ENGINE MODULE
Kinetic Intelligence
Action scored. Motion calibrated.
“Every action line carries an intensity score that governs how much motion the frame contains.”
Kinetic Intelligence scores the action intensity of every shot and maps it to a calibrated motion tier. KI scans the narrative action text for keywords across multiple intensity groups, computes an Action Intensity Score (AIS, 0-10), and assigns one of five motion tiers: Static (0-2), Subtle (3-4), Moderate (5-6), Dynamic (7-8), or Intense (9-10).
The AIS directly governs how much motion the generation model should produce for each shot. A Static shot (AIS 2) gets minimal movement — ambient drift, slow environmental change. A Dynamic shot (AIS 8) gets pronounced movement — fast action, camera response, environmental reaction. An Intense shot (AIS 10) gets maximum motion density.
KI feeds the compiled ACTION line and informs the CINEMA response. Calm scenes stay restrained. Action scenes receive enough movement to carry their narrative weight. The calibration is deliberate, not left to raw prompting.
KI — Motion calibration excerpt ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ACTION Narrative movement read INTENSITY Calibrated score attached TIER Motion class selected CAMERA Response range informed PHYSICS Activation context informed [Representative structure. Scoring weights and keyword grammar redacted.]
Representative structure from a StoryDirector compilation. Sensitive grammar is intentionally omitted.
Director's Notes
Without action intensity scoring, every shot gets the same amount of motion — or random amounts. KI ensures that motion density is proportional to narrative energy. A quiet aftermath shot shouldn't have the same kinetic density as a pursuit scene. A confrontation should feel more physically urgent than an establishing shot. KI is the calibration layer that makes motion feel intentional.
Classification
Fully Deterministic
Introduced
Engine 5.1.0 (as ActionMotionEscalator), branded in 6.0.0
Dependencies
MOMA™ (energy context), shot role classifications, action text
Outputs to
The compiled ACTION line and LO camera response
Determinism
100% — keyword scanning + additive scoring + tier clamping
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