AI video glossary
Important AI video and filmmaking terms
Short definitions for creators, filmmakers and musicians who make videos with AI.
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- AI cartoonAn AI cartoon is an animated video, in 2D or 3D, where the characters, scenes and often the voices are made with AI instead of being drawn or modelled by hand. Creators use AI cartoons for kids content, stories, comedy and explainers.
- AI dialogueAI dialogue is when the characters in an AI video speak their own lines, each in their own voice, instead of one narrator telling the story. It turns a narrated video into a scene that plays out like a film.
- AI music videoAn AI music video is a video for a song where the visuals are made with AI instead of being filmed. It can show characters acting out the lyrics, singers with lip sync, or an animated visualizer, timed to the music.
- AI short filmAn AI short film is a short story told on video where the visuals, and often the voices and music, are made with AI. It can be realistic or animated, in any genre. The hard part is keeping the characters the same from shot to shot.
- AI video generatorAn AI video generator is software that makes video from a text prompt, a script, an image or a song. Some tools make one short clip at a time. Others plan, voice, caption and assemble a full video for you.
- Audio visualizerAn audio visualizer is a video where animated graphics, like bars, waves or a spinning record, move in time with a song. Musicians use visualizers to put a track on YouTube or social media without making a full music video.
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- Cash cow channelA cash cow channel is a faceless YouTube channel built to earn ad revenue from a popular niche. It publishes narrated videos on a steady schedule, usually made by a small team or with AI tools, without the owner appearing on camera.
- Character consistencyCharacter consistency means a character looks the same in every shot of an AI video: the same face, hair, outfit and style. Without it, the main character changes from scene to scene, and the story stops making sense.
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- Faceless channelA faceless channel is a YouTube, TikTok or Instagram channel where the creator never appears on camera. The videos use narration, AI visuals, animation, stock footage or text instead. The channel's brand is the topic and the format, not a person.
- Faceless videoA faceless video is a video where no presenter appears on screen. A voiceover tells the story over visuals such as AI images, animation, stock clips or text. It is the main format of faceless channels on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram.
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- Micro dramaA micro drama is a scripted series told in very short episodes, often one to three minutes each, made to be watched on a phone. Episodes are usually vertical and end on a cliffhanger, so viewers keep watching the next one.
- Model Context Protocol (MCP)The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that lets AI assistants, like Claude or ChatGPT, use outside tools and data. An MCP server offers a set of tools, and any MCP client can connect to it and call those tools for the user.
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- Script to videoScript to video is a way of making a video where you write the words first, and AI builds the video around them. The script is split into scenes. Each scene gets visuals, a voiceover, captions and music.
- StoryboardA storyboard is a sequence of panels, one per shot, that shows how a video or film will look before it is made. Each panel shows the framing and action, often with notes on dialogue, camera movement and timing.
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