FrameThrower

Purpose

FrameThrower positions itself as "the reference app for the creators of tomorrow." It turns film frames into a searchable reference library for quickly finding visual references during the creative process. It officially calls itself "the world's largest film library," indexing and making searchable every frame of every film, and it continues to grow every week. It emphasizes that the difference between work that is "good" and work that is "outstanding" often comes down to references, and that thousands of creators use it here to find their references in seconds.

Main Capabilities

• Frame-by-frame indexed search library: Frames are indexed and searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, color, and mood.
• Multiple ways to integrate: It can be called from a REST API, an MCP server, and an npm SDK. It states that the interface has 11 endpoints in total, including search, craft, similar (similar frames), and frame detail, making it easy for agents to call during a conversation.
• Previs & pitch: It provides Lookbook-building features. You can put in a script and get a storyboard generated by scene based on real film frames, to present the visual plan to producers before shooting.
• Moodboard building: You can search the reference library and drag frames directly into the board without leaving it, arrange them by scene, sequence, or style, see the entire film at a glance on one screen, and share the same visual set with cinematographers, designers, and clients through a single link.

How to Use

The official integration steps are:

1. Install the SDK—or skip the SDK and call pure REST directly.
2. Sign up for free, no credit card required.
3. Create a token in Settings → API.
4. Call it anywhere you write code.

For authentication, it officially mentions OAuth 2.1. New users get $2 in free credit, after which you pay based on usage.

Suitable Scenarios

• Creators such as directors, cinematographers, and art designers looking for visual references in pre-production;
• Quickly building scene-organized Lookbooks with real film frames for pitching a film's visual direction to producers;
• Building mood boards organized by scene, sequence, or style and sharing them with the team and clients;
• In developer or agent workflows, embedding frame-search capabilities into your own writing or creative tools through the API / MCP / SDK.

It officially mentions that a pitch trailer costs about $5,000 to $50,000 and takes weeks of work, while a Lookbook can let you achieve a similar purpose in an afternoon—selling the visual concept very early before shooting, without a previs budget.

Limitations

• It explicitly uses a paid model: the free credit is $2, after which you are billed based on actual usage; specific pricing and credit details are not yet provided in the materials.
• The specific film list size, coverage, search accuracy, and response performance of the film library are not yet provided in the materials.
• The SDK's specific languages, versions, installation commands, and the detailed parameters and return values of each endpoint are not yet provided in the materials.
• Whether offline use is supported, data export restrictions, the scope of commercial licensing, and similar details are not yet provided in the materials.