AI Foundation
- Lesson2 of 6
- Time55 min
Pre-production and script
Outcome
Use AI tools for development and pre-production drafts (research, storyboards, breakdown drafts) and check them properly.
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Watch
2 films · about 6 minutes
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What helps
- Research and summaries of public material, checked at the source.
- Storyboard and mood frames to communicate an idea quickly. Credit the person, label the frames.
- Draft script breakdowns and schedules from a locked script, checked line by line by the AD team.
What doesn't
- Writing someone else's script, or 'improving' it without the writer. Writers' work and credit are protected.
- Trusting a breakdown without checking: missed props, cast or stunts cause real problems on the day.
- Uploading an unreleased script to a public tool.
Where to learn more
- The AI for producers and Prompting and directing AI shots learning paths go further.
Check
3 questions drawn from 8 · pass mark 80% · safety-critical questions must be right · 3 attempts in 24 hours · new questions each time
Watch the films to open the check.
Do
Check an AI breakdown · 20 minutes
Compare the scene and the AI breakdown. List what's missing or wrong.
Scene: 'EXT. HARBOUR – NIGHT. RAIN. Ama (30s) runs along the quay, past fishermen, and jumps onto a moving boat. Joe (60s) watches from a van, smoking.' AI breakdown: 'Cast: Ama. Location: harbour. Time: day. Props: boat. Extras: none.'
How it's marked
- Time is night, not day
- Missing cast: Joe
- Missing extras: fishermen
- Missing: rain (SFX), a moving boat and the jump (stunt), the van (vehicle), cigarette (prop)
- Notes that stunts and SFX need specialists
Met or Not yet, with a comment from a trained reviewer. Until accounts open, open the model answer after you submit and mark your own work against it.
Model answer (open after you submit)
Night, not day. Cast: Ama and Joe. Extras: fishermen. SFX: rain. Stunt: jump onto a moving boat (stunt coordinator). Vehicles: moving boat, van. Props: cigarette (prop, non-tobacco). Marine safety and a water plan.
Reflect
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