Katechon ArcWhat gives AI video away
- A lead whose face, hair or costume changes between shots.
- Rooms that rearrange themselves between cuts.
- Mixed media: painted backgrounds with photoreal people, or a cartoon prop in a realistic room.
- Skin tinted by the lighting description.
- Narration or lines nobody wrote, and quiet, unmixed sound.
- Every shot framed the same way, with the subject dead centre.
Lessons from our own films
| Problem we hit | Film | What fixed it |
|---|---|---|
| Painted backgrounds with photoreal people broke the look | Blood Sun: The Fall of Kratos | One style brief that applies the same oil-painting language to characters and backgrounds |
| "Cold blue shade on her face" painted a character blue-skinned | The Emperor's Pleasure Court | Colour words on the environment, never on skin |
| "The red balloon is the only red" leaked balloons into set sheets | RatKid and the Red Balloon | "No red in sets or wardrobe" and "empty plate, no balloons" in set descriptions |
| Helmet state flipped between cuts | Dragon Rising | A rule tagging every shot: named leads bare-headed, troopers sealed |
| Geography changed between cuts | Dragon Rising | Each location built as a set of camera plates, each shot referencing one |
A checklist
- Write one project style brief and never restate style shot by shot.
- Make a reference sheet for every recurring character and location.
- Describe one action per shot and a concrete light source.
- Vary framing deliberately: wides, mediums, close-ups, over-the-shoulders.
- Cut on motion and keep the strongest second of each shot.
- Mix the sound: ambience, music, loudness.
- Watch the episode end to end before publishing; drift is easy to miss shot by shot.
Polish is not a reason to skip the label
YouTube requires creators to disclose AI-generated or altered content that seems realistic; non-realistic AI content does not need the label. Source: YouTube Help, disclosing altered or synthetic content (support.google.com/youtube/answer/14328491), checked 2026-10-18
Where Katechon Arc fits
Arc is built around the fixes above: a project style and cinematography brief, reference sheets attached to every shot, storyboards to catch drift, and single-shot regeneration.
Arc does not grade colour, mix sound or edit at frame level; the last stretch of polish happens in an editor.
Related answers
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Sources
- YouTube Help, disclosing altered or synthetic content: support.google.com/youtube/answer/14328491, checked 2026-10-18