Independent filmmakers
Walk into every meeting with your film already visible. Test the expensive ideas on screen before they cost you a shooting day.
For live-action, hybrid & fully AI films
Watch your film while you’re still writing it.
Bring your screenplay into a studio where you can develop its look, stage the action, and direct AI-generated scenes—then carry what you discover into your next draft.
The workflow
From the page to the frame. And back again.
- 01
Write & iterate
Your editor, your screenplay. Bring each FDX revision into Renku.
- 02
Define the look
Inspiration, analysis, and lookbooks establish your visual language.
- 03
Develop cast & locations
Faces, turnarounds, and sets shaped by the script and its look.
- 04
Design scene Beats
Narrative units and storyboards with clear intent.
- 05
Direct & generate
Plan shots, rehearse in Blender, and direct AI-generated takes.
Script & Structure
Back to the page. With more to go on.
Keep writing in the screenplay editor you know. Bring your script into Renku through FDX to explore its structure and develop scenes on screen, then return to your editor with a clearer sense of what to rewrite.
- Work with screenplay editors that export Final Draft XML (.fdx)
- Renku detects new exports; review affected scenes before applying an update
- Story-arc analysis reveals structure, pacing, and character development
Visual Language
Turn inspiration into a visual grammar
Collect stills from the films and cinematographers you love. Explore their use of color, light, and composition with your agent, then build lookbooks that give your cast, locations, and generated footage a shared visual direction.
- Inspiration folders for films, DPs, and references
- AI analysis: core idea, principles, and a named color palette
- Production and storyboard lookbooks steer every generation
Cast Development
Give every character a face
Develop the people behind the dialogue: what they want, what they need, how they change, and how they sound. Build portraits, turnarounds, and expression studies to give each character a shared reference across storyboards and generated takes.
- AI portraits grounded in each character’s role and age
- Character sheets: turnarounds, poses, and expression grids
- Want, need, arc, and voice notes beside every face
Locations
Scout places that don’t exist yet
Build a location library straight from the script — each with period, season, and visual notes. Develop reference imagery, then step inside an explorable 3D World before anyone drives to a scout.
- Every location extracted from the screenplay, with context
- Visual notes and reference images that carry into production design
- 3D Worlds that make space, scale, and camera possibilities tangible
Beats & Storyboards
Turn narrative Beats into visible scenes
Find the moments that move a scene forward: a revelation, a hesitation, a shift in power. Develop those beats with your agent and explore them in storyboards to see how the scene holds together.
- Narrative Scene Beats stay separate from camera and coverage choices
- Each Beat carries narrative development, purpose, cast, and locations
- Whole-act overviews show the storyboard flow at a glance
Shot Planning
Two ways to shape a scene.
Work out your coverage in a Shot List, or direct the scene in motion with Blender Previs.
Build coverage shot by shot, with framing, lenses, and visual references together. Connect each camera decision to the story beat it serves.
Work with your agent to stage characters and cameras in Blender. Refine positions, lenses, and action and dialogue timing down to the frame, then compare the render with an AI-generated take.
Watch the previs and generation
AI Production
Your direction becomes footage
Bring your cast, visual references, and shot direction into AI generation. Review each take and refine the performance as you build a fully AI film, develop shots for a hybrid production, or explore a scene before a live-action shoot.
- Carry cast, location, and lookbook references into generation
- Keep generated takes connected to their Scene and Shot Plan
- Review the performance, compare takes, and refine your direction
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Who it’s for
Made for the ones who can’t afford a wasted shot
Whether your next shot comes from a camera, an AI model, or both, it starts with your direction. Renku brings story, visual development, precise previs, and generation into the hands of one filmmaker.
AI & hybrid filmmakers
Give each generation a directorial brief: cast, look, camera, blocking, and timing. Build fully AI scenes or develop footage alongside live action.
Screenwriters
Keep writing in the editor you know. Bring FDX revisions into Renku and see how the structure, pacing, and characters play on screen.
Cinematographers
Explore how a scene feels through its lens, light, and composition. Share lookbooks, boarded coverage, and moving previs with your director and crew.
Pitch with proof
Make the film tangible before the pitch. Show the arc, the faces, the blocking, and generated footage alongside your logline.
Iterate before you spend
Test the blocking and camera in Blender before committing to a shooting day or another generation. Refine the scene while changes are easier to make.
One creative workspace
Keep your screenplay, cast, locations, look, Beats, Shot Plans, and takes together. Review script changes with the existing production work in view.
Start with a scene you want to see.
Bring in your screenplay. Find its look, stage the action, and make a first take. Let what you see shape what comes next.
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