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Feature · DNA analysis

Read how any film is cut

Drop in a film or a music video and cnemai reads it: the story in beats, the arcs, every shot by lens, move and motion, and a song read bar by bar.

Every director has a film they wish they'd made. cnemai's DNA reading takes it apart: the story, the arcs, the camera on every shot, and the cutting, so you can borrow the craft and make something of your own.

01 · Story

The story in numbered beats

Genre and tone, how it was made, and the story in beats with timecodes.

A Breakdown reading: genre and tone, how it was made, and the story in numbered beats with timecodes
02 · Arcs

The arcs and the sound

The overarch, sub-arcs and threads across the whole film, with the sound arc and its cues.

The arcs of a Breakdown: threads arching over the story curve, named sub-arcs, and the sound arc with its cues
03 · Camera

Every shot, measured

Each shot by lens, move, depth and measured motion, with a written reading of the film's camera grammar.

The camera grammar of a Breakdown: a written reading above a strip of every shot by lens, move, depth and measured motion
04 · Song

A song, read bar by bar

Sections, bars and drops, with a suggested cut every few bars. It's how Face Masks Off was laid out.

A song read bar by bar: its sections, the beat grid, and a suggested cut every few bars

Questions

What does a reading cost?

About 70¢ from the wallet, for a film up to about four minutes.

What do I get back?

The story in numbered beats with genre and how it was made; the arcs, threads and sound; every shot by lens, move, depth and measured motion; and for a song, its sections, bars and drops with suggested cuts.

Does it copy the film?

No. It reads craft: how shots are framed, moved and cut. It gives you a recipe of moves to use on your own film, not the scene itself.

Keep reading

A music video for the whole song, cut on its bars

cnemai reads your song bar by bar, plans the shots on its beats, keeps your cast the same in every shot, and cuts the full song on a real timeline.

Your script is the shot list

Paste a script or a brief and cnemai breaks it into scenes and shots. Edit a line and the shot changes, with every revision kept.

One studio fee. Every render priced up front.

cnemai costs $99 a month for the whole studio, with no per-seat pricing. Renders come from a wallet that never expires, at the prices listed here.

Your film starts with one line.

cnemai is opening by invitation. Leave your email and your invite arrives in your inbox. 14 days free, with $100 of renders on us.

Then $99 a month for the whole studio