Cinematic

Mood-led cinematic pipeline for trailers, brand films, montages, explicit 3D-world fly-throughs, and short-form dramatic edits. Works best with supplied footage, stills, or source media, and can optionally use generated support visuals for gap filling or concept-led inserts. EP orchestration adds quality gates for emotional pacing, color consistency, and audio dynamics.

Stages

8

Human approval gates

5

Default budget

$2.00

Stages

The agent reads each stage's director skill before working, then writes a checkpoint. Stages marked pause for your approval before the production continues.

1. 1

   Research

   Auto checkpoint

   openmontage/skills/pipelines/cinematic/research-director.md

   Produces

   • research_brief

   Tools

   • web_search

   Review focus

   • Visual references are specific and relevant to the mood
   • Sound and music direction is substantive, not generic
   • Motion commitment is honest about available capabilities
   • At least 3 genuinely different cinematic directions identified

   Success criteria

   • Schema-valid research_brief artifact
   • At least 8 web searches executed
   • Visual references include specific URLs and descriptions
2. 2

   Proposal

   Human approval

   openmontage/skills/pipelines/cinematic/proposal-director.md

   Produces

   • proposal_packet
   • decision_log

   Tools

   None — agent reasoning only

   Review focus

   • Source mode and emotional arc are clear
   • Motion-required delivery is explicitly identified when applicable
   • Delivery shape is realistic for available footage and assets
   • Cinematic treatment is justified rather than decorative
   • Delivery promise is explicit and honest
   • Renderer family is selected and locked
   • Music plan is resolved

   Success criteria

   • Schema-valid proposal_packet artifact
   • At least 3 concept options with different emotional arcs
   • Delivery promise present with motion_required flag
   • Cost estimate includes per-item breakdown
3. 3

   Script

   Human approval

   openmontage/skills/pipelines/cinematic/script-director.md

   Produces

   • script

   Tools

   • transcriber
   • scene_detect

   Review focus

   • Beat map escalates cleanly
   • Dialogue or title-card usage is sparse and purposeful
   • Reveal and landing beats are clear

   Success criteria

   • Schema-valid script artifact
   • Script sections map to identifiable cinematic beats
4. 4

   Scene Plan

   Human approval

   openmontage/skills/pipelines/cinematic/scene-director.md

   Produces

   • scene_plan

   Tools

   • frame_sampler
   • scene_detect

   Review focus

   • Hero frames and reveal moments are defined
   • Source-led scenes remain primary when source media exists
   • Transition and aspect-ratio choices support the mood

   Success criteria

   • Schema-valid scene_plan artifact
   • Every beat has a scene treatment and asset path
5. 5

   Assets

   Human approval

   openmontage/skills/pipelines/cinematic/asset-director.md

   Produces

   • asset_manifest

   Tools

   • subtitle_gen
   • audio_enhance
   • image_selector
   • video_selector
   • threejs_world
   • threejs_asset_catalog
   • atlas_3d
   • fal_3d
   • blender_world
   • pixabay_music
   • freesound_music
   • music_gen

   Review focus

   • Source selects and support assets are clearly separated
   • Motion-required beats use actual video clips rather than still-image substitutes
   • Music and ambience plan matches the beat map
   • Optional generated inserts stay limited and justified
   • Explicit 3D worlds preserve one coherent scene graph across global, regional, and walk views
   • Hero 3D worlds use the production fidelity tier with licensed textured models and PBR terrain layers; primitive-only blockouts cannot pass

   Success criteria

   • Schema-valid asset_manifest artifact
   • All referenced asset files exist on disk
6. 6

   Edit

   Auto checkpoint

   openmontage/skills/pipelines/cinematic/edit-director.md

   Produces

   • edit_decisions

   Tools

   None — agent reasoning only

   Review focus

   • Emotional pacing is preserved
   • Strong moments are not overcut or overcovered
   • Audio cues and title-card timing reinforce the story

   Success criteria

   • Schema-valid edit_decisions artifact
   • Edit decisions cover the full planned runtime
7. 7

   Compose

   Auto checkpoint

   openmontage/skills/pipelines/cinematic/compose-director.md

   Produces

   • render_report
   • final_review

   Tools

   • video_compose
   • hyperframes_compose
   • audio_mixer
   • video_stitch
   • video_trimmer
   • color_grade
   • audio_enhance

   Review focus

   • Output mood matches intended pacing and grade
   • Motion-required delivery was preserved without silent fallback
   • Audio dynamics are controlled and intelligible
   • Letterbox or frame treatment improves rather than harms the output
   • render_runtime in edit_decisions matches proposal_packet — silent swap is a CRITICAL governance violation
   • Cinematic work typically picks render_runtime='remotion' (CinematicRenderer) for video-led pieces; render_runtime='hyperframes' for kinetic title cards and HTML/GSAP-driven trailers

   Success criteria

   • Schema-valid render_report artifact
   • Output file exists and passes ffprobe validation
8. 8

   Publish

   Human approval

   openmontage/skills/pipelines/cinematic/publish-director.md

   Produces

   • publish_log

   Tools

   None — agent reasoning only

   Review focus

   • Hero export and derivative exports are clearly labeled
   • Metadata matches the tone and distribution intent
   • Poster-frame or thumbnail concept is coherent

   Success criteria

   • Schema-valid publish_log artifact
   • Export package contains video and metadata outputs

Manifest: openmontage/pipeline_defs/cinematic.yaml. Director skills live under openmontage/skills/.