Script to Shotlist, Before the Shoot: A Previs Pipeline and What Broke

Footagen turns an already written script into a finished film. The script becomes one source of truth: it is broken into scenes, shots, characters, locations and props, and that structure carries through planning and generation shot by shot. Several models are orchestrated rather than one being bet on, and every shot keeps a record of the model, prompt and references behind it. The point is not the single pretty frame but getting a whole film out the other end with the director still making the calls.

Jukka Karhula walks through the tool and explains the benefits: what it saved, where it guessed wrong, what had to be regenerated, and how the human still has to always keep the control of the output.

Built in Helsinki and stress-tested inside Frame Rate’s own team, with feedback from filmmakers outside. Betatesters are welcome and can sign in at footagen.ai