The common shape of "director mode" AI film agents (CapCut Director Mode, OiiOii, Lumina canvas, SekoTV): plan, assets, storyboard, gated clip generation

Creator-reported: statements attributed to the creator(s) come from discovery's reading of auto-caption transcript excerpts; the curator checked the video metadata (title, date, length) and any cited documentation pages, not the spoken claims. Nothing was tested; promotional or sponsored framing applies where stated. Four sponsored Mikkel Lassalle walkthroughs (May-Aug 2026) show the same agent pipeline: one-line idea (+ optional style reference image) -> agent writes a plan/script and asks format questions (short vs long, aspect, language, an "emotion keyword") -> role-named sub-agents generate character sheets, environments and a storyboard (OiiOii: art director, character designer, scene designer, storyboard artist) -> human approval gate -> clip generation -> final approval -> export to an editor. CapCut Director Mode example: the agent generated four 4-second Seedance 2.0 clips at 720p for a music-video sequence and offered alternative audio tracks before the final "approve deliver" gate. In OiiOii he first built his own style references (character, variants, environment mood board) on a canvas and fed them to the character designer to steer style. Observed limits stated by him: results "not perfect", some shots weak; short default clips. Design pattern for tool builders: staged artefacts with explicit approve/regenerate gates at plan, asset and storyboard levels before paid video renders (consistent with C3-B390-03, C3-B389-03). Style note: he targets "this Netflix series" look - imitating a specific series' style raises style/IP questions for commercial work. Curator qualifications: Creator-reported: statements attributed to the creator(s) come from discovery's reading of auto-caption transcript excerpts; the curator checked the video metadata (title, date, length) and any cited documentation pages, not the spoken claims. Nothing was tested; promotional or sponsored framing applies where stated. All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; video metadata checked where cited. Creator video (auto-caption transcript excerpts read by discovery; promotional/affiliate); not curator-verified beyond video metadata. Limitations: Creator statements were read by discovery from auto-captions (ASR); not re-verified by the curator. Sponsored demos; outputs not inspected; agent internals and pricing not documented. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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