WHY KONTEHow it's different
A whole piece, not one clip at a time
How shooting in Konte differs from using a video model on its own.
01—POSITIONWhere Konte sits
Not a model, a studio
The model draws the picture. Konte takes care of everything before and after it.
TALK
Say it, get a whole video
Ask in one sentence and you get the plot, then the chapters and shots. Fixing it is just more conversation.
SHELF
The more you shoot, the fuller the shelf
Cast, sets, the Wiki, the shots you've taken. They stay in the project, and your next video starts from there.
STAGE
Choose where it renders
Through the fal.ai API or on your own GPU. Switch engines and your shot list and cast stay as they are.
02—SIDE BY SIDESide by side
Same model, a different way of working
Using a video model on its own, and shooting in Konte.
Using a video model on its own
Shooting in Konte
- One request gets you
- Using a video model on its own
One clip
- Shooting in Konte
One whole video, with its chapters and shots laid out
- Giving direction
- Using a video model on its own
Write a prompt for every shot
- Shooting in Konte
One row of the shot list, written in Japanese. The AI writes it up as an English prompt
- Camera
- Using a video model on its own
Describe it in words
- Shooting in Konte
Buttons for angle, lens, move and speed. Or pick by the effect you want
- Cast
- Using a video model on its own
Prepare reference images for every shot
- Shooting in Konte
Register them once as cast. Drop them into a shot for the same face and wardrobe
- Location
- Using a video model on its own
Describe it every time, in words or images
- Shooting in Konte
Attach a set to a chapter and every shot is in the same place
- Retakes
- Using a video model on its own
Edit the prompt and make it again as a new clip
- Shooting in Konte
Only the shots you don't like. Earlier takes stay in the history, and you can go back any time
- Finished footage
- Using a video model on its own
Line it up in a folder on your machine
- Shooting in Konte
In Outputs, filterable by project → video → chapter
- Lines and captions
- Using a video model on its own
Add them in a separate editor
- Shooting in Konte
Lines with their speakers, and captions, go on the shot list. Captions are burned in at the finish, and a subtitle file comes out too
- Joining
- Using a video model on its own
Line clips up in an editor
- Shooting in Konte
Joined into one MP4. You can also export shot by shot
- Sharing
- Using a video model on its own
Send the video file
- Shooting in Konte
A share URL that needs no login. The shot list, cast and sets can be shown along with it
- Where it renders
- Using a video model on its own
That service's cloud
- Shooting in Konte
The fal.ai API, or your own GPU (ComfyUI)
- Cost
- Using a video model on its own
The service's plans or credits
- Shooting in Konte
fal.ai fees go to your own key. On your own GPU, no API fees
- Team
- Using a video model on its own
Send files back and forth
- Shooting in Konte
Members and guests work from the same shot list
The left column describes handing a prompt to a video model and making clips one at a time. It does not refer to the features of any specific service.
03—PROOFWhat we actually shot
The table's cast, location and retakes, in footage rendered in Konte.
MADE WITH KONTE—CASTING
Same direction, only the cast swapped
Four scenes. In each, the prompt is identical word for word; the only change is the cast.
Eye level · Static · 3 s
NANAMIWoman, 30s
MIOWoman, 20s
AOIWoman, 20s
HINAWoman, 20s
REIWoman, 50s
YUMAMan, 30s
6 cast members × 4 scenes · the 6 clips of a scene share the same shot direction and camera · MiniMax H3 on a local GPU
MADE WITH KONTE—SET & LOCATION
Same cast, a morning and a night version
A 15-second ad, same shots. Only the place and time of day change, for versions A and B.
Version A: Morning kitchen14.8S
Version B: Living room at night15.2S
Fictional skincare ad · Cast: NANAMI · 3 s × 5 shots · Version A shot 03 trimmed by 0.4 s at the end · MiniMax H3 on a local GPU
MADE WITH KONTE—EDIT
The shots you're missing, no shoot needed
Same dish, same shopfront. Add shots with a different angle, or different weather.
Angle, lens and camera move vary
- ORIGINAL
Original shotHigh angle · Static
From straight aboveOverhead · Static
Wide, pushing inEye level · Dolly in
Noodle macroMacro · Static
Insert shots for a variety show · 5 s · no cast · the variations are shot from frames of the original · MiniMax H3 on a local GPU
04—FITGood fit, poor fit
Where Konte helps, and where it doesn't
If you only want to try one clip, going straight to a model can be faster.
KONTE HELPS
- When you shoot many videos with the same cast
- When you go back to the same place for pick-ups
- When you want to build up cast and sets, job by job
- When the count grows and API fees start to matter
- When you want to work through the shot list with a client
- When you shoot a series, episode after episode, with the same cast
FASTER WITH A MODEL ON ITS OWN
- When you just want to try one shot, right now
- One-off clips where the cast and place change every time
GET STARTEDStart here
Your film studio, starting today
Start by creating a single cast member. We're happy to talk it through.