Run the five-stage Cinema pipeline

Move a reel from scene concept to a fixed 15-second clip while preserving characters, shots, and continuity.

The five stages

Each reel follows one production chain:

1. Scene: write the environment and add reference images; generate a scene image when ready.
2. Performance: write the playable dramatic action using @character, #prop, and quoted dialogue.
3. Text storyboard: create and refine real shot records, either with the Cinema assistant or by hand.
4. Storyboard image: generate a visual anchor from the shot sequence, scene, and references.
5. Final clip: start production and select among generated video versions.

Scene and Performance can be developed in parallel. Text storyboard and later stages require their prerequisites so downstream media does not invent missing structure.

Write a strong performance

Describe what happens during the reel, not a production essay. Mention project characters with @, props with #, and put spoken lines in quotes. The shot plan should translate this performance into timed, visually distinct moments.

Know the duration and film settings

A final Cinema clip is fixed at 15 seconds. Resolution and production level are film-level settings rather than per-reel duration controls. Design the performance and shot rhythm to fit that limit instead of asking one reel to contain an entire sequence.

Maintain continuity across reels

In last-frame continuity mode, the selected previous reel can provide its final frame as the next reel's opening anchor. Natural transition mode generates independently. Review costume, props, light, eyeline, and movement yourself; a reference anchor helps but does not guarantee continuity.

New generations create versions. Select the preferred version deliberately and remove obsolete versions only after review. Project-level free-creation tasks stay in the task library, while reel-bound scene, storyboard, and final outputs route back to the reel.