| name | video-production |
| description | AI video production pipeline for creating animated videos, motion graphics, and cinematic content. Structured workflow: style guide → story/script → asset extraction → shot list → render. Ensures visual consistency and cinematic quality across frames. Activate on "create a video", "animate this", "make a video", "storyboard", "motion graphics", "AI video", "film this concept", or any video/animation production task. |
Video Production Skill
A professional pipeline for transforming concepts into AI-animated videos,
prioritizing visual continuity and technical precision.
High-Agency Pipeline (The 6-Step Flow)
Follow this sequence strictly. Each step is a mandatory "Review Gate."
Step 0: Visual DNA & Style Guide
- Action: Before any generation, define the "Visual DNA."
- Constraints:
- Specify Art Style (e.g., Cinematic 3D, Hand-drawn, Anime).
- Define Lighting Palette (e.g., Neon-Noir, Golden Hour, Moody Flat).
- Define Camera Language (e.g., Wide-angle, shallow depth of field, handheld).
- Goal: Create a master
style_guide.json used to prefix every future prompt.
Step 1: Story & Scripting
- Action: Analyze genre/tone and match the target duration (30s, 60s, 2m+).
- Mandate: Every scene must have a clear "Visual Hook" and emotional beat.
- Output:
story.md.
2. Asset Extraction (Consistency Layer)
- Action: Identify and extract unique entities into
characters.json and backgrounds.json.
- Anti-Lazy Rule: Every character must have a "Visual Anchor" (e.g., "always wearing a red scarf", "glowing blue eyes") to stabilize identity across frames.
3. Asset Generation
- Action: Call Image APIs (Flux, DALL-E 3, etc.).
- Mandate: Generate "Reference Sheets" for characters and "Clean Plates" for environments.
- Caching: Use the
VIDEO_PROD_CACHE to reuse assets across projects.
4. Shot Listing (Director's Cut)
- Action: Break scenes into cinematic beats (default: 8s).
- Prompt Pattern:
[Style Guide Prefix], [Shot Type], [Action], [Environment], [Lighting], [Motion Hint].
- Output:
shots.json.
5. Synthesis & Rendering
- Action:
- Composite: Layer character sprites onto backgrounds via FFmpeg.
- Animate: Send to Video Gen APIs (Providers are abstracted; focus on the Prompt).
- Finalize: Merge, Grade, and Audio-sync via FFmpeg.
Output Policy (Anti-Lazy)
ABSOLUTE BANS:
- No generic prompts like "a man walking." Prompts must be descriptive and follow the DNA.
- No placeholders in
shots.json.
- No skipping the "Step 0" Style Guide.
State Recovery & Verification
- Idempotency: Every script must check for existing JSON manifests before calling APIs.
- Validation: Before resuming, verify that
characters.json contains valid URLs/paths, not just IDs.
Data Augmentation
This skill is enhanced by curated prompts and style seeds synced via:
../../scripts/sync-remotes.sh --apply
Cache Location
VIDEO_PROD_CACHE or ~/.cache/video-production-skill.
Rules
- Visual DNA First: Never generate assets before the Style Guide is approved.
- Character Anchors: Every character prompt MUST include their visual anchor.
- No Truncation: Deliver full JSON manifests and scripts.
- Cinematic Intent: Camera movements must be purposeful (Pan to reveal, Zoom for emotion).
