The Character Sheet: The One Document That Keeps an AI Film Consistent
Here is a problem every AI film runs into: the hero looks slightly different in every shot. A little older in the wide, a different nose in the close-up, the wrong jacket after a cut. Viewers may not name it, but they feel it, and the story stops feeling real. The fix is old filmmaking discipline: a character sheet.
What goes in a character sheet
Face and head: front, three-quarter and side views, so every angle has a reference.
Build and age: height, body type and age, so a character does not drift younger or older between shots.
Expressions: a small set of emotions the character will need, such as calm, anger, joy and fear.
Costume looks: each approved outfit, with colours and fabrics. In Veer Tejaji, one character has four distinct looks, each approved on the sheet.
Colour palette and light: the skin tones, costume colours and lighting mood the story uses.
Voice: for series, a fixed voice that stays the same every episode.
How we use it
The sheet is approved by the client before any video is made. After that, it is the reference for every shot. The team generates new shots from it, not from memory. When a shot comes back with a drifting face or a wrong costume, the creative director compares it with the sheet and sends it back.
The checks we run on every shot
Does the face match in the wide and the close-up? Is this the right costume for this scene? Does the lighting on the face match the shot before it? Are the buildings, props and crowd in proportion? Does the location belong to this story’s world?
Environments get sheets too
A village, a courtyard or a desert road deserves the same care as a character. For Veer Tejaji we built environment sheets for each location, so a courtyard looks like the same courtyard in episode 3 and episode 30.
Why it matters for brands
For a brand film, the product is the character. Pack, colours and logo must be exact in every shot. The same sheet approach keeps your product looking the way it does on shelf. If your brand has a mascot or recurring character, the sheet also lets you use it across films without starting from zero.
To see a character sheet for your brief, write to namaste@teevra.co.
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Here is a problem every AI film runs into: the hero looks slightly different in every shot. A little older in the wide, a different nose in the close-up, the wrong jacket after a cut. Viewers may not name it, but they feel it, and the story stops feeling real. The fix is old filmmaking discipline: a character sheet.
What goes in a character sheet
Face and head: front, three-quarter and side views, so every angle has a reference.
Build and age: height, body type and age, so a character does not drift younger or older between shots.
Expressions: a small set of emotions the character will need, such as calm, anger, joy and fear.
Costume looks: each approved outfit, with colours and fabrics. In Veer Tejaji, one character has four distinct looks, each approved on the sheet.
Colour palette and light: the skin tones, costume colours and lighting mood the story uses.
Voice: for series, a fixed voice that stays the same every episode.
How we use it
The sheet is approved by the client before any video is made. After that, it is the reference for every shot. The team generates new shots from it, not from memory. When a shot comes back with a drifting face or a wrong costume, the creative director compares it with the sheet and sends it back.
The checks we run on every shot
Does the face match in the wide and the close-up? Is this the right costume for this scene? Does the lighting on the face match the shot before it? Are the buildings, props and crowd in proportion? Does the location belong to this story’s world?
Environments get sheets too
A village, a courtyard or a desert road deserves the same care as a character. For Veer Tejaji we built environment sheets for each location, so a courtyard looks like the same courtyard in episode 3 and episode 30.
Why it matters for brands
For a brand film, the product is the character. Pack, colours and logo must be exact in every shot. The same sheet approach keeps your product looking the way it does on shelf. If your brand has a mascot or recurring character, the sheet also lets you use it across films without starting from zero.
To see a character sheet for your brief, write to namaste@teevra.co.
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