Built by people who've been on set, to fix a global problem in how film gets made.
StoryboardCanvas was founded by people who spent decades on set, in the edit, and in the production office - not in software. We built the tool we wished existed, because nothing on the market held a real production together in one synchronised project file.
The world problem
Four friction points that shape every shooting day.
Every problem below is one we've sat in, on real productions. They're the reasons StoryboardCanvas exists.
An operating system for everyone who makes film.
We dreamt of something that could change the way film gets made - one place that carried a story the whole way, from the first line of script to the last shot of the day, with real help built into every step. We started building it to scratch our own itch. What it became surprised us. So we didn't stop.
StoryboardCanvas is that operating system: twenty production apps sharing one synchronised project file, covering the entire script-to-shoot-day pipeline - write, board, break down, schedule, budget, cast, draw, sheet, shoot, wrap - with DollyAI™, your built-in AI assistant, working beside you in every single app.
It's built to empower everyone who creates - the solo storyteller and the social creator, the hobbyist and the indie studio, the video house and the ad agency, all the way up to streaming-scale coordination across a slate of productions. The same operating system scales from a phone in your pocket to a multi-million-pound shoot.
And we haven't stopped - not even close. Every fortnightwe ship new features, and we're genuinely excited to share what's coming as we grow, together. If StoryboardCanvas has helped you, pass it to someone who'd love it too. Thank you - truly - for being here, and for your support. This is just the beginning.
Our mission
Make a finished, shoot-ready production faster, synchronised, and far less expensive.
Moving-image production runs on a 1990s software stack at 2026 prices. The tools that plan and produce the world's scripted content were built in separate decades, by separate companies, for separate departments - and have been duct-taped together ever since. Every department works in a different application. No one owns the latest version of anything. Everyone pays the bill.
StoryboardCanvas replaces that stack with one synchronised project file. Twenty apps, one source of truth, every feature on every paid tier - so any team operates with the fluency of a studio without paying like one.
Meet the founder
Mitchell Hughes is a visual storyteller who lives between imagination and execution - a storyboard artist whose work transforms scripts into cinematic moments long before the cameras roll. With nearly two decades immersed in advertising, film, branded content, and design, his craft is rooted not only in drawing frames, but in understanding emotion, pacing, composition, and the language of cinema itself.
From global campaigns to intimate creative concepts, Mitch approaches every project with the eye of a director and the instinct of an artist, building worlds where movement, atmosphere, and narrative collide. His work is less about illustration alone, and more about giving shape to ideas before they exist - turning rough concepts into something audiences can already feel.
StoryboardCanvas is the conception of every lesson learnt from many talented humans not mentioned here - a tool to empower humans, not replace them.
Built by filmmakers
Craft knowledge is the hiring prerequisite.
StoryboardCanvas is built by directors, producers, production coordinators, DPs, editors, and software engineers who shipped real productions before they shipped a single line of code for this product. Engineers who haven't been on set don't design our tools.
Every design decision is pressure-tested by a working director and a working producer before it ships. If a feature can't survive a shoot day, it doesn't survive review.
What we believe
Six principles that shape every shipped feature.
Our commitment
Every app. Lifetime development. Every two weeks.
StoryboardCanvas is not a launch-and-move-on product. Every one of the twenty apps gets continuous lifetime development, on a fortnightly release cadence, steered by the people actually using it on real productions.
The feedback loop
01
File in-product
Any subscriber flags a paper cut, request, or wish directly inside the app.
02
Weekly triage
Product + working directors review the queue every week, publicly.
03
Roadmap promote
Prioritised items land on the open roadmap with target sprint numbers.
04
Ship + credit
Shipped in a fortnightly release. Contributors are credited in the Changelog.
Together
We are building a new world for filmmaking. And we are building it with you.
StoryboardCanvas is a long game. Every subscription is a seat at the table - your craft knowledge steers the roadmap, your shoot-day friction becomes our next release, and your work stays yours. Full commercial rights. Exportable project files. Nothing trained on. Nothing held hostage.
If you've ever re-typed a scene heading into a fifth application at midnight before a 5am call, you already know why this exists. Join us and help shape what ships next.
One project file. Every department.
From first draft to final wrap - StoryboardCanvas replaces the fragmented stack with one synchronised suite.