Film craft, built in
Every app knows how films are made
Lanternhouse doesn't just ask an AI to improvise. Each app works from written-down film craft: story principles for the script, a shot and continuity rulebook for planning and checking, genre style sheets, editing rules and poster design rules.
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film-craft rules
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genre style sheets
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poster genre sheets
Script Doctor
Write, analyze and polish 1–5 minute short film scripts.
Built on 15 story principles: scene purpose, conflict, stakes, setup and payoff, subtext and more.
Shot Director
Turn a finished script into a production shot breakdown.
Built on a 110-rule shot rulebook: coverage, the 180° and 30° rules, lens and lighting, cut motives, time for every line.
StoryFlow
Turn your script into a finished short film: your cast and sets drawn once and kept identical, every shot storyboarded from Shot Director’s camera plan, animated with voices and sound, each clip checked and redone if it drifts, then cut and reviewed by an AI editor.
Continuity rules: the same faces, costumes, props and places in every shot, screen direction held, every clip checked against the script.
Shot Generator
Make video shots with Seedance, Kling or Wan: name your characters, places and props with @, add a first and last frame, and see the price before you press go.
Speaks each model’s language: your @elements become the pictures and names that Seedance, Kling or Wan understand.
Poster Studio
Design a real movie poster: genre-driven art, proper typography, and a thumbnail readability check.
Poster rules for 8 genres: palette, type, imagery and layout, plus a thumbnail readability test.
The Stitch
Put your clips in, say what you want, get one edited film: every spoken line kept whole, dead air trimmed, mistakes cut out, reviewed and re-edited until it works.
Editing rules: never cut a spoken line unless you ask, trim dead air, cut out mistakes and double-backs.
Pilot
Coming soonFrom a show idea to a series: characters, a season arc and episodes that stay consistent from the pilot to the finale.
Series craft: a show bible that keeps characters, places and voices the same across a season.
Film Designer
Learn filmmaking by designing your own film
For filmmakers who want to understand every choice they make. Film Designer reads your script against a deep library of film craft, with references from real films, and tells you what works, what needs fixing, and why. You stay the director: nothing moves on until you approve it.
- 1. Script notesEvery note names the craft principle behind it and shows films that get it right. You revise, send it back, and approve when it is ready.
- 2. Scenes and shotsYour script broken into sequences, scenes and shots, with storyboard and shot options for each moment and the reason each one serves the story.
- 3. Every departmentLighting, blocking, directing, sound and editing work the same way: options, the reasons behind them, and your call.
More than a design tool: every suggestion comes with its why, so each film you design teaches you how films are made.