A film script for AI video looks like any ordinary screenplay: a scene heading, a few lines of action and short dialogue. You do not need a special format to use Agent Social. Paste what you have, ask the studio to keep your lines, and it fills in the rest. Below is a short original scene you can read, copy and change. If you want the longer how-to, read how to write a screenplay for AI video.
What does a film script for AI video look like?
It looks like the scripts you have seen. A scene heading says where we are and when. Action lines say what we see and hear, in the present tense, in plain words. Dialogue gives the speaker’s name, then the line. That is all a script needs. Keep each scene to one place and one stretch of time, give every person something to do, and write sounds where they happen. You do not have to format it perfectly, mark camera angles or number the scenes. A plain page of text that a person could read aloud is already a film script, and it is all you need to bring to the AI short film maker.
What does a short example scene look like?
Here is one scene, original to this page, about a minute long on screen. It has one place, two people, one small turn and a sound you can hear. A creator could paste it into Agent Social as it stands. Read it once for the story and once for what each line is doing, because the next section takes it apart. Nothing in it is hard to film: no crowd, no time jump, no second location. It is a quiet scene, and quiet scenes are the easiest to make feel real, because the feeling comes from small actions we can see rather than from big effects.
- INT. NIGHT LAUNDERETTE - LATE
- Rain runs down the window. One dryer hums and turns. MIRA (30s, wet coat, tired) feeds coins into a machine.
- At the folding table, OLLIE (70s, grey cardigan) folds a small blue shirt. Slowly. He unfolds it and folds it again.
- MIRA: That is the third time.
- OLLIE: It was my wife’s. She folded everything twice.
- Mira stops. She puts her coins down and walks to the table.
- MIRA: Then I will do the other half.
- She takes the sleeve. They fold it between them, corner to corner. Ollie almost smiles.
- The dryer buzzes. Neither of them looks at it.
Why does this example scene film well?
It films well because it is one moment in one place, and every line gives the video something to show. Clips run from 4 to 30 seconds, so a scene works best when it is a single beat told without skipping time. Each person has a spot and a job: Mira at the machine, Ollie at the table, both with something to do with their hands. The sounds are written where they happen: rain, a humming dryer, a buzz. The turn is small and visible, a woman walks across the room. And the dialogue is short enough to say aloud. Agent Social films it with the voices and scene sound together, so what you write is what you hear.
| Line in the script | Why it helps |
|---|---|
| INT. NIGHT LAUNDERETTE - LATE | One place, one time of day |
| Rain runs down the window | A sound and a look the scene can hold |
| Folds it again | Something to see before anyone speaks |
| That is the third time. | A short line with a reason to say it |
| She walks to the table | The turn is an action we can see |
| The dryer buzzes | Sound closes the scene instead of a speech |
What should you leave out of a film script for AI video?
Leave out what the screen cannot show: a character’s secret thoughts, long speeches, and a description of every face and coat in every scene. Your approved cast and places stay the same in every clip, so the script can be about what happens. Leave out jumps across days and years, and keep to one place and one stretch of time. You also do not have to write the camera. Leave most of it to the video model, and write a shot only when it matters, the way a director talks: close on her hands. In OVERCLOCK Episode 3’s command room, everyone has a job and few lines are spoken, so the room feels alive before anyone says a word.
Hard to film
- Mira thinks about her late mother and feels the weight of years
- Years later, the shirt is still folded
- A ten-line speech about grief
Easy to film
- Mira stops. She puts her coins down and walks to the table.
- They fold the sleeve between them, corner to corner.
- One short line, then the dryer buzzes.
Can you paste a script like this into Agent Social?
Yes. Paste your scene and say what you want kept: “keep my dialogue as written.” The studio then plans the clips, fills in who is where and what we hear, and shows you every clip as text. Nothing is filmed until you say so. Read each one out loud, change anything that does not sound like the person saying it, and only then film, one clip after another, in story order. Notes or a synopsis work too, and so does one sentence. The AI short film maker covers the path from a pasted scene to a finished short, and turning a story into a short film walks through it step by step.
Write what we can see and hear. The rest belongs to the actors.
How long should a scene in a film script be?
A scene should be as long as one clear moment, which is usually a few short beats. A clip runs from 4 to 30 seconds, so a script of a few lines per clip is about right; the laundrette scene above is a handful of clips. When the story moves to another place or time, start a new scene. Chapter 7 of OVERCLOCK Episode 3 opens in a Singapore army operations room on a quiet morning shift, minutes after a creature as tall as a thirty-storey building has walked out of the sea, and nobody in the room knows yet. That one situation sets every face in the clip. If a conversation reads rushed, ask the studio to spread it over two clips.
What other scenes could you write?
Write any scene with one place, two people and one small turn. The best first scripts are ordinary: a kitchen, a bus stop, a roof at dusk. Pick the feeling first, then give each person something to do with their hands. Try one of the ideas below, paste it, and read what comes back before filming. For a whole series the same rules apply chapter by chapter, which is what how to make an AI TV series shows. Keep every scene in one continuous stretch of time. Fifty good lines in the right place beat five hundred in the wrong order, and a short script you can finish is the one that teaches you.
The last bus
Two strangers at a shelter in the rain; one has missed the last bus and one has a spare ticket.
“Plan a one-minute scene: two strangers at a bus shelter in the rain, one has a spare ticket. One place, no time jumps.”
The wrong cake
A baker hands over the wrong cake at the counter and the customer loves it more.
“Plan a one-minute comedy scene: a baker gives a customer the wrong cake and the customer loves it. One place, two people.”
The quiet office
Someone is still at their desk after midnight when a phone starts to ring.
“Plan a one-minute thriller scene: one person alone in an office after midnight and a phone that rings. One place, no time jumps.”