HoloCine: Holistic Generation of Cinematic Multi-Shot Long Video Narratives

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.20822v1
• Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 17:59:59 GMT
• Title: HoloCine: Holistic Generation of Cinematic Multi-Shot Long Video Narratives
• Authors: Yihao Meng, Hao Ouyang, Yue Yu, Qiuyu Wang, Wen Wang, Ka Leong Cheng, Hanlin Wang, Yixuan Li, Cheng Chen, Yanhong Zeng, Yujun Shen, Huamin Qu,
• Abstract summary: HoloCine is a model that generates entire scenes holistically to ensure global consistency from the first shot to the last.<n>Our architecture achieves precise directorial control through a Window Cross-Attention mechanism that localizes text prompts to specific shots.<n>Our work marks a pivotal shift from clip synthesis towards automated filmmaking, making end-to-end cinematic creation a tangible future.
• Score: 97.61653035827919
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: State-of-the-art text-to-video models excel at generating isolated clips but fall short of creating the coherent, multi-shot narratives, which are the essence of storytelling. We bridge this "narrative gap" with HoloCine, a model that generates entire scenes holistically to ensure global consistency from the first shot to the last. Our architecture achieves precise directorial control through a Window Cross-Attention mechanism that localizes text prompts to specific shots, while a Sparse Inter-Shot Self-Attention pattern (dense within shots but sparse between them) ensures the efficiency required for minute-scale generation. Beyond setting a new state-of-the-art in narrative coherence, HoloCine develops remarkable emergent abilities: a persistent memory for characters and scenes, and an intuitive grasp of cinematic techniques. Our work marks a pivotal shift from clip synthesis towards automated filmmaking, making end-to-end cinematic creation a tangible future. Our code is available at: https://holo-cine.github.io/.

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