From Screenplay to Screen: A Natural Language Processing Approach to Animated Film Making

The process of creating animated films has traditionally been a time-consuming and labor-intensive endeavor. With the rapid onset of improvements in natural language processing (NLP), it is now possible to automate much of the film creation process, reducing the need for human involvement while still producing high-quality animated films. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to animated film generation in which, using a screenplay as the primary input, a user can create an animated film using only a web application. We focus on the NLP steps required to extract information from a screenplay and utilize it to generate visual representations of the scenes described in the screenplay. Our approach has the potential to revolutionize the animation industry by making the process of creating animated films more efficient and accessible to studios, independent creators, and artists. We describe our approach and its key components in detail. Our results demonstrate the feasibility of our system and its potential to significantly improve the abilities of independent creators and artists to become more involved in the animation industry.