A gated pipeline for an AI-generated film

An internal R&D production asking one question: can a film be made with generative tools at predictable quality? We built the production as a system of quality gates — every shot passes formal checkpoints before it reaches the edit.

Type
Original / R&D
Scope
Production pipeline · quality gates · process audit
Route
Generative
  • Generative production fails quietly: plausible-looking shots that don’t serve the film slip into the edit
  • Without formal acceptance criteria, iteration burns resources without converging
  • The question: does a gate system make generative filmmaking predictable?
  • A production pipeline of eight gates (G0–G7) with formal acceptance criteria at every stage
  • Acceptance at each gate — a shot either passes or goes back
  • An independent audit of the process after the production run

The audited run confirmed the pipeline productive; the audit logged nine findings that became the plan for the next iteration.

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