Director
As director, your job is to hold the vision of the whole film and make sure every scene, shot, and performance serves that vision. In ACT3 AI, you do this through approvals, overrides, and direct creative control at every level of the hierarchy.
The AI proposes. You decide.
Your work in ACT3 AI
ACT3 AI is built around the director's workflow. You set the story structure, define the visual style, approve or override what the AI generates, and drive iterative refinement until every shot looks the way you want it.
What you'll do here
Tasks are listed most common first.
Review and approve AI-generated shots
The AI generates shots based on your script, set, and shot settings. Your job is to watch the output, decide what stays, and flag what needs to change.
→ How to review and approve shots
Set the visual style for a project
Before generating anything, you lock in the overall look — Cinematic Realism, 3D Animated, Cartoon 2D, or Anime — and the mood and color palette that carries through the film.
Direct a scene — blocking, camera, pacing
For each scene, you define where characters stand and move, where the camera is, and how the shot is timed. ACT3 AI has a top-down canvas that works like a stage diagram.
Regenerate a shot with different direction
When a shot isn't working — the performance feels flat, the angle is wrong, the timing is off — you adjust the shot parameters and regenerate. Only that shot re-renders; everything else stays.
Set overall story structure — acts and beats
The director controls the narrative architecture. You can use the AI Wizard to build your act and beat structure, or import it from a script and reshape it.
→ How to build story structure with the AI Wizard
Control character performance and emotion
You direct what each character is feeling and doing in a shot. Performance notes feed into the AI prompt that generates the video clip.
→ How to direct character performance
Lock approved elements so the team can't change them
Once a scene or shot is approved, you can lock it to prevent accidental changes during later production work.
→ How to lock approved elements
Key tools you'll use
| Tool | Where to find it |
|---|---|
| Video preview + timeline | Center panel of the Editor |
| Top-Down blocking canvas | Editor → Top-Down tab |
| Shot regeneration | Shot panel → AI Run button |
| Visual style settings | Project Settings → Visual Style |
| Story structure | Story Arc section |
| Lock controls | Scene or Shot panel → Lock icon |