Shai is an AI-powered pre-production platform designed for filmmakers, advertising agencies, and content creators. It accelerates the early stages of video production by transforming scripts and creative documents into storyboards, shot lists, character visuals, and video animatics using artificial intelligence. Creatives can plan, visualize, and iterate on their projects entirely online without downloading any software.
Key Features
- Script to Storyboard: Upload a script or any creative document and Shai generates a detailed storyboard with AI-generated images, shot descriptions, camera angles, and production notes in seconds. The AI reads the narrative structure and produces corresponding visual frames that serve as a blueprint for production.
- AI Shot List: Shot details are automatically extracted from the script and organized into a single table covering timing, cast members, locations, props, and camera movements. Any edit to the shot list triggers an intelligent AI-driven readjustment that propagates changes consistently throughout the plan.
- AI Video Generator: Premium users can generate video animatics directly from storyboard frames using multiple connected video generation models. This enables experimentation with motion, camera moves, scene timing, and visual tone before committing to production resources.
- AI Character Generator: Create and maintain visually consistent AI-generated characters throughout a project. The platform supports custom character uploads, AI-powered automatic character identification from scripts, and character consistency across different scenes and shots.
- AI Production Planning: Manage the complete pre-production workflow including concept development, breakdowns, shot scheduling, and resource allocation in a single integrated workspace.
Use Cases
- Film and Television: Directors and producers use Shai to visualize scenes before production begins, iterate on shot composition, test alternative approaches, and communicate creative direction clearly to cinematographers, set designers, and production teams.
- Advertising: Creative agencies produce professional storyboards for commercials, product videos, and brand campaigns in hours rather than days, enabling faster client approvals and more rounds of creative iteration within tight deadlines.
- Content Creators: YouTubers, social media influencers, and independent video creators access professional pre-production tools previously reserved for large studios, allowing them to plan and pre-visualize content with production-grade fidelity.
- Music Videos: Artists and directors can storyboard music videos, define visual concepts scene by scene, and generate animatics that align creative vision with budget constraints and production schedules.
Integrations
Shai is a fully cloud-based platform accessible from any browser with no local installation required. It connects with multiple AI video generation models for animatic creation and provides structured export data for downstream production planning. Users can upload their own images and reference assets to customize AI-generated outputs.
Privacy and Security
Shai explicitly states that uploaded scripts, storylines, characters, and dialogue are not used to train its AI models or used in any way to generate similar narrative content for other users. All user-created content remains the exclusive property of the creator, and the platform positions itself as a filmmakers tool rather than a data collection service.
Pricing
Shai offers a free tier that provides 200 credits for image generation and the first 9 storyboard scenes at no cost and without requiring a credit card. Premium subscriptions unlock video generation capabilities, higher credit allowances, and access to additional features such as custom character uploads and extended export options. Subscriptions auto-renew and refunds are provided only where required by applicable law.
