Runway Model Selection – Choosing the Right Generation Model
Lesson 4: Model Selection Project – Your Runway Model Test Card
Lesson Objectives
By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
- Run a fair comparison of two or more Runway models on one real creative task.
- Score results on quality, motion, prompt adherence, consistency, and credit cost.
- Write a model test card that guides future projects.
Lesson Content
A model test card is a one-page record that answers: "For this kind of shot, which model should I use, and why?"
- Pick one real task: for example, a 5-second product hero shot or a slow landscape establishing shot.
- Freeze the inputs: the same prompt, the same starting image (if image-to-video), the same duration and aspect ratio.
- Generate at least two clips per model. One clip is luck; two shows a pattern.
- Score each clip 1-5 on visual quality, motion quality, prompt adherence, temporal consistency (does the object stay the same shape and color), and credits used.
- Decide: "Draft with model X, final with model Y," or "Model X for everything of this type."
- Date the card. When Runway releases a new model, rerun the same test.
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