AI Film Production Pipeline

Turn Claude into an AI film director.

A complete filmmaking skill suite for Claude Code that generates structured, production-ready prompts for AI video tools — Veo, Runway, Kling, Sora, Pika, and more.

Built on real cinematography. Not prompt tricks.

Say "Make me a short film about an astronaut discovering a flower on Mars" and Claude runs the full production pipeline — character sheets, shot prompts, camera settings, editing timeline.

How It Works

graph LR
    A["Your Concept"] --> B["Stage 1<br/><b>Character Design</b><br/>Locked attributes<br/>4 reference angles"]
    B --> C["Stage 2<br/><b>Shot Craft</b><br/>Start frames<br/>Animation prompts<br/>Camera settings"]
    C --> D["Stage 3<br/><b>Production Package</b><br/>Editing timeline<br/>Audio plan<br/>Generation order"]

    style A fill:#1a1a2e,stroke:#e94560,color:#fff
    style B fill:#16213e,stroke:#0f3460,color:#fff
    style C fill:#16213e,stroke:#0f3460,color:#fff
    style D fill:#0f3460,stroke:#e94560,color:#fff

Each stage gates on your approval before advancing. The orchestrator (ai-film-production) coordinates all three sub-skills automatically.

Installation

As a Claude Code Plugin (Recommended)

claude plugin add https://github.com/Adityaraj0421/ai-cinematic-video-director-claude-skill.git

Manual Installation

git clone https://github.com/Adityaraj0421/ai-cinematic-video-director-claude-skill.git ~/.claude/skills/ai-film-skills

All skills auto-register on next Claude Code session — no configuration needed.

Try It Now

Once installed, just say one of these:

Prompt	What happens
"Make me a short film about a detective in Tokyo"	Full pipeline — characters, shots, timeline
"Create a character sheet for a cyberpunk hacker"	Locked attributes + 4-angle reference prompts
"Generate a cinematic video prompt for a car chase"	Structured shot with start frame + animation + camera
"Turn this script into AI video prompts"	Scene breakdown, shot list, editing timeline

The 4 Skills

#	Skill	What It Does	Triggers
1	ai-character-sheet-generator	Locks every visual attribute (face, hair, build, clothing) and generates 4 reference angle prompts	"create a character sheet", "design a consistent character"
2	ai-cinematic-video-director	Enforces 5 filmmaking rules and structures every prompt with 6 elements: WHO / WHERE / ACTION / CAMERA / MOOD / PACING	"generate a video prompt", "create a cinematic shot"
3	ai-storyboard-to-video	Converts scripts into numbered shot lists with start frames, animation prompts, camera settings, and editing timelines	"convert storyboard to video", "plan a video sequence"
4	ai-film-production	Orchestrator — runs all 3 stages in order with approval gates between each	"make me a film", "produce an AI video"

The 5 Core Rules

These are enforced across every skill, every shot, every prompt:

 1. START FRAME FIRST     Generate an image before animating. Never text-to-video blind.
 2. PRODUCTION QUALITY    Specify lighting, lens, texture, composition. Bad image = bad video.
 3. STRUCTURED PROMPTS    WHO + WHERE + ACTION + CAMERA + MOOD + PACING. Always.
 4. CHARACTER CONSISTENCY Lock attributes. Paste verbatim. Never paraphrase.
 5. ONE ACTION PER SCENE  One clip, one action. Build complexity in the edit, not the prompt.

What You Get

Every production package includes:

 Character Sheets      Locked attributes + 4 reference angle prompts per character
 Shot Prompts          Start frame + animation prompt + camera settings per shot
 Editing Timeline      Shot order, duration, transitions, speed ramps
 Audio Plan            Music, ambience, SFX layers with entry/exit points
 Production Notes      Generation order, consistency checklist, tool recommendations

Architecture