Consistent characters in AI video: the same faces in every shot

Agent Social keeps each character’s face, clothes and voice consistent across shots and episodes by attaching the same reference pictures to every shot they appear in. The picture is made once, from a description or your own photos.

Deep, Nora and Otto talk and smile together at night in the rain.
OVERCLOCK, Episode 3 · Burrower. The same three faces as in the earlier episodes.

How it works

  1. Step 1

    Make the character once

    Describe them, or add a few photos of a real person. The studio makes one reference picture: a close-up of the face beside full-body views from the front, both sides and the back.

  2. Step 2

    Check it before filming

    Look at the picture and fix anything that is wrong now: the face, the hair, the clothes. A fix here is cheaper than redoing shots later.

  3. Step 3

    The same picture goes into every shot

    Every shot the character appears in is filmed with that reference picture attached, so the video model sees the same person each time.

  4. Step 4

    Their voice is locked too

    Each character gets one voice, designed from a description or cloned from your recording, and keeps it in every line.

One picture, every shot

This is the reference picture Deep was made from in OVERCLOCK. It was drawn once, before any filming, and attached to every shot he is in.

The café, the drive, the jetty, the beach and the surf in Episode 1 were all filmed from it. It is meant to be the same man in each one.

Deep’s reference picture: a young man with dark curly hair, a short beard and a white T-shirt, facing the camera.
The one reference picture behind every shot of Deep.

Outfits change, faces do not

When a character changes clothes, only the clothes change. The studio makes a new look from the same picture, keeping the face, build and pose.

Places work the same way. A café, a beach or a car is drawn once and reused, so the room around the characters stays the same from shot to shot.

Nora, a woman with long black hair, stares at the news in a café, a glass of iced coffee at her lips.
Nora, one of OVERCLOCK’s recurring characters.

Things people ask before trying it

Can I use my own face?

Yes. Add a few photos of yourself and the studio makes your character from them. You can also clone your voice from a recording of 15 seconds or more.

Do characters stay the same across episodes?

A series keeps its cast, so Episode 2 uses the same reference pictures and voices as Episode 1.

Does this work for creatures, not just people?

Yes. A creature gets its own reference picture the same way. The kaiju in OVERCLOCK, the Glowback, is one.

How many characters can be in one shot?

Several. Each one brings their own reference picture into the shot. The video model you choose decides how many pictures one shot can take.

What if a face comes out wrong?

Fix the reference picture, or ask the studio to redo that one shot. The rest of the film stays as it is.

Ready to make yours?

Describe it in one sentence. The studio writes it, casts it and films it.

Start your film
Consistent characters in AI video — same faces every shot — Agent Social