What a formation maker is for
A formation maker plans who stands where, and how the group travels to the next picture. Paper charts show the floor from above, but miss what the audience sees: a hidden back row, or a soloist lost behind the group.
Morphic's 3D Scene puts the cast on a real floor in 3D, so you check each formation from any seat. Below is one formation as the plan and as a generated frame.
Generated performance
3D formation planPlan a dance formation in three steps
- 01
Stage the cast
Add the whole cast with Group action, or describe the stage and dancers to Copilot.
- 02
Shape each formation
Move any dancer, redraw their path, retime it, and save the picture as a Formation.
- 03
Check it from every seat
Look from the audience, from above and through a camera, then render a video to share.
Stage, shape and retime every dance formation
Stage the whole dance cast in one step
Group action adds a whole cast already moving, every performer editable. Give each dancer a colour, a name label, and a height and body width to match the company.
Start from ready-made movement
Keep what suits the piece: swap a pose preset, pose any body part, or save a motion as a clip and reuse it so a phrase repeats exactly.
Save and reuse Formations
Save a picture that works under Formations and place it again later in the piece.
Move and retime any dancer
Drag a dancer, redraw their path, and set the exact frame they leave and arrive. The editor flags speeds that will read as wrong.
See the formation from the audience, top view or a camera
The audience's seat
Place a camera where the audience sits. A back-row dancer hidden behind a taller one, or a diagonal that flattens from the front, shows up here first.
The top view of the formation
Switch to the view from above for the classic floor chart: spacing, lines and diagonals, ready to compare with the next formation.
Through a camera, for a dance video
Add cameras where a crew would stand and cut between them. A one-click angle gives a quick overhead or low frame, and Follow keeps a travelling soloist in shot.
Turn the dance formation plan into a music video shot
Cast the dancers by colour
Attach the blocking video to a shot and name each dancer by colour: the red figure is the lead in a crimson slip dress. The blocking guides the staging and camera; the 3D scene maker covers the editor.
Generate and cut to the track
Generate with the AI music video generator or the AI dance video generator, then sync the shots in Compose. Plan the whole video with the music video storyboard guide and how to make an AI music video.
All on Morphic
AI music video generator
Generate the shots for a music video and cut them to the track.
AI dance video generator
Turn a dance idea into generated video for a reel or a performance film.
3D scene maker
Describe a shot and Copilot builds the set, cast, action and camera, then direct any detail.
3D pose tool
Pose a 3D mannequin joint by joint and use it as reference for an image or a shot.
