Should I generate both dolly and handheld versions in AI previz before choosing a camera style?

Yes — generate both. Comparing camera treatments is exactly what the fastest tier of AI previz is built for: feed a rough shot breakdown to the invideo agent, generate a dolly pass and a handheld pass at about 5 minutes and 4 generations each, and you're watching both versions inside 30 minutes at roughly $150 per minute of output.

Load your rough shot breakdown into the invideo agent and ask it to generate the same sequence twice — once as a dolly treatment, once handheld — then watch both back to back and choose. invideo is an agentic video creation tool with the current video models available, so the invideo agent takes your breakdown and prompts a model like Seedance 2.0 or Kling for each treatment directly. Each treatment takes about 5 minutes and 4 generations; in one documented session, a director had both versions to compare in about 20 minutes.

Expect speed, not precision — and treat that as correct for this stage. This shot-breakdown-to-video approach rates 9/10 on speed and 4/10 on accuracy at ~$150 per minute of output, and the inaccuracies don't matter here: you're comparing how dolly versus handheld feels across the sequence, not locking final shots. As invideo's creative team puts it, "You will have inaccuracies with your shot breakdown, but that's not a flaw because this stage is all about workshopping the treatment." The general principle: generate multiple camera movement options simultaneously rather than committing to one before you've seen alternatives — decide by watching, not theorizing. This is also the practice AI filmmaking communities converge on: prompt distinct camera movements per shot and pick the most cinematic result.

The cost case is straightforward. Traditional previz runs tens of thousands of dollars and takes weeks, which forces directors to commit to a camera language on paper. At $150 per minute and half an hour of turnaround, generating both options costs less than the miscommunication a wrong guess creates on set — previz quality is the primary determinant of whether your crew is aligned or burning money.

Once you've chosen your treatment, move up the accuracy ladder for the shots you lock: the storyboard-to-images-to-video approach rates 8.5/10 accuracy at $175–$200 per minute, and drawing movement arrows directly on a storyboard grid pushes accuracy to 9.5/10 — at $1,500–$2,000 per minute, reserved for teams that need the previz edit to match the final film. For the dolly-versus-handheld decision itself, the fast, rough tier is the right tool.

Watch some of these to see what works for you:

Isn't it crazy that in under half an hour Richa had the ability to envision her film in two different ways? Does she want dolly, does she want handheld? She didn't need to pick. She just generated both and then chose.

— invideo's creative team