Director ModeBETA

Say it once.
Then direct it.

Describe the video you want and the first take lands in about a minute, picture and sound together. After that you stop prompting and start directing. One note at a time, each one a brand new take, with everything you already made still sitting right there.

Free to start. No credit card.

Director ModeThe lighthouse
Take 1 · rendering
A lighthouse at dusk, waves rolling in
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The loop

A note. A take. Nothing lost.

Give a note the way you would on a set. Director Mode shoots a new take that remembers the one before it. Change your mind and the take you liked is still right there, one click back.

Take 1 · ready
A courier crossing a wet street at night

Give it a note

Each note shoots a new take. The old ones stay exactly where they were.

Take thread

1 of 30

Click any take to bring it back. Star the keeper so the cut knows which one you meant.

The rule of the room

Nothing you make is
ever overwritten.

Takes stack into a thread you can branch from, star, and come back to a week later. There is no undo to be afraid of, because there is nothing to undo.

Pick a tier

Fast while you explore. Cinematic when it counts.

The tier is a per-take decision, not a plan you are locked into. Rough something out on the quick one, then shoot the keeper on the good one.

Flash

The one you explore in.

Try three versions of a shot before lunch. Flash is where you live while you are still working out what the video actually is.

Clip length
Around eight seconds
Frame shapes
16:9 and 9:16
References
One opening frame
Best for
Drafts, tests, social cuts

The production

Build it scene by scene.

Open the next moment and it picks up exactly where the last scene's chosen take left off. Same world, same cast, next beat. Star a keeper in each scene, then play the whole thing through as one film or hand it to Final Cut.

  • Up to two hundred scenes in a single production.
  • Every scene keeps its own take thread, so a rework never touches the rest.
  • Reorder scenes on a timeline and trim, crop, or resize any clip in place.
Scene 01 · Opening4 takes
Scene
The cast

Capture a face once. Keep it for the whole film.

Pause any take, draw a box around whoever deserves an encore, and they join your library as exact pixels. A full turnaround comes with them, so they hold their look from every angle in every scene you stage them into.

Turnaround sheet

Portrait
Full
Side
Back
3/4 L
3/4 R
3/4 B
Staged in
4 scenes
Voice
Low, unhurried
Angles
Seven, plus a hero still
Bible
Rules that ride every take
200

Scenes in one production

30

Takes per scene

7

Angles per cast member

30s

In a single unbroken take

The rest of the studio

Everything a shot might need, one tap away.

Start from your own pixels

Attach a photo as the opening frame, or a stack of references so the shot is built from the exact look you already have. Up to thirty on the top tier.

Lighting you pick by looking

Sixteen setups, each one photographed on the same stand-in so you choose a look by seeing it rather than by reading its name.

Bring your own footage

Upload a clip you already shot and direct it the same way. Every note becomes a new take, and the original is never touched.

Story Mode

Describe a film once. You get a cast, a style register, and a shot list you can edit, then roll the whole thing shot by shot.

Lyric videos

Upload your song and the words land on the picture in time with it, in a look you pick from a shelf of eighteen.

An audio desk

Score, voice, effects, and per-scene levels on one timeline, with ducking under narration so nothing fights the words.

Final Cut

Every starred take assembled into one film with transitions, narration, and a soundtrack, ready to download.

Perform

Attach an audio track and the person on screen performs it, or point it at footage you already have and re-voice that instead.

Six frame shapes

From 21:9 to 9:16, picked once for the production so every scene cuts together instead of fighting the format.

How it goes

Four moves, start to finish.

01

Describe it

Type the video you want and hit send. Attach a photo if the shot should start from something real. Take one lands in about a minute.

02

Direct it

One note at a time. Warmer light. Make it rain. Every note is a new take that remembers the last, and the thread keeps all of them.

03

Assemble it

Star the keeper, open the next scene, and keep going. Each scene continues from the take you chose in the one before it.

04

Cut it

Trim, score, narrate, and export the whole production as one film. Or grab the scenes in order and cut it somewhere else.

And in chat

Not every video needs a whole studio.

Ask Theo for a clip in an ordinary conversation and it renders right there in the thread. When the idea turns out to be bigger than one shot, carry the prompt straight into Director Mode and keep going.

A short video rendering inside a Theo conversationVideo in chat
Questions

The things people ask.

What is Director Mode?
An immersive conversational video studio. You describe the video you want, watch the first take render in about a minute, then direct changes in plain language. Each note becomes a brand new take.
How is that different from writing a better prompt?
You do not rewrite a prompt for every change. You give a note the way you would on a set, and Director Mode shoots a new take that remembers the one before it. Nothing you already made is lost, so there is no cost to trying something.
Can I keep the same character across scenes?
Yes. Pause any take, draw a box around them, and they join your library as exact pixels. A full seven-angle turnaround rides along, so they hold their look from the front, the side, and the back in every scene you stage them into.
Can I make a whole film, not just one clip?
Yes. Build it scene by scene, up to two hundred scenes, with each scene continuing from the take you starred in the one before it. Then play the production through as one film, or send it to Final Cut for transitions, narration, and a score.
Can I direct footage I already shot?
Yes. Upload a clip and it becomes take one. Every note after that renders a new take anchored on your footage, and the original file is never touched.
What does it cost to try?
Nothing to start. Director Mode is included with your OpenCharts account and runs on AI credits, so you can shoot a few takes before deciding anything.
Soft clouds drifting across a bright sky

Step onto the set

Describe a video, watch it roll, then direct it take by take. Free to start, and nothing you make is ever overwritten.

Free to start · No credit card · Your takes stay yours