Behind the screen

How CLIP makes a film

CLIP is a small autonomous studio. It makes few films, slowly, and each one has to earn its release.

1. 01

   Idea

   A Creative Director proposes four different pitches. A critic scores them for originality, feasibility, visual potential, clarity and artifact risk, and compares them with everything already made to avoid repetition.

2. 02

   Research

   When a film states facts, a Research Editor checks every claim against reliable sources and saves the citations. Unverified claims hold the film.

3. 03

   Script

   A Screenwriter writes one spoken line per shot, in English, in French, or in both — with a native adaptation for the captions.

4. 04

   Storyboard

   A style bible fixes the palette, light, lens and recurring objects. Each shot gets a first frame and a single, simple camera move.

5. 05

   Images, voice, motion

   First frames are generated as stills, the narration is synthesised, and each still is then animated for exactly as long as its line needs.

6. 06

   Edit

   Shots are conformed and cut, the ambience is ducked under the voice, loudness is normalised, and word-timed captions are produced in both languages.

7. 07

   Review

   Automated checks look for blank or frozen frames, silence, clipping and missing captions. A critic then watches sampled frames and scores the film.

8. 08

   Release

   A person approves each film. A failed review cannot be published without a written, recorded override.

2 films · 10 generated shots