{"slug": "show-hn-i-m-building-the-missing-production-workflow-for-ai-filmmakers", "title": "Show HN: I'm building the missing production workflow for AI filmmakers", "summary": "SeventeenLabs launches an early-access production workflow platform for AI filmmakers, offering script-to-scene planning, character and continuity management, and generation briefs to reduce random retries. The tool aims to solve consistency problems in AI-generated films by keeping identity, wardrobe, sets, and style rules attached to every shot. Pricing ranges from $79 to $299 per month for solo creators, pros, and studios.", "body_md": "### Plan the film before you generate\n\nTurn a script into scenes, beats, shot lists, references, and generation tasks so every clip has a job in the final edit.\n\nEarly access for AI filmmakers and creator teams\n\nBuild consistent AI-shot scenes from one production system. Lock characters, wardrobe, locations, references, shot intent, and continuity before generating.\n\nEarly access plans from $79 to $299/month. Select a plan before signup.\n\nBuilt for creators turning AI clips into real productions\n\nEarly access\n\nWe are shaping the first workspace with people trying to make real AI films, pilots, ads, trailers, and recurring series. Select a plan, complete the early access signup, and accepted members receive the Stripe checkout link for that exact plan.\n\nThe problem\n\nThe hard part is not generating one impressive shot. It is keeping the same actor, outfit, room, prop, camera language, and story logic across an entire scene without burning credits on random retries.\n\nPrompt-only tools\n\nCharacters morph, outfits change, and locations drift between clips\n\nSeventeenLabs\n\nKeeps identity, wardrobe, sets, props, and style rules attached to every shot\n\nGeneric video apps\n\nYou get beautiful five-second clips, then fight to make them work as a scene\n\nSeventeenLabs\n\nStarts from the script, scene, beat, camera move, and edit purpose before generation\n\nManual folders\n\nReferences, rejected takes, prompts, edits, and continuity notes get scattered everywhere\n\nSeventeenLabs\n\nKeeps the production bible, shot history, versions, and exports in one workspace\n\nCredit-burning iteration\n\nBad generations cost money because there is no clear way to diagnose what failed\n\nSeventeenLabs\n\nTracks intent, references, continuity requirements, and fix notes so each retry gets smarter\n\nProduct\n\nSeventeenLabs gives AI filmmakers the missing layer between the script and the generator: production bible, scene breakdown, shot planning, continuity memory, and generation briefs that keep the next take tied to the same creative system.\n\nTurn a script into scenes, beats, shot lists, references, and generation tasks so every clip has a job in the final edit.\n\nStore the face, wardrobe, location, lighting, props, and style rules that need to survive across every shot.\n\nPackage shot intent, framing, references, character rules, and continuity notes before you spend credits in generation tools.\n\nWorkflow\n\nInstead of prompting from scratch, work like a small virtual production crew. Define what must stay consistent, direct each shot, compare takes, fix mistakes, then move the scene forward.\n\n01\n\nDefine the story world, characters, wardrobe, locations, props, tone, and visual rules once.\n\n02\n\nConvert scenes into beats, shot lists, camera moves, references, and continuity requirements.\n\n03\n\nPrepare prompts, references, continuity requirements, and fix notes so every retry has a clear reason.\n\n04\n\nKeep accepted shots, rejected versions, notes, and next-shot requirements connected to the same production record.\n\nWhat SeventeenLabs manages\n\nYour project should remember more than the final render. It should remember why the shot exists, which references were used, what changed, what failed, and what needs to match in the next take.\n\nPricing\n\nThis is pricing validation, not final packaging. We are testing which price point and package creators are willing to select for a production system plus generation credits.\n\nEarly Access Creator\n\nFor solo AI filmmakers.\n\nFor solo filmmakers and creators building shorts, trailers, music videos, or episodic content.\n\nEarly Access Pro\n\nFor creators producing regularly.\n\nFor serious creators making recurring AI series, higher-volume projects, or client work.\n\nStudio Access\n\nFor teams and client production.\n\nFor small agencies, creative studios, and teams.\n\nEarly access members lock in their selected price while subscribed.\n\nYou are not charged when you apply. Accepted members receive a payment link to activate access for the exact plan they selected.\n\nEarly access FAQ\n\nEarly access members get first access to Production Bible, script-to-shot planning, continuity locks, and shot-generation briefs. More advanced tooling rolls out after those foundations are working with real projects.\n\nApplications are reviewed manually. After you apply, the confirmation email repeats your selected plan and price. If your project is a fit for the current early access group, you receive the Stripe checkout link for that exact plan with expected onboarding timing.\n\nThe product is still being shaped around real production workflows. Invite-only access keeps onboarding focused on creators who can give useful feedback and actually use the first capabilities.\n\nYes. Each early access plan is monthly. You can cancel before the next billing cycle.\n\nYes. Early access members lock in the selected plan price while their subscription remains active.\n\nEach early access plan includes monthly generation credits. Additional credits are available anytime, and credit cost varies by model, duration, resolution, and generation type.\n\nThe first build focuses on planning and production memory around tools creators already use, such as Runway, Kling, Veo, Midjourney, and similar generators. Direct model routing will roll out only after the core workflow is stable.\n\nBring the script, characters, locations, and shot ideas. SeventeenLabs helps turn them into a repeatable AI production pipeline.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-i-m-building-the-missing-production-workflow-for-ai-filmmakers", "canonical_source": "https://seventeenlabs.io", "published_at": "2026-06-29 10:21:57+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-29 10:28:52.189247+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "ai-products", "generative-ai", "ai-startups", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["SeventeenLabs", "Stripe"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-i-m-building-the-missing-production-workflow-for-ai-filmmakers", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-i-m-building-the-missing-production-workflow-for-ai-filmmakers.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-i-m-building-the-missing-production-workflow-for-ai-filmmakers.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-i-m-building-the-missing-production-workflow-for-ai-filmmakers.jsonld"}}