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Momentum Architecture
Stories build like films, not slideshows.
“Energy builds through acts. Peaks in escalation. Drops in aftermath. No random spikes.”
MOMA enforces act-level energy governance across your entire story. It ensures that energy builds through setup acts, peaks in the escalation act, and drops in the aftermath — with no random spikes that would break the narrative arc. MOMA sets energy floors and ceilings for each act, and every shot within an act must respect those boundaries.
MOMA produces the Act Governance Object: a per-act specification that defines tone baseline, energy min/max, camera motion ceiling, physics activation thresholds, and color/light bias. Shots inherit these constraints — a shot in the aftermath act cannot suddenly spike to peak-energy camera movement, regardless of what the text describes. The escalation curve is deterministic.
This is the system that makes StoryDirector output feel like a directed film rather than a collection of disconnected clips. The energy progression is governed, not accidental.
MOMA — Act Governance Structure ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Act 1 — SETUP Energy Range: 1–4/10 Camera Ceiling: Slow movements only, no handheld shake Physics: Ambient only (wind, dust) Tone: Establishing, atmospheric Act 2 — BUILD Energy Range: 4–7/10 Camera Ceiling: Medium movements, controlled handheld Physics: Reactive (environmental response to action) Tone: Rising tension, purposeful Act 3 — ESCALATION Energy Range: 7–10/10 Camera Ceiling: Full range, shake allowed Physics: Full activation (impact, consequence, aftermath) Tone: Peak intensity, urgent Act 4 — AFTERMATH Energy Range: 1–3/10 (ENFORCED DROP) Camera Ceiling: Static or slow only Physics: Residual (settling dust, cooling light) Tone: Resolution, release Escalation Curve: ▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█▇▃▂▁ Spike Prevention: Active — no shot exceeds act ceiling.
Actual engine output from a StoryDirector story compilation.
Director's Notes
Without escalation governance, AI-generated sequences feel like a random walk through energy levels. One shot is calm, the next is intense, then calm again, then intense — with no narrative logic. MOMA ensures your story builds and releases tension the way a director would plan it: deliberately, with each moment earning the next.
Classification
Fully Deterministic
Introduced
Engine 5.2.0 (Cinematic Orchestration)
Dependencies
BeatMap™ (escalation positions), Film Grammar Profile
Outputs to
DirectorLogic™ (per-shot energy constraints), VAOE (blocking density), LO (camera ceilings)
Determinism
100% — act governance is deterministic from film grammar profile
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