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Cinematic scenes
Turn a written moment into a directed, production-ready sequence.
The production system for AI film
From one sentence to final cut.
Write your story. Direct every shot. Keep characters, voices, and worlds consistent. Maniac brings screenwriting, storyboarding, generation, audio, and editing into one filmmaking workflow.
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THE LAST SIGNAL
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Overview
Screenplay
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Scenes
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S03-SH038 · Live frame
10:24:34 OK · Continuity context assembled
10:24:35 RUNNING · Generating production frame
Current shot
S03-SH038
Camera 35mm
Movement Push in
Weather Dawn
Progress73%
Not another video generator
Generate a film. Not a folder of clips.
Most AI tools create isolated videos. Maniac understands the complete production: the screenplay, characters, locations, props, camera direction, voices, ambience, and every shot surrounding the one being generated. Every creative decision stays connected from the opening frame to the final cut.
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Trailers & social stories
Create polished, shareable stories without managing disconnected tools.
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Short films
Develop, generate, and finish complete narrative productions in one workspace.
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Episodic films
Preserve characters, voices, and visual continuity across scenes and episodes.
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Hybrid features
Combine generated footage, animated keyframes, reusable shots, voices, music, and editing.
Generated in Maniac
Barnaby in orbit.
From screenplay and shot direction to production keyframe and an eight-second Google Veo render.
- Shot
- S03-SH012
- Model
- Google Veo
- Output
- 720p · 16:9
- Status
- In review
Veo render · 00:08
A real film, made in Maniac
One sentence to this.
“A mysterious astronaut discovers an ancient artifact on Mars” — written, directed, boarded, framed, rendered and cut entirely inside Maniac. Nothing touched an external editor.
- Format
- Short · 2.39:1
- Runtime
- 00:30
- Render
- Google Veo
- Pipeline
- Idea → Export
Continuity across every shot
Every frame references the same astronaut, the same Martian world and the same artifact — so the cut reads as one coherent film, not a folder of unrelated clips.
One connected workflow
Your film moves through five production stages.
One production · One source of truth
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Script
Develop an idea into scenes, dialogue, characters, and narrative structure.
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Direct
Define camera, movement, lighting, locations, mood, and performance.
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Board
Turn every scene into an ordered shot list, storyboard, and animatic.
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Frame
Approve keyframes and compile provider-ready prompts with continuity.
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Render
Generate, review, approve, and assemble the final production.
Built for continuity
Ava should remain unmistakably herself.
Maniac carries approved creative context into every generation. Appearance, performance, location, sound, and screen direction remain part of the production—not details buried inside individual prompts.
Character and wardrobe
Voice and dialogue
Locations and worlds
Props and production design
Camera and screen direction
Lighting and visual language
Background music and ambience
Shot-to-shot production history
Spend credits on the right shots
Plan first. Render when ready.
Expensive generation should not be the first step. Write, direct, board, and inspect the complete film before committing render credits. Approve keyframes, estimate production cost, and choose the appropriate model for each shot.
Provider choice
Use different supported models for different creative requirements.
Render estimates
Understand the expected generation cost before starting a production pass.
Selective regeneration
Regenerate the shot that failed—not the entire sequence.
Predictable credits
Every plan's monthly credits cover the full pipeline through final render.
How your film takes shape
One story. Three stages.
Every film flows through the same progression — from animatic to hybrid footage to a fully generated picture. Stop at the stage your production needs.
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Storyboard film
The story takes its first visible form: an edited animatic built from approved artwork, camera movement, dialogue, music, and ambience.
Stage 01 · Lowest generation cost
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Hybrid cinematic
Hero moments advance to full video while animated keyframes, reusable footage, extensions, and editorial techniques carry the rest.
Stage 02 · Recommended for longer films
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Full generative
The finished film: every shot rendered as video by the providers selected for your production.
Stage 03 · Maximum motion flexibility
One system, any world
From Mars to myth.
Sci-fi, fantasy, grounded drama — the same pipeline holds continuity across any genre or world you write. Every frame below was generated in Maniac.
Model-independent production
The model is a camera. Maniac is the studio.
Use supported generation providers without rebuilding your production around each model. Maniac compiles the same creative intent into provider-specific prompts and organizes every result against the correct scene and shot.
Google VeoSeedanceAdditional providers
Model availability, pricing, and capabilities vary by provider and region.
Made in Maniac
Three productions. One filmmaking system.
Move from dystopian feature to alien survival story to family space adventure without changing the production discipline. Every project keeps its shots, versions, approvals, and context intact.
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Who is Maniac for?
Stories should not wait for a production budget.
Storytellers
Turn an original idea into a visual narrative without learning unrelated AI tools.
Content creators
Produce trailers, social stories, music visuals, and episodic content repeatedly.
Indie filmmakers
Previsualize projects and create ambitious films with a smaller production footprint.
Creative teams
Centralize story development, shot planning, generation, feedback, and approvals.
Your first shot starts with a sentence
What do you want to film?
Bring the idea. Maniac will help you write it, direct it, board it, and bring it to the screen.