The sneaker stays perfectly still and sharp. No camera movement.
Watch for: street signs and shopfronts sprout fake lettering. Keep the background soft and reject any take with readable signs.
“A city where every rooftop is a running track.”
keyframe pending
Rooftops become a running route
04

Rooftop running route

0:12.0–0:16.54.5s

Job: make the idea come alive in motion.

Shot
Low tracking shot · 24mm · sideways track, left to right
We see
The prompt comes true. A rooftop becomes a running track whose tangerine lane lines carry on across the neighbors’ roofs, joined by little painted footbridges. A runner, seen from the knees down, wears the sneakers.
Voice
“that creators and their communities can make their own.”
On screen
The prompt text fades out at 0:13.
Sound
Footfalls on track rubber and wind. The music builds.
Keyframeprefix: stills@sneaker@runner
Seen from the knees down, the runner wears the sneakers mid-stride on a rooftop turned into a running track: brick-red track surface with tangerine lane lines that continue across a row of neighboring rooftops, linked by small painted footbridges, with water towers and chimneys around. Clear blue late-morning sky. The front shoe lands just below the center of the frame, sharply in focus, its full side profile visible.
Motionprefix: motionstart frame: this keyframe
The camera tracks sideways at ground level, matching the runner's speed from left to right. Two full strides; the lead foot lands in the same screen position at the start and the end. Motion blur on the background only; the shoes stay sharp and keep their exact shape and colors.
Watch for: the highest drift risk in the film. Running shoes warp and laces melt. Generate four takes and keep the shoe in side profile. If it still drifts, slow the stride to a jog.
keyframe pending
The hero image: a sea rock at golden hour
05

The coast

0:16.5–0:21.04.5s

Job: deliver the hero image, the one people would want to make their own.

Shot
Extreme wide · aerial · slow arc, right to left
We see
A pair of the sneakers rests on a flat sea rock high above the coast at golden hour. Surf breaks far below under a huge sky.
Voice
No line. The music swells and the picture breathes.
On screen
Nothing.
Sound
Waves and distant gulls. The music swells.
Keyframeprefix: stills@sneaker@coast
A pair of the sneakers rests on the sea rock. The sea glows below, gentle waves break white against the cliffs, and a vast clear sky fades from apricot to soft blue. The pair sits just below the center of the frame, small but crisp, its silhouette unmistakable. Peaceful, epic, warm.
Motionprefix: motionstart frame: this keyframe
Slow aerial arc from right to left around the rock, about 15 degrees over the shot, at a constant height. Waves roll and break naturally below; a few seabirds glide far off. The sneakers stay still and keep their exact shape and colors.
Watch for: at this scale the sneakers can lose their wave midsole. Pick the take where the cobalt and tangerine still read on a phone.

People make it their own

0:21–0:32

Brief: pull back to a small grid of distinct versions. Briefly show a creator sharing the starting idea and others responding. Use fictional adults and label the examples “Illustrative concept”.

Illustrative conceptkeyframe pending
A creator pins the coast print to her wall
06

A creator shares it

0:21.0–0:26.05s

Job: show a person taking the idea as their own.

Shot
Medium portrait · 50mm · handheld, settling
We see
A creator pins a large print of the coast image to a cork wall full of sketches, then glances back at the camera with a small grin.
Voice
“One image becomes hundreds of creative possibilities,”
On screen
Illustrative concept, small, lower left, through frame 7
Sound
A pushpin tap, a soft laugh, room ambience.
Keyframeprefix: stills@creator
In a sunlit home studio, the creator pins a large printed photograph to a cork wall covered in sketches and color swatches. The print shows a pair of sneakers on a sea rock at golden hour. She glances back over her shoulder toward the camera with a small, delighted grin. Warm afternoon window light from frame right; plants and paper rolls soft in the background.
Motionprefix: motionstart frame: this keyframe
A gentle handheld camera that settles. She presses the last pushpin into the corner of the print with her thumb, steps back half a step and looks over her shoulder to the camera with a small grin. Natural blinking and breathing. Her hands stay natural, five fingers each.
Watch for: hands and the print. Replace the print’s picture with the real frame 5 image in the edit, because a generated print never matches exactly.
Illustrative concepttiles pending
Nine versions of one sneaker
07

Everyone makes their own

0:26.0–0:32.06s

Job: show one image becoming many versions.

Shot
Top-down · pull-back from one tile to a 3×3 grid, built in the edit
We see
The camera pulls back from the creator’s print and it becomes the center of a grid. Eight other versions of the same sneaker pop in around it: knitted, ceramic, desert dunes, a tide pool, a mosaic courtyard, a mountain ridge, papercraft, a night market.
Voice
“using Gemini’s image-generation tools.” naming pending
On screen
Illustrative concept continues.
Sound
Soft staggered pops as each tile lands. The groove settles in.
Tile keyframes, one per tileprefix: stills@sneaker
Square 1:1 frame, overriding the 9:16 layout. A single sneaker reimagined as [VARIATION]. The sneaker keeps its exact shape and colors and stays centered and clearly recognizable.
  1. hand-knitted from chunky cobalt and tangerine yarn, on a wooden table in a sunny craft room
  2. a glazed ceramic sculpture just lifted from a potter’s wheel, clay-dusted hands at the frame edge
  3. resting on a wind-sculpted sand dune at dusk, long violet shadows
  4. floating in a clear tide pool among coral and small silver fish
  5. (center tile) the frame 5 coast image, unchanged
  6. on a sunlit courtyard floor of blue-and-white geometric mosaic tiles beside a small fountain
  7. on a snowy mountain ridge at sunrise, crisp blue shadows
  8. folded from colored paper on a paper-cut city street
  9. worn by a fictional adult mid-step at a lantern-lit night market, warm bokeh behind
Watch for: make each tile its own square image with the reference sheet attached. Asking for the whole grid in one image turns the sneakers into nine different shoes. Optionally bring two tiles to life with 2-second Veo loops, such as yarn swaying or water rippling. The dune and mosaic tiles nod to Middle East markets if Alex wants that.

Amplification and distribution

0:32–0:44

Brief: the grid expands across an abstract network of connected communities, as a concept only. No fake ad accounts, Gemini pop-ups, impression counters, real placements or charts. We show it as kites rather than glowing networks, which keeps it human and avoids the tech clichés the brief rules out.

Creative collaboration + amplification + distribution
keyframe pending
The versions rise as paper kites
08

Ideas take flight

0:32.0–0:38.06s

Job: make amplification feel joyful and human, not technical.

Shot
Medium-wide · 35mm · slow tilt up
We see
The grid’s pictures lift off as square paper kites, each carrying one version, rising from a rooftop into a dusk sky on fine tangerine strings.
Voice
“The opportunity is to pair great creative ideas with substantial Google support for amplification and distribution,” pending Parham
On screen
Creative collaboration + amplification + distribution pending Parham
Sound
Wind and fluttering paper. The music opens up.
Keyframeprefix: stills@kite
At dusk, dozens of the paper kites rise from a city rooftop into a deep blue sky, their strings trailing down to the rooftop. Warm last light catches the kites' edges; the first city lights are coming on. Joyful, handmade, poetic. No people, no screens, no billboards.
Motionprefix: motionstart frame: this keyframe
The camera tilts up slowly from the rooftop edge to the sky, following the kites as they rise and drift apart on a steady breeze from left to right. The strings stay continuous and taut. No people, no text.
Watch for: pictures generated on the kites come out as mush. Generate plain kite faces and track the nine tile images onto them in the edit.
Creative collaboration + amplification + distribution
keyframe pending
Kites spread across a city to the coast
09

Across communities

0:38.0–0:44.06s

Job: show reach widening, as a concept, with no fake numbers.

Shot
Extreme wide · aerial pull-back and rise
We see
High above a city that runs down to the coast, hundreds of kites float over many neighborhoods. Their tangerine strings stitch rooftop to rooftop, where small crowds look up and hold the lines.
Voice
“giving participating brands the potential for major reach.” pending Parham
On screen
The line holds, then fades at 0:43.
Sound
Wide wind and a distant city. The music peaks.
Keyframeprefix: stills@kite
A very high, wide aerial view at blue hour over a sprawling city that runs down to the coast and distant towns. Hundreds of the paper kites float above many neighborhoods, their fine tangerine strings stitching rooftop to rooftop across the whole landscape and catching the last light. On the rooftops, small crowds look up and hold the strings. Calm, vast, hopeful. No screens, no billboards, no text.
Motionprefix: motionstart frame: this keyframe
A slow aerial pull-back and rise that reveals more of the landscape. The kites drift gently and the strings stay continuous. Smooth, constant speed. The rooftop crowds move together as one mass, not as individuals.
Watch for: keep the people as small crowds, because individual figures at this scale melt. Reject any take with screens, signage or anything that reads as a real ad placement.

The invitation

0:44–0:58

Brief: return to the strongest hero image and hold a simple, readable end card for at least four seconds. No phone number, email, QR code or landing page.

Have an interesting brand in mind? DM Alex AzziExplore a Gemini image-generation collaboration
keyframe pending
Back to the coast at sunset, end card on top
10

The invitation

0:44.0–0:58.014s

Job: return to the hero and ask for the DM.

Shot
Wide hero · slow push-in for 7s, then locked for the end card
We see
Back on the coast. The sun touches the horizon behind the sneakers on their rock. The picture settles and the end card comes up over it.
Voice
“If you run an interesting brand, or know one that would love to explore this, DM me. Let’s see what we could create together.”
On screen
From 0:50 to 0:58 (8 seconds): Have an interesting brand in mind? DM Alex Azzi, with a smaller line below: Explore a Gemini image-generation collaboration naming pending
Sound
Waves. The music resolves to one warm chord at 0:57.
Keyframeprefix: stills@sneaker@coast
The same scene as the golden-hour coast shot, a few minutes later: the sun is just touching the horizon behind the rock, the sky deepens from tangerine to violet-blue, and the sneakers catch a warm rim light. Keep the top half of the frame calm and uncluttered for the end card.
Motionprefix: motionstart frame: this keyframe · 8s clip, then hold
Very slow push-in toward the sneakers over 8 seconds, then hold still. Waves continue below. The sneakers do not move.
Watch for: the end card is type laid over the picture in the edit, never generated. It holds 8 seconds, double the brief’s minimum, and stays inside the title zone.

Voiceover and timing

The brief’s draft read, placed against the picture. It runs about 40 seconds of speech inside 58 seconds of film, which leaves room for the reveals. Alex records it himself; if he can’t, we use a licensed narrator, never an AI copy of his voice.

LineIn–outFramesReadWords
10:00.5–0:08.001–02Google is putting major resources behind Gemini, and we’re exploring a way for brands to be part of that momentum. naming pending20
20:08.5–0:15.003–04Imagine your brand inspiring an idea that creators and their communities can make their own.15
–0:15.0–0:21.504–05Pause for the coast reveal. Music only.0
30:21.5–0:29.006–07One image becomes hundreds of creative possibilities, using Gemini’s image-generation tools.11
40:32.5–0:43.008–09The opportunity is to pair great creative ideas with substantial Google support for amplification and distribution, giving participating brands the potential for major reach. pending Parham24
50:44.5–0:54.010If you run an interesting brand, or know one that would love to explore this, DM me. Let’s see what we could create together.24
Total spoken words94

Before release

The brief makes these Parham’s calls. If the Google-support wording isn’t cleared, we pause and rewrite line 4 and the frame 8 title before anything goes out.

Production plan

Each pass produces something the next one uses. Parham approves after P3, before any motion is generated.

  1. P0
    Sneaker reference sheet. Seven views on plain gray: both side profiles, front, back with the heel loop, top, sole and a three-quarter hero, plus a close-up of the knit and the midsole wave. Every later image attaches it.
    @sneaker
    Product reference sheet of the sneaker on a plain mid-gray seamless background with even, soft studio light. Views in a clean grid: outer side profile, inner side profile, front, back showing the heel loop, top-down, sole showing the honey-gum outsole, and a three-quarter hero view, plus one close-up of the knit texture and the midsole wave. Same scale in every view. No text, labels or logos.
  2. P1
    Creator reference sheet. Full body from front, side and back, a three-quarter view, and close-up portraits, all on plain gray, so she looks the same in frame 6.
    @creator
    Character reference sheet of the creator on a plain mid-gray background with soft, even light: full body from the front, side and back, a three-quarter view, and close-up portraits from the front and three-quarter with a neutral expression and a warm smile. Same clothing and hair in every view. No text or labels.
  3. P2
    Keyframes. Frames 1 to 10 plus the nine grid tiles in Nano Banana Pro. This page becomes storyboard v2 with real pictures.
  4. P3
    Scratch narration and animatic. The stills timed to a rough read of the voiceover. This is the approval point for Parham.
  5. P4
    Motion. Each frame animated in Veo, three or four takes per shot, keeping the best.
  6. P5
    Edit and deliver. Music, captions, titles and the end card. For the 16:9 version, extend each keyframe sideways in Nano Banana Pro and re-run its motion. Deliver the captioned 9:16 master (1080×1920), the 16:9 version (1920×1080), a clean version without captions, the .srt subtitle file and the editable project files.