Director Mode turns your direction into footage — one shot at a time. Write each scene in plain language, reference your own images, clips, and audio, and generate scene-by-scene AI video with full creative control. Then finish it in the Ekly editor.
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Turning it into something watchable means a script, a shoot, voiceover, footage, music, captions, and edits — or a budget and a month you don't have.
Competitors post daily. You post when you can afford to. Every week you don't ship is reach, trust, and revenue you never get back.
Build your video shot by shot — describe each scene, reference your own assets, and generate the footage. You direct; Ekly produces — scene by scene.
Three steps from a blank slate to a directed film.
Add a scene and describe the shot in plain language. Reference your own images, clips, and audio with @Image1, @Video1, @Audio1. Pick a visual style and aspect ratio.
Hit Action to generate that scene. Refine the description, swap a reference, change the look, and re-roll until it's right — one shot at a time.
Open your storyboard in the Ekly editor to add voiceover, captions, and music — then export your finished video, ready to post.
Describe each scene in plain language and pull in your own images, clips, and audio as references with @Image1, @Video1, @Audio1. You're the director — not a spectator watching a black box.
Generate each shot with one click, then refine and re-roll any scene without touching the rest. Print the takes you love and keep going — you keep full creative control, scene by scene.
Your scene-by-scene projects live in one place. Open any one in the full Ekly editor to add voiceover, captions, and music, then export — from first shot to final cut.
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Filming is slow and expensive. Generic text-to-video gives you one clip with no story and no control. Director Mode gives you a storyboard you direct, shot by shot.
Yes — create an account and get free credits to generate your first videos. No credit card required to start; you only pay when you need more renders.
You build the video one scene at a time, and each shot generates in seconds to a couple of minutes. Because you direct it shot by shot, the pace is yours — still far faster than a traditional shoot and edit.
Completely. You write each scene yourself and can reference your own images, clips, and audio. Generate, refine, and re-roll any shot, change the visual style, and reorder scenes — it's a storyboard you control, not a single roll of the dice.
Launch videos, ads, explainers, social reels, product stories, and more — in 9:16, 1:1, or 16:9. Add AI voiceover, music, and captions in the editor before you export.
Your projects are private to your account and organization, with enterprise authentication via WorkOS. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, hosted on AWS and Google Cloud, and you own everything you create with full commercial rights. SSO/SAML and SOC 2 compliance are available on Enterprise plans, and you can export or delete your data anytime.
Absolutely. Every Director Mode project opens in Ekly's full editor, where you can fine-tune the timeline, captions, audio, and overlays — or just ship it as-is.
Stop letting good ideas die in a doc. Build it scene by scene, keep full creative control, and finish it in the editor.