AI FILMMAKING: 2 EASY Methods for Character Consistency and Coverage

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The “Coverage” problem in making Cinematic AI short films

Have you ever wondered, why do Films or videos made out of AI look like… that?  Not that, or that or that, but Why don’t the scenes match up from shot to shot, ya know, like in a real movie?  

Well, with the current AI tools available, it is extremely difficult to create consistent scenes or characters. In a traditional film or tv project, this shot to shot consistency is called coverage. As in, how are we going to “cover” this scene to get all the shots we need? 

Coverage consists of some terms you are probably familiar with, like wide shot, medium shot, close up, etc. With a traditional physical or animation production this is somewhat easy to execute. 

When you change the lens or the camera position the camera moves its axis slightly every time you do a new camera set up. This is because the camera is not a static object, and it is constantly moving around in 3d space in order to capture the best possible angle. As a result, the camera’s axis will always be slightly different from shot to shot, even if the scene itself is not changing.

But with AI, it is currently much more difficult to generate a consistent wide, medium or close up shot within the same scene. This is because AI models are not yet able to understand the context of a complete scene and how different shots or angels should relate to each other. As a result, it is often difficult to create a scene that feels cohesive and natural.  With that in mind, let’s explore a few different approaches to making our AI films appear more cinematic within the limitations of the current AI tools available to us.