Step 1: Create a project
A project is one film. You give it a name, a synopsis, and an aesthetic — the visual style that will be applied across everything you generate, so the whole film looks like it was shot by one crew. Six aesthetics are built in; Independent and Hollywood plans can also create custom ones from reference images. Start here: Create a Project.Step 2: Cast your characters and build your world
This is the step that separates a film from a pile of clips. Each character is defined once — name, age, a detailed physical description, and a voice — and then reused everywhere. Do the same for locations (interior or exterior, time of day), props and wardrobe. Write these descriptions the way a screenwriter or a production designer would: specific about hair, build, distinctive features, clothing and light. The detail you put in here is what the AI reuses in every later shot.Step 3: Break the story into scenes
A scene is a story moment: one location, plus the characters and props that appear in it, plus a time of day and an optional synopsis. You need at least one location before you can create a scene. Scenes are how the film gets its structure. They are also how you keep track of what you have and have not shot yet.Step 4: Direct each shot
Inside a scene you create shots, and each one opens Shot Studio. For a shot you choose the lens and the shot type, describe the action, and@-mention the characters and props
that appear in it so the AI uses the versions you already designed.
From there you can:
- Generate a first frame — the hero still that anchors the shot, then turn it into video.
- Generate video directly, skipping the still, when you already know what you want.
- Add dialogue and lip sync in your character’s selected voice.
- Add sound effects and visual effects.