FlashDraft
FlashDraft is an AI-powered cinematic pre-production suite designed to give creators the speed of modern generative tools without the trade-offs of cost, connectivity, or privacy.
Core trick
Gemma 4 runs locally to plan shots, then routes approved scene prompts to NB2 Lite for stills and Omni Flash for video.
Description
FlashDraft is an AI-powered cinematic pre-production suite designed to give creators the speed of modern generative tools without the trade-offs of cost, connectivity, or privacy. At its core, the project is a local-first creative agent that acts as a "digital director" on your machine. By keeping the creative brainstorming and shot-planning within a private, on-device Gemma 4 environment, the application ensures that your sensitive scripts and storyboards never leave your possession, while also providing a seamless, network-resilient workflow that functions even when you are working off-the-grid.
When you are ready to bring a vision to life, the system intelligently bridges your local intent with high-performance cloud intelligence. It uses Nano Banana 2 Lite to instantly render base scenes for rapid prototyping, which are then passed to Gemini Omni Flash for high-fidelity video generation. This hybrid architecture effectively transforms your laptop into a high-end production studio, allowing you to iterate instantly, maintain total IP control, and eliminate the unpredictable costs of experimental video generation.
README excerpt
# FlashDraft **A local-first AI creative director.** Gemma 4 runs entirely on-device as the "brain," deciding when to hand off to cloud-based generation — NB2 Lite for instant images, Omni Flash for conversational video. Built for the Google DeepMind Bangalore Hackathon. --- ## The problem AI video production tools today force a bad trade-off: - **Every iteration costs money.** Fix a typo, tweak a prompt — you're burning cloud API credits even during brainstorming. - **They break the moment your connection does.** No offline recovery, no resume — you lose your session. - **Your creative IP leaves your machine.** Scripts, plot twists, unreleased campaigns — all sent to a third-party server just to draft an idea. FlashDraft fixes this by keeping the thinking local and only paying for the cloud when it counts. ## Who it's for - **Filmmakers & directors** blocking out scenes before committing to expensive production or VFX. - **Location scouts** working in the field with unreliable connectivity, visualizing a site under different lighting/weather. - **Indie game devs & storyboard artists** iterating on concept sequences without per-generation cloud costs eating their budget. ## USP **A fault-tolerant, privacy-first AI director**, not another API wrapper: 1. **Cost-free iteration, premium rendering** — brainstorming and storyboarding run locally and for free on Gemma 4. Expensive cloud calls (NB2 Lite, Omni Flash) only fire when the shot is ready. 2. **Network-resilient