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Behind the Scenes · The Model Roster

Frontier models. One director's chair.

SyntarEngine is model-agnostic by design. Like a DP choosing camera bodies and lenses for each shot, the platform selects, benchmarks, and orchestrates premium frontier models for every department of the pipeline. When something better clears our bar, we swap it in. Your work simply gets better.

Models are fuel · Directorial control is the platform

The Bar · What a Model Must Clear

Before a model joins the crew.

Every instrument in the pipeline cleared the same five checks. No exceptions, and no legacy seats.

Cleared

Cinematic fidelity

Holds motion, light, and lensing at commercial quality, shot after shot.

Cleared

Character & brand consistency

Keeps faces, places, and props stable from the first frame to the last.

Cleared

Controllability

Takes direction precisely: framing, blocking, timing, and grade.

Cleared

Commercial licensing

Cleared for client work, with terms that survive legal review.

Cleared

Data security

Your scripts, assets, and DNA profiles stay protected end to end.

The Departments · Current Selection

The best instrument for every department.

One capability, one department, and the premium models currently holding the seat. Cora, the AI Cinematographer, conducts them through all six stages: Brief, Storyboard, Video, Edit, Finishing, Delivery.

Department · ReasoningStages 01-06

Direction & story

The thinking layer behind Cora and the Silicon Crew. Reads the brief, breaks down the script, plans coverage, and carries your decisions across all six stages.

Model·Anthropic Fable 5
Model·Anthropic Opus 5
Model·Anthropic Sonnet 5
Department · ImageStages 02-03

Stills & keyframes

Composes storyboard frames, keyframes, and account-level asset stills, so every frame is approved at the Viewfinder before motion renders.

Model·Google NB Pro
Department · VideoStage 03

The camera department

Renders approved keyframes into motion. Framing, blocking, and light hold from the board to the clip.

Model·Kling 3.0 Omni
Model·Google VEO 3.1
Department · Voice & MusicStages 04-05

The sound stage

Voice, dialogue, and music mapped straight from the story and the cut: performances that carry the scene, beds that hold the tonal register.

Model·ElevenLabs
Department · AnalysisEvery gate

Quality control

Reads every frame at every Viewfinder gate: continuity, coverage, and brand conformance surfaced as diagnostics. You decide.

Model·Google Gemini
And further specialist models in supporting rolesRoster last updated · August 2026

Continuous Evaluation

A seat on the crew is earned, and re-earned.

The names on this page are a current selection, not a commitment. You never bet on a single model vendor; you bet on the platform that directs them.

01 · Benchmark

Screened per department

New releases screen against the five checks on real production briefs, department by department. Marketing numbers do not earn seats; output does.

02 · Recast

Swapped without ceremony

When a model clears the bar, it takes the seat. Names on this page change; the pipeline, your assets, and your DNA profiles do not.

03 · Independence

Never a single bet

No exclusive vendor. The platform sits above the model layer, so no single provider's roadmap caps yours.

What We Don't Show

The models are the instruments. The engine is ours.

How they play together - the prompt composition, the model orchestration, the DNA architecture that composes at every shot - is proprietary SyntarEngine. That layer is the platform, and it does not change when a model does.

Licensed

Cleared for client work

Every model on this page is under commercial terms that cover your delivered Productions. The precise language lives in our Terms.

Protected

Your material stays yours

Scripts, assets, and DNA profiles are handled under our DPA and content safety commitments.

Director's chair turnaround - frame 19.

Slate · Wrap

See the crew at work.

Start a Production and watch the crew run the pipeline, from brief to delivery.