Storyboard Animatic Timing Agent

Early in a project, animators turn storyboard panels into an animatic, and timing is often wrong until several passes later. This agent reads the panels, the script and the scratch dialogue track, and sets a first timing for each panel from the line length and action notes. It then adds up shot lengths and compares them with the target runtime. If the cut runs long, it suggests trims on holds and establishing panels first, not on dialogue. It checks that every line of dialogue still fits inside its panels after trimming and that no panel is shorter than the minimum readable time. It exports the timed animatic for review, and the director or animator approves the cut. Edge case: a joke needs a long pause, so the agent respects panels marked as locked.