How to assemble a video from a shot script and numbered files
Upload your numbered clips to Vizard Agent and paste the shot script. Vizard Agent reads the numbers off the filenames, builds one labelled contact sheet of everything, compares any duplicate takes and picks the better one, then assembles the cut in the script's order with music and sound design mixed under the dialogue.
What do you type into Vizard Agent?
Paste the script as it is. Vizard Agent works out which file is which shot from the filenames and doesn't need a mapping table, so the numbering doesn't have to be tidy. The useful extra sentence says what to do when two files cover the same shot. The script's description of each shot is what decides between them.
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What does Vizard Agent actually do?
The first half of the run is inventory. It probes, samples and looks at everything you sent as one labelled sheet before deciding the order or which take to use. That sheet is how it holds an eleven-file folder in mind at once, instead of opening files one at a time and forgetting the first. In the session behind this article it:
- Downloaded every video and audio file, probed their durations and extracted sample frames from every clip.
- Composed one labelled contact sheet of all of them, then built grouped sheets and reviewed them in batches.
- Compared the duplicate takes, got transcript timings for the dialogue and analysed each clip's motion and beats.
- Generated music and ambience, checked the result and regenerated until the track suited the scene.
- Measured the dialogue's loudness, trimmed the audio stems and normalised every clip to the output shape.
- Delivered a 1080x1920 cut at 24fps, 37.33 seconds long, in the script's exact shot order.
When does this not work well?
The script is the contract, and Vizard Agent follows it closely. Where a script is ambiguous, or the footage doesn't contain what it describes, it has to choose, and its choice may not be yours. A shot the script names but the files lack gets flagged, not invented. Filenames that don't indicate order make the matching guesswork, and forty seconds of footage won't carry a two-minute structure.
Common questions
Do the filenames have to be tidy? No, as long as the number is in there somewhere. Vizard Agent reads it off the name and checks against the script.
What if I have two takes of a shot? Vizard Agent compares them and uses the better one. Say your preference if you have one.
What if a shot is missing? Vizard Agent tells you which script shot has no matching file instead of quietly skipping it.