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Modern video generative models based on diffusion models can produce very realistic clips, but they are computationally inefficient, often requiring minutes of GPU time for just a few seconds of video. This inefficiency poses a critical…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-15 Jieying Chen , Jeffrey Hu , Joan Lasenby , Ayush Tewari

We propose Camera Artist, a multi-agent framework that models a real-world filmmaking workflow to generate narrative videos with explicit cinematic language. While recent multi-agent systems have made substantial progress in automating…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Haobo Hu , Qi Mao , Yuanhang Li , Libiao Jin

The "one-shot" technique represents a distinct and sophisticated aesthetic in filmmaking. However, its practical realization is often hindered by prohibitive costs and complex real-world constraints. Although emerging video generation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-29 Jiawei Liu , Junqiao Li , Jiangfan Deng , Gen Li , Siyu Zhou , Zetao Fang , Shanshan Lao , Zengde Deng , Jianing Zhu , Tingting Ma , Jiayi Li , Yunqiu Wang , Qian He , Xinglong Wu

Existing AI-driven video creation systems typically treat script drafting and key-shot design as two disjoint tasks: the former relies on large language models, while the latter depends on image generation models. We argue that these two…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Jiaxu Zhang , Tianshu Hu , Yuan Zhang , Zenan Li , Linjie Luo , Guosheng Lin , Xin Chen

Videos express highly structured spatio-temporal patterns of visual data. A video can be thought of as being governed by two factors: (i) temporally invariant (e.g., person identity), or slowly varying (e.g., activity), attribute-induced…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-03-26 Jiawei He , Andreas Lehrmann , Joseph Marino , Greg Mori , Leonid Sigal

Talking head generation is to generate video based on a given source identity and target motion. However, current methods face several challenges that limit the quality and controllability of the generated videos. First, the generated face…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-03 Yue Gao , Yuan Zhou , Jinglu Wang , Xiao Li , Xiang Ming , Yan Lu

We propose a simple and effective modeling framework for controlled generation of multiple, diverse outputs. We focus on the setting of generating the next sentence of a story given its context. As controllable dimensions, we consider…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-06-03 Lifu Tu , Xiaoan Ding , Dong Yu , Kevin Gimpel

Motion control is crucial for generating expressive and compelling video content; however, most existing video generation models rely mainly on text prompts for control, which struggle to capture the nuances of dynamic actions and temporal…

Despite advances in text and visual generation, creating coherent long-form audio narratives remains challenging. Existing frameworks often exhibit limitations such as mismatched character settings with voice performance, insufficient…

Sound · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Yiming Ren , Xuenan Xu , Ziyang Zhang , Wen Wu , Baoxiang Li , Chao Zhang

While text-to-video diffusion models have made significant strides, many still face challenges in generating videos with temporal consistency. Within diffusion frameworks, guidance techniques have proven effective in enhancing output…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-25 Hyelin Nam , Jaemin Kim , Dohun Lee , Jong Chul Ye

While diffusion models generate high-fidelity video clips, transforming them into coherent storytelling engines remains challenging. Current agentic pipelines automate this via chained modules but suffer from semantic drift and cascading…

Recent advances in scene-based video generation enable coherent visual narratives from structured prompts, yet a key aspect of storytelling -- character-driven dialogue and speech -- remains underexplored. We present a modular pipeline that…

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User-generated cinematic creations are gaining popularity as our daily entertainment, yet it is a challenge to master cinematography for producing immersive contents. Many existing automatic methods focus on roughly controlling predefined…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Xinyi Wu , Haohong Wang , Aggelos K. Katsaggelos

The recent success in StyleGAN demonstrates that pre-trained StyleGAN latent space is useful for realistic video generation. However, the generated motion in the video is usually not semantically meaningful due to the difficulty of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-10-24 Seung Hyun Lee , Gyeongrok Oh , Wonmin Byeon , Chanyoung Kim , Won Jeong Ryoo , Sang Ho Yoon , Hyunjun Cho , Jihyun Bae , Jinkyu Kim , Sangpil Kim

With the rapid advancement of game and film production, generating interactive motion from texts has garnered significant attention due to its potential to revolutionize content creation processes. In many practical applications, there is a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Runqi Wang , Caoyuan Ma , Jian Zhao , Hanrui Xu , Dongfang Sun , Haoyang Chen , Lin Xiong , Zheng Wang , Xuelong Li

Multi-shot video generation is crucial for long narrative storytelling, yet current bidirectional architectures suffer from limited interactivity and high latency. We propose ShotStream, a novel causal multi-shot architecture that enables…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-27 Yawen Luo , Xiaoyu Shi , Junhao Zhuang , Yutian Chen , Quande Liu , Xintao Wang , Pengfei Wan , Tianfan Xue

Controllable video generation aims to synthesize video content that aligns precisely with user-provided conditions, such as text descriptions and initial images. However, a significant challenge persists in this domain: existing models…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Peng Hu , Yu Gu , Liang Luo , Fuji Ren

Advancements in diffusion models have significantly improved video quality, directing attention to fine-grained controllability. However, many existing methods depend on fine-tuning large-scale video models for specific tasks, which becomes…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Sangwon Jang , Taekyung Ki , Jaehyeong Jo , Jaehong Yoon , Soo Ye Kim , Zhe Lin , Sung Ju Hwang

We introduce $\textit{InteractiveVideo}$, a user-centric framework for video generation. Different from traditional generative approaches that operate based on user-provided images or text, our framework is designed for dynamic interaction,…

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