# MovieArchitect

> AI-Powered Movie Creation Pipeline

MovieArchitect is a web application that transforms text into a full cinematic movie. It handles the entire production pipeline from drafting to final cut using Grok AI.

## Canonical URLs (for crawlers)

- [Home — AI movie generator](https://moviearchitect.ai/)
- [Pricing & plans](https://moviearchitect.ai/pricing)
- [Sign in (Google)](https://moviearchitect.ai/login)
- [Privacy policy](https://moviearchitect.ai/privacy)
- [Terms of use](https://moviearchitect.ai/terms)
- This file: [llms.txt](https://moviearchitect.ai/llms.txt) (mirror: `/.well-known/llms.txt`)

## Core Pipeline

The movie creation process goes through 5 distinct phases:

1. **Draft → Analyzed**: Paste any story or script. Grok extracts characters, environments, and generates a structured scene-by-scene breakdown.
2. **Analyzed → Casting**: Assign AI-generated visuals (powered by Grok) or uploaded images for characters and environments.
3. **Casting → Storyboard**: Edit scene prompts, durations, and manage continuity visually.
4. **Storyboard → Production**: Grok AI handles video generation with continuity-aware context chaining.
5. **Production → Exported**: Server-side FFmpeg assembly chains all videos with transitions into a finished film.

## Key Capabilities

- **Screenplay Intelligence**: Can convert standard prose or articles directly into script format.
- **Visual Styles**: Offers 13 built-in visual styles with specialized cinematic palettes, lighting, and camera work instructions.
- **Chalk-Shorts**: A specialized vertical short form video mode mimicking chalk board drawings. Includes bilingual (English/Russian) short-beats and ambient sound design driven natively by Grok.
- **Architecture**: Next.js 16 App Router, React 19, Tailwind CSS v4, connected to a PostgreSQL database via Drizzle ORM.

## Background & Pricing

- MovieArchitect is a sister product of VidSeeds. Users can sign in using their Google account via Better Auth.
- It operates on a usage-based tier where generation minutes are purchased.

## Technical Details (For Agents)

- AI responses leverage `grok-imagine-image-pro` for image creation.
- The web app operates primarily at `https://moviearchitect.ai`.