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# dawnbands-wakes-everyone-but-him-2026-08-17c — cartoon-h3 storyboard (Fish review BEFORE canvases)

VO: 65.94s, 249 words, 3.78 wps · 24 beats · 7 batches (≤15s, ≤6 panels, reveal/CTA ≤3)

Beat times come from the ElevenLabs word timings of the trimmed VO. A batch = one MiniMax H3 generation (canvas + hero refs + this batch's VO slice). Batch boundaries fall on pack-line ends only.

## Table storyboard

| Beat | Scene | Start–End (s) | VO | Visual | Env | Transition-in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0.04–4.59 (4.6) | Don't buy this if you want to keep waking up at five forty in the morning to your teen's alarm. | In a dim clay bedroom, Mom's eyes snap open on the pillow. She turns her head toward the wall, grabs the blanket, and pulls it up over her ear. Beside her, Dad drags a pillow over his own head, still asleep. Cool blue night light, tense annoyance on Mom's face. | parents bedroom | hard cut |
| 2 | 2.1 | 4.75–7.09 (2.3) | His alarm wakes you. It wakes your husband. | Clay-diorama hallway, cool blue-grey, two closed doors facing each other across a runner rug, wall lamp off. A thin strip of light glows under the far door as muffled alarm sound rings pour out from beneath it and ripple down the rug toward the near door. Corridor stays empty, no people visible. | upstairs hallway | hard cut |
| 3 | 2.2 | 7.15–8.38 (1.2) | It does not wake him. | Same clay hallway, camera holds on the near door. The sound rings arrive thin and pale, sliding beneath the door and dissolving there. No crack of light appears underneath, wall lamp still off, rug undisturbed. The door stays shut and still, corridor silent and empty. | upstairs hallway | camera holds as the fading rings reach the near door and die against it |
| 4 | 3.1 | 8.49–11.08 (2.6) | Then the second alarm goes off. Then the third. | Mom lies flat on her back in bed, eyes wide open, blanket gripped tight in both fists at her chest. Two more sets of cartoon sound rings pulse through the wall above the headboard, overlapping the first ring. Dad's sleeping shape stays motionless beside her, pillow still over his head. | parents bedroom | hard cut |
| 5 | 3.2 | 11.15–14.85 (3.7) | And you are awake, working out how long before you have to go in yourself. | Camera holds close on Mom's face as she stares up at the ceiling, unmoving, blanket still gripped tight in her fists at her chest. Her eyes narrow slightly, expression tense and calculating. Dad remains a still shape beside her, pillow over his head, undisturbed. | parents bedroom | camera pushes in tight on her face |
| 6 | 4.1 | 15.01–18.09 (3.1) | So you get up, you go in, and you say his name four times. | Mom crosses from the doorway to Ryan's bedside, leaning over the blanket-covered shape, mouth open calling his name, brow tight with tired urgency, cool blue-grey light, alarm clock still ringing on nightstand, second clock overturned on rug. | teen bedroom | camera follows her forward as she leaves the doorway |
| 7 | 4.2 | 18.15–19.78 (1.6) | That has been your morning for years. | Mom stands beside the unmoving blanket shape, shoulders dropping, tired eyes fixed on him, expression flat with resigned exhaustion, grey dawn light at window, alarms still humming faintly on the nightstand behind her. | teen bedroom | she straightens up and pauses, the alarms fading behind her |
| 8 | 5.1 | 19.84–21.08 (1.2) | This is Dawn Bands. | Extreme close-up on a bare wrist resting on a bed sheet, wearing a plain matte black silicone band with fine diagonal ribbing. Pale fair skin, navy sleep t-shirt sleeve at the frame edge. Soft dawn light falls across the band, no motion, no sound yet. The Dawn Band is a plain matte black silicone band with fine diagonal ribbing, matte black on every surface including the inner lining, NO screen, NO buttons, NO watch face, no glow. | teen bedroom | hard cut |
| 9 | 5.2 | 21.25–24.31 (3.1) | He wears it to bed, and in the morning it buzzes on his wrist. | Tight shot on the same wrist as the matte black silicone band buzzes softly; two tiny ripple rings pulse outward from the band and stay fixed at the skin. Morning light brightens across the sheet. The hand lies open and relaxed beside the pillow, calm and untroubled. The Dawn Band is a plain matte black silicone band with fine diagonal ribbing, matte black on every surface including the inner lining, NO screen, NO buttons, NO watch face, no glow. | teen bedroom | camera holds on the wrist as the light gradually brightens toward morning |
| 10 | 5.3 | 24.47–26.85 (2.4) | Nothing goes off in the house. Only he feels it. | Close on the wrist as the hand opens fully and fingers spread wide across the sheet, the two ripple rings from the band staying fixed at the skin instead of fading away. The matte black band shows no screen, no buttons, no glow. The room around stays silent and calm. The Dawn Band is a plain matte black silicone band with fine diagonal ribbing, matte black on every surface including the inner lining, NO screen, NO buttons, NO watch face, no glow. | teen bedroom | cut in tighter on the hand as it begins to open |
| 11 | 6.1 | 26.96–29.02 (2.1) | Sound has to fill the whole room to reach him. | Wide shot from the bedroom doorway: on the nightstand the phone's alarm throws huge cartoon sound rings that swell to fill the entire room and spill out under the door into the hallway. Ryan sits up on the edge of the bed, blinking, cool blue-grey light warming at the window. | teen bedroom | hard cut |
| 12 | 6.2 | 29.08–30.60 (1.5) | The buzz is already on his skin. | Close on Ryan's wrist resting on the bed: the black ribbed silicone band sits flush against his skin, two tiny ripple rings pulsing right at the wrist while the huge sound rings from the nightstand still fill the background, going nowhere near him. The Dawn Band is a plain matte black silicone band with fine diagonal ribbing, matte black on every surface including the inner lining, NO screen, NO buttons, NO watch face, no glow. | teen bedroom | camera pushes in tight on the wrist |
| 13 | 6.3 | 30.66–34.23 (3.6) | In one study, it woke sleeping adults ninety-four percent of the time. | Wide shot again from the doorway: Ryan now fully upright on the edge of the bed, eyes open, expression alert. The small ripple rings stay tight at his wrist while the big alarm rings keep spreading through the room and hallway behind him. | teen bedroom | cut back to the wide doorway shot |
| 14 | 7 | 34.30–38.40 (4.1) | By day seven, he is up on his own, and you sleep until your own alarm goes off. | Soft morning light fills the parents' bedroom; Mom lies asleep with blanket relaxed, Dad asleep beside her, pillow off his head. Through the open door, Ryan passes down the hallway already dressed in a hoodie, black band visible on his wrist, walking calmly without glancing in. The Dawn Band is a plain matte black silicone band with fine diagonal ribbing, matte black on every surface including the inner lining, NO screen, NO buttons, NO watch face, no glow. | parents bedroom | hard cut |
| 15 | 8.1 | 38.53–41.67 (3.1) | By day fourteen, you stop waking at five forty out of habit. | The upstairs hallway stands empty in dim early light. Both bedroom doors are closed, the runner rug lies flat and straight, and a packed school bag rests by the top of the stairs. The cool grey light is turning warm, and the house feels still and calm. | upstairs hallway | hard cut |
| 16 | 8.2 | 41.74–42.95 (1.2) | No alarms in the hallway. | The hallway remains silent, both doors still shut and the runner rug lying flat and undisturbed. No sound rings echo through the space; the packed school bag sits untouched by the stairs as the early light warms slightly across the still, empty hallway. | upstairs hallway | slow push in toward the closed bedroom doors |
| 17 | 8.3 | 43.02–44.48 (1.5) | No arguing before school. | The hallway stays quiet and still, both doors closed and the packed school bag waiting by the stairs. No raised voices or rushed footsteps disturb the calm space as the warming light spreads evenly across the empty hallway. | upstairs hallway | camera drifts down the hallway toward the packed school bag |
| 18 | 9.1 | 44.62–48.66 (4.0) | By day thirty, this is just how mornings work now. He gets himself up. | Ryan stands at the kitchen counter already dressed, school bag slung over one shoulder, eating a slice of toast. The black ribbed band sits plain and matte on his wrist. His face is calm and unhurried, moving through an ordinary morning routine with nobody prompting him. The Dawn Band is a plain matte black silicone band with fine diagonal ribbing, matte black on every surface including the inner lining, NO screen, NO buttons, NO watch face, no glow. | kitchen | hard cut |
| 19 | 9.2 | 48.82–51.23 (2.4) | You wake up when you meant to, and the house is quiet. | Mom walks into the kitchen carrying a mug, relaxed, hair done, her eyes on the mug rather than on Ryan. Dad sits at the table with his own coffee. Nobody speaks, warm gold light fills the room, the mood easy and unhurried. | kitchen | camera pans from Ryan at the counter to Mom entering with her mug |
| 20 | 10.1 | 51.34–54.40 (3.1) | So you can keep getting woken up by an alarm that never worked, | Mom sits on the edge of her bed in warm morning light, one hand pushing her hair back mid-stretch, bare feet resting on the rug. Dad sleeps peacefully behind her under soft covers. Her face is calm, unhurried, expression relaxed and completely at ease. | parents bedroom | hard cut |
| 21 | 10.2 | 54.47–56.96 (2.5) | or you can both sleep until it is actually time. | Mom lowers her hand from her hair, sitting upright on the edge of the bed as bright window light fills the room. She glances back toward Dad, still asleep beside her, and exhales softly, her expression content and easy, in no rush to move. | parents bedroom | the moment holds as she finishes her stretch |
| 22 | 11.1 | 57.06–59.76 (2.7) | Over fifty thousand families use Dawn Bands. | Wide shot of the upstairs hallway, empty, gold morning light across the runner rug. Both bedroom doors stand open — the far one onto an empty made bed, the near one onto stillness. No school bag on the stairs. No one in frame. The clay-framed photo hangs quiet on the wall. | upstairs hallway | hard cut |
| 23 | 11.2 | 59.83–63.49 (3.7) | One hundred percent wake-up guarantee. Sixty nights. Forty-nine dollars. | Camera pushes slowly toward the plain clay-framed photo on the hallway wall, gold light spreading warmer across the frame and the runner rug beneath it. The two open doors sit soft-focused behind, the far bed still empty and made, the hallway silent and undisturbed. | upstairs hallway | camera pushes in slowly toward the wall |
| 24 | 11.3 | 63.60–65.88 (2.3) | Tap below and let his alarm wake him, not you. | Camera eases back out to the full hallway view, both doors open, empty made bed visible beyond, runner rug glowing gold in the morning light. The space stays empty and still, calm settled over the whole frame, nothing moving. | upstairs hallway | the front door closes softly downstairs, camera pulls back to the wide hallway |

## Batches

- **Batch 1**: beats 1–5 · 0.04–14.85s (14.8s) · 15s generation · 5 panel(s) · ends on "…go in yourself." 
- **Batch 2**: beats 6–7 · 15.01–19.78s (4.8s) · 5s generation · 2 panel(s) · ends on "…morning for years." 
- **Batch 3**: beats 8–10 · 19.84–26.85s (7.0s) · 8s generation · 3 panel(s) · ends on "…he feels it." REVEAL product
- **Batch 4**: beats 11–14 · 26.96–38.40s (11.4s) · 12s generation · 4 panel(s) · ends on "…alarm goes off." product
- **Batch 5**: beats 15–19 · 38.53–51.23s (12.7s) · 13s generation · 5 panel(s) · ends on "…house is quiet." product
- **Batch 6**: beats 20–21 · 51.34–56.96s (5.6s) · 6s generation · 2 panel(s) · ends on "…is actually time." 
- **Batch 7**: beats 22–24 · 57.06–65.88s (8.8s) · 9s generation · 3 panel(s) · ends on "…him, not you." CTA