Fixed Word Anchors Help Keep AI Video Characters and Camera Consistent Across Shots

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AI-generated video clips often look convincing individually but lose coherence when strung together, with details like clothing colour and camera pacing shifting between shots. The suggested remedy is to define fixed anchors before generation: a one-sentence protagonist description, a style term, and four movement words covering shot style, camera movement, shot size and composition. These anchors should be repeated in every shot's movement description so the generator has fewer chances to alter appearance, lens or pace. Changes between shots should be limited to the action and narration, with the anchors left untouched. Because selections are stored only in the device's localStorage, creators are advised to keep the shot list as a master copy and generate clips in shot-number order, correcting drifting clips by fixing specific words rather than rewriting prompts. The tool described is an independent, free storyboarding aid that produces prompts and storyboards but does not generate video itself.

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