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AI video is getting much easier to direct. Because the biggest limitation with most AI video generators is not imagination. It is control. You might know exactly how you want a shot to look, but translating the camera angle, lens, framing, subject placement, and movement into a prompt can be incredibly difficult. Film Space offers a completely different approach. It is a free, open-source app that lets you build a rough 3D version of your scene, place characters and objects inside it, choose a virtual lens, and then use your iPhone like an actual camera. You can physically walk through the shot, tilt the phone, push toward the subject, orbit around them, or create more complicated camera movements. The app records that movement and turns it into a reference video that can be used to guide an AI video generator like Seedance. Filmmakers have already been using tools like Blender to do something similar, but that normally requires a lot more technical knowledge and time. Film Space makes the same basic workflow much more accessible. And I think this is a preview of where AI filmmaking is going. Not a world where you type a few words and let the AI make every creative decision for you. A world where filmmakers can direct AI with the same kind of intention they would bring to a real camera.