0 What are you making?
Pick the journey
Scene, trailer and short film are different journeys — so the run adapts. Your choice rides along as a making: chip.
◆ DOES branch the run✓ CARRIES as a persistent making: chip
🎬
A scene
One beat → one generated scene. The measured corridor, end to end.
SetupConditioningRenderDeliver
shotlist-plan · render · cut/assemble
Make a scene →
✂️
A trailer
Cut from an existing film or script. Scout the beats, auto-cut in a measured style.
SourceScript-scoutCut styleAuto-cut
edit/script-scout · auto-cut
Cut a trailer →
🎞️
A short film
A script → many scenes. Cast, world, per-scene generate, then assemble.
ScriptCastWorld…Assemble
parse-script · per-scene · cut/assemble
Start a film →
1a Scene · your material
What are you making?
Describe the beat — or paste a scriptlet. This sets the target the run measures against.
◆ DOES capture the beat✓ MEASURES your intent — sets the target
✎ Describe⧉ Paste a scriptlet
The beat
A crowd gathers at the barricade in Derry; the marshals argue the plan as the march forms, tension rising toward the front line.
where EXT · Derry streetwhen daymood rising unrest
1a Film · your material
Bring your script
Paste it, upload a PDF, or pick a library source — Wideshot parses it into a scene list you'll generate one by one.
◆ DOES parse-script → scenes✓ MEASURES your intent per scene
⧉ Paste↑ Upload PDF / .txt▤ From library title
Parsed · 5 scenesre-parse
01The barricadeEXT · Derry street · day
42 lines · 2 chars
02The huddleEXT · side street · day
28 lines · 3 chars
03The march formsEXT · Guildhall approach
60 lines · 2 chars
04The front lineEXT · barrier · day
18 lines · 4 chars
05AftermathEXT · street · dusk
9 lines · 2 chars
1b Cast · the who
Give each character a face and a voice
Assign characters, lock a face, clone a voice. This is the WHO — separate from the measured reference shots (the HOW) later.
◆ DOES lock faces + clone voices✓ MEASURES consistency — same face & voice every shot
🔒 face lockedfrom library · 00:41:12
Lead organiser
voice ready ✓
cloned · source 00:41
The Brigadier
voice ready ✓
provider voice
＋ Add character
face + voice
◆ Face-lock & voice-clone are consistency guarantees — the same identity every shot. Sources: library timecode, upload, YouTube, or a provider voice.
1c World · the where
Set the world and its reference board
Define the location(s) and lock the reference imagery that grounds the look. This board is the look target the render conditions on.
◆ DOES set location + reference board◆ CONDITIONS the render's look target
Location · Derry street, 1972＋ add location
🔒 locked
🔒 locked
🔒 locked
＋
2a Grammar
Generate in a measured grammar
Adopt a real film's measured shot grammar. This is the moat — conditioned on measurement, not a template.
◆ CONDITIONS ON Bloody Sunday's measured grammar
Bloody Sundaymeasured ✓ · 299 shots✓
A director ▾Greengrass · Bigelow…
Another film ▾from the library
Rhythm — planned from
ADOPTING: wide-to-close, 90% moving, long masters against fast bursts. Shot count & durations planned from this measured rhythm.
2b Reference shots · the how
Measured shots that steer the camera & look
Pick measured shots to condition specific moments. This is the HOW (camera, look) — not the cast (that was the WHO, in step 1b).
◆ CONDITIONS ON 3 reference shots — the HOW
◆ Camera/look only. The faces & voices live in Cast. Kept separate on purpose.
2c Dialogue texture
Match the measured talk
The rhythm of the talk — words/min, segments, speaker split. This is the measured texture; the character voices were cloned in Cast.
◆ CONDITIONS ON measured dialogue texture — 105 wpm
Measured texture — matching
◆ Texture ≠ voice-casting. The cloned voices from Cast speak these lines; here we only match the measured rhythm.
TEXTURE: clipped, overlapping, caught-not-composed. Speech beats drive coverage + cut rhythm.
2d Keyframes
The shot list — plan, then make each frame
Each shot is a composition schematic from its measured labels; durations planned from measured rhythm. Now generate or import the actual keyframe per shot.
◆ DOES generate / import each keyframe✓ MEASURES the composition◆ PLANNED FROM rhythm — 5 shots · ~41s
⚡ Generate all keyframes
2e Preflight
Everything conditioned before render
What's set, what it's measured against, the cost, and what stays honest about verification.
✓ MEASURES readiness — a state + a cost, no confidence score
✓Materialbeat / script parsed
the beat
✓Castfaces locked · voices cloned
2 characters
✓Worldreference board locked
Derry 1972
✓Grammarconditioned on a measured film
Bloody Sunday ✓
✓Keyframesgenerated · planned from rhythm
5 shots · 41s
✓ Measured
Conditioned on a measured grammar (299 shots · 6·3·3 labels) + locked cast/world; 5 keyframes from measured rhythm.
⊘ Verified
Output conformance verification.
🔒 Locked · lights up when the auto-reviewer ships.
ESTIMATED COST · 5 shots · 41s~1,240 credits
READY TO RENDER— all inputs conditioned; nothing estimated.
3a Render
Generating in the measured grammar
Each shot rendered to its planned size, motion and duration — with the locked cast & world.
◆ CONDITIONS ON everything above
Rendering · 5 shots · Bloody Sunday grammar
shot 1 WIDE · pull-out · 6.2s ✓ done
shot 2 MED-LONG · handheld · 12.0s ✓ done
shot 3 CLOSE-UP · push-in · 3.1s ▸ rendering…
shot 4 WIDE · pull-out · 9.0s queued
shot 5 MEDIUM · handheld · 10.7s queued
3b Conformance
Did it conform to the grammar?
The generated cut, measured back and compared to the target. Honest deltas — not a pass/fail score.
✓ MEASURES the output's grammar vs the target
achievedtarget (measured)
Shot size — achieved vs target
Fingerprint — achieved over target
READ: matches the wide-to-close grammar and the moving-camera identity. Median shot 8.4s vs target 8.1s; 89% moving vs 90%. Close-ups run one point hot.
3c Deliver · scene
Deliver the scene
Export, with its measured provenance attached — and it lands on the Cuts shelf.
✓ MEASURES the delivered scene's own grammar
The scene — measured summary
Export
Download MP4 ↓ProResEDL
◆ Generated in Bloody Sunday's measured grammar · provenance travels with the export.
⟲ Saved to the Cuts shelf — never lost; re-cut it any time.
3c Assemble · film
Assemble the scenes into the film
The generated scenes, cut together into one measured timeline, then delivered.
◆ DOES cut/assemble the scenes✓ MEASURES the whole film's grammar
Timeline · 5 scenes → one film
010:41
020:33
030:58
040:22
050:19
Export
Assemble & export ↓EDL / XML
⟲ The film + each scene land on the Cuts shelf — nothing lost.
1 Source
What are you cutting a trailer from?
Pick an existing measured film, or paste a script. The trailer is cut from its beats.
◆ DOES choose the source◆ CONDITIONS ON its measured grammar
Bloody Sundaymeasured ✓ · 55 scenes✓
From the library ▾any measured title
Paste a script ▾parse-script
2 Script-scout
The beats, ranked for a trailer
Script-scout ranks the source's beats by trailer salience. Include the ones you want.
✓ MEASURES beat salience — ranked, not guessed◆ edit/script-scout
1The front line breakspeak tension · fast cuts
salience 0.94included
2The march formsscale · the crowd
salience 0.88included
3Cooper argues the plancharacter · stakes
salience 0.81included
4The barricade gathersthe open — place
salience 0.76included
3 Cut style
Auto-cut in a measured style
The same measured cut styles as the Cuts shelf — the trailer's rhythm is a measured target.
◆ CONDITIONS ON a measured cut style — ties to the Cuts shelf
Faster✓
median → 2.4s · trailer-tight bursts
Slow build✓
median → 5.0s · hold, then snap
Tighter — faces✓
close-up → 40% · the human cost
Another grammar ▾✓
re-measure onto a trailer exemplar
4 Auto-cut · deliver
Cut, in the measured style
The scouted beats, auto-cut to the measured target — then delivered and saved to the shelf.
◆ DOES auto-cut✓ MEASURES the trailer's own grammar
Trailer timeline · 4 beats · Faster
12.1
22.6
31.9
42.4
1b2.0
2b2.3
2.4s
MEDIAN · style target
Export
Download MP4 ↓ProRes
◆ Auto-cut from Bloody Sunday · Faster measured style · provenance attached.
⟲ Saved to the Cuts shelf — re-cut in another style any time.
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