The agent that takes your film from script to finished shot.

Paste a script, a logline, or a napkin sketch. VHS Studio breaks it into shots, builds storyboards, and orchestrates the best video models under the hood. You direct. It handles the rest.

VHS Studio — script-to-shot AI filmmaking agent
A single thread from script to finished shot. the-diner-scene.vhs · saved locally · autosave on
01 / Project memory

A cast that stays put.

Cast, locations, props, and style references are first-class, named elements. Reference them anywhere in your project and they hold — same face, same wardrobe, same world, from shot 7 to shot 118.

The agent isn't limited to a single prompt. It carries the whole project — storyboard, characters, settings — and pulls them in on demand.

the-diner.vhs · references 5 named · 231 uses
@maya
@maya
@maya
cast
47 uses
● locked
@jonas
@jonas
@jonas
cast
38 uses
● locked
@diner
@diner
@diner
location
22 uses
● locked
@silver-ring
@silver-ring
@silver-ring
prop
6 uses
● locked
@lookbook-noir
@lookbook-noir
@lookbook-noir
style
118 uses
● locked
"render shot 118 with @maya in @diner, @lookbook-noir"
02 / Model orchestration

The best model for this shot.

The agent benchmarks models on quality, cost, latency, and fit — per task. New models ship, we benchmark, the routing updates. You never pick a model.

Prompting has always been the wall for new users. The agent rewrites your direction into the prompt format each model wants — Veo isn't Seedance. You stay in plain English.

TaskQualityLatCostRouted to
wide · interior4.2s$0.18Veo 3
med · dialogue3.1s$0.11Seedance
close-up · face2.8s$0.11Seedance
ots · backlit4.8s$0.20Veo 3
insert · prop1.4s$0.04Seedance
animatic · motion0.6s$0.02Seedance
Prompt rewrite · per model ● live
You wrote
"Maya across the booth, rain glass behind, the moment she realizes."
→ VEO 3
Medium two-shot, 35mm, shallow DOF. Maya (booth, foreground) — micro-expression of recognition. Rain-streaked window backlight, sodium glow. 24fps, anamorphic.
→ SEEDANCE
cinematic medium shot of woman in diner booth, slow zoom, dawning realization, rain on window behind, moody backlight, 35mm film, --ar 21:9
03 / Autonomous workflows

One ask. Many steps.

"Storyboard scene 2" isn't one generation — it's references, breakdown, shot list, frames, verification. The agent runs the whole task end-to-end.

And it checks its own work. If lighting drifts, framing is off, or @maya looks like someone else, it regenerates — a work-and-verify loop, like a software agent, but with eyes.

Active task
"Storyboard the diner scene from page 12."
● 4 / 6 · running
01

Plan

Read script, propose shot list

✓ done
02

Cast & locations

Pull @maya, @jonas, @diner from project

✓ done
03

Frame each shot

7 shots · routed to Seedance + Veo

✓ done
04

Verify

Check lighting, framing, character match

● running
05

Re-render shot 11

Backlight too cool, regenerating

queued
06

Animatic pass

Stitch, score scratch, export

queued
Self-check · shot 11
Lighting drifted cool — script calls for sodium-warm.
Auto-regenerating with corrected key light.
rejected · cool key
rejected · cool key
v1 · rejected
approved · sodium key
approved · sodium key
v2 · approved
Why VHS

Everything else is a tool.
VHS is a team.

01

Lives where you work.

VHS Studio is a Mac-native agent that runs on your computer. Assets stay local — ready for whichever NLE you cut in next. No upload-download loop. No browser tabs. No dashboard.

02

Built for filmmakers, not prompt engineers.

Independent filmmakers want to direct, not babysit a model. VHS handles prompt rewriting, model selection, character continuity, and verification — the work that should never have been the artist's job in the first place.

03

Agent-first, not dashboard-first.

We moved away from the web UI where you fiddle with sliders and prompt boxes. The future is conversational — an agent that holds the project, plans multi-step tasks, and gets out of your way.

04

A platform, not a product.

Today: VHS Studio + a CLI plugged into Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor — best-in-class generation models, one interface. Tomorrow: open-source models for segmentation, motion capture, and relighting. A growing VFX toolkit, all under one agent.

"Filmmakers and creators shouldn't have to become prompt engineers to get the work out of their heads. VHS Studio gives them back the part of the job they actually signed up for — creating."
L
Lei Zhao
CEO, VHS
Get VHS

Bring your script.
We'll bring the pipeline.

The CLI is live. Plug it into Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor and start generating with best-in-class models — one command, no waitlist.