Guides
Answers before you start producing
Plain definitions and production walkthroughs for teams using AI in film. Each page answers the question first, then shows the matching step in Ciaro Pro.
Definitions
What the work actually is
AI filmmaking
How AI supports script, visual planning, generation, sound, and editorial in a director-led film workflow.
Read the guideanimatic
How timed storyboard playback with scratch audio tests pacing, camera, and story before full production.
Read the guideprevisualization (previz)
How boards, animatics, and layout plan shots, blocking, and timing before principal photography or animation.
Read the guideshot list
How a production checklist of camera setups—framing, angle, movement, and gear—keeps coverage organized on set.
Read the guideAI lip sync
How audio-driven lip sync aligns mouth movement to dialogue inside a film edit pipeline.
Read the guideAI storyboard generator
How script-linked generators turn scenes into reviewable shot frames for previz and AI video.
Read the guideWorkflows
How the steps connect
script breakdown
How screenplay scenes become production requirements for shot planning, boards, schedules, and AI generation.
Read the guidescript to storyboard workflow
How screenplay scenes become shot plans, storyboard frames, and reviewable sequences.
Read the guidestoryboard to video AI
How approved storyboard frames become video clips and timeline sequences.
Read the guidehow to make an AI short film
A practical workflow for writing, planning, generating, editing, and finishing a compact AI film.
Read the guideanimatic vs storyboard
How static storyboard frames differ from timed animatics with scratch audio for pacing review.
Read the guidecharacter consistency in AI video
How reusable cast references keep faces, wardrobe, and identity stable across generated shots.
Read the guideSoftware
Tools for director-led work
AI storyboarding software
How AI storyboarding turns script context, shots, and references into production boards.
Read the guidescreenwriting software for film teams
How screenplay tools support production planning instead of stopping at the draft.
Read the guideAI video production software
How script, boards, references, generation, review, and edit connect in one project.
Read the guideAI character generator for film
How reusable cast references keep characters consistent across boards and AI video.
Read the guideReady to try it?
Open a project in Ciaro Pro and keep the script, boards, references, and generated shots together.