Direct Text-to-Video Pipeline

Single model call from a text prompt to a clip. No intermediate still.

When to use

• Exploratory or B-roll shots where you don't need to lock the opening frame.
• Motion-heavy shots where the model's interpretation of motion matters more than composition.
• Faster iteration when image-then-animate is overkill.

When NOT to use

• Character-specific shots needing visual consistency — direct text-to-video drifts heavily across takes. Use text-to-image-to-video instead.
• Talking heads — use voice-to-lip-sync over a generated character clip.

Inputs

• Shot brief from scripts/storyboards/NN-*.md.
• Text-to-video model from brief/tools-and-models.md.