# AI Cinematic Short Film

Plan AI short films with story, shots, prompts, and continuity.

- Repository: https://github.com/0xsline/OpenChatCut (2832 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: AGPL-3.0
- Last updated: 2026-10-21
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add 0xsline/OpenChatCut --skill ai-cinematic-short-film -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add 0xsline/OpenChatCut --skill ai-cinematic-short-film -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add 0xsline/OpenChatCut --skill ai-cinematic-short-film -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add 0xsline/OpenChatCut --skill ai-cinematic-short-film -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Plan AI short films with story, shots, prompts, and continuity.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# AI Cinematic Short Film

Use this workflow when the user wants OpenChatCut to create a cinematic AI-generated short film or story-led visual sequence.

This is a OpenChatCut-native workflow. If a source workflow depends on external image/video generation or manual assembly, replace that step with OpenChatCut's equivalent capability when available. Do not add unrelated OpenChatCut features just because they exist.

## When to Use

- The user starts from an idea, product, script, reference image, mood, or story premise.
- The work needs shot planning, prompt craft, visual continuity, and cinematic pacing.
- The user wants AI-generated clips assembled into a finished short.

## Workflow

1. Define the creative brief: premise, emotion, audience, platform, aspect ratio, duration, and ending.
2. Create a compact story structure: hook image, setup, escalation, reveal or payoff, final beat.
3. Build a style bible using [references/cinematic-ai-workflow.md](references/cinematic-ai-workflow.md): world, character, color, lens/camera language, motion, lighting, and continuity rules.
4. Draft a shot list. Each shot should have a purpose, duration, visual action, camera move, prompt notes, and continuity note.
5. Use existing or generated reference frames only when continuity would otherwise break, especially for characters, products, locations, or costumes.
6. Write prompts per shot with subject, action, environment, camera, lighting, mood, and negative constraints. Keep prompts specific but not brittle.
7. Generate clips, review continuity, and regenerate only shots that break story clarity or visual consistency.
8. Assemble the selected shots in the timeline. Add audio or text only when the brief or source workflow explicitly calls for it.
9. Final QA: story clarity, shot order, continuity, visual artifacts, and export readiness.

## Rules

The rest: https://github.com/0xsline/OpenChatCut/blob/HEAD/src/agent/skills/ai-cinematic-short-film/SKILL.md