How it works
From an idea to the screen
Lanternhouse is a set of apps that hand a film from one to the next. Each one works from written-down film craft, checks its own work, and lets you step in at every stage.
- 1
Script Doctor
Write, analyze and polish 1–5 minute short film scripts.
Built on 15 story principles: scene purpose, conflict, stakes, setup and payoff, subtext and more.
- 2
Shot Director
Turn a finished script into a production shot breakdown.
Built on a 110-rule shot rulebook: coverage, the 180° and 30° rules, lens and lighting, cut motives, time for every line.
- 3
StoryFlow
Turn your script into a finished short film: your cast and sets drawn once and kept identical, every shot storyboarded from Shot Director’s camera plan, animated with voices and sound, each clip checked and redone if it drifts, then cut and reviewed by an AI editor.
Continuity rules: the same faces, costumes, props and places in every shot, screen direction held, every clip checked against the script.
- 4
Shot Generator
Make video shots with Seedance, Kling or Wan: name your characters, places and props with @, add a first and last frame, and see the price before you press go.
Speaks each model’s language: your @elements become the pictures and names that Seedance, Kling or Wan understand.
- 5
Poster Studio
Design a real movie poster: genre-driven art, proper typography, and a thumbnail readability check.
Poster rules for 8 genres: palette, type, imagery and layout, plus a thumbnail readability test.
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The Stitch
Put your clips in, say what you want, get one edited film: every spoken line kept whole, dead air trimmed, mistakes cut out, reviewed and re-edited until it works.
Editing rules: never cut a spoken line unless you ask, trim dead air, cut out mistakes and double-backs.
Coming soon
- Pilot: From a show idea to a series: characters, a season arc and episodes that stay consistent from the pilot to the finale.
- Film Designer: a film school built around your own script, that explains the why behind every choice.
What you need
- A free account. Scripts, analyses, shot lists, breakdowns and tagline ideas have a free daily allowance that resets at midnight UTC.
- For pictures, films, video takes, poster art and edits: your own fal.ai key, added under Account → API keys. You pay fal directly, every film page shows what it has spent, and a film never goes over the limit you set.