A short film with the same cast in every shot
Most AI video falls apart when the main character changes face between shots. Write a premise, check the script, the cast and the locations one step at a time, then shoot the film from what you approved.
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An AI short film is a tiny drama with characters who speak: a line, a reply, a look, then the next beat. Making one good shot was never the hard part; keeping the same face in shot six as in shot one is. This studio gets there by planning before shooting. Write a one-line premise, then read and edit the script, look at a portrait sheet for every character and a picture of every location, and redraw anything that is wrong, all before you pay. The lines are spoken inside the shots by the video model, so there are no captions sitting on a performance you can already hear, and an exchange between two people can become two close-ups so each mouth says only its own words. Start a series and later episodes reuse the same cast and look. Two looks: live action, or fruit-headed characters played completely straight.
What makes one of these work
- A small cast (two or three characters) holds together best.
- Approve the look of each character before a single shot is made.
- One place per scene, so each cut reads as the same world.
Openings that work
Example first lines. Use one as it is or write your own in the same shape.
- "You said the ferry runs all night." "I said it used to."
- "Don't open the fridge." "Why not?" "Just trust me and don't open the fridge."
- "Third night in a row you're my last customer. Are you going to tell me why?"
Start from an idea
Tap one. The script, voice, pictures and captions are made for you.
- A night-shift nurse and a patient who keeps predicting the weather
Two people, one ward, and a running question the final beat gets to answer.
- Two rival food truck owners forced to share one parking spot
The conflict is there in line one, and each beat can trade insults that slowly turn into respect.
- A grandmother teaching her grandson to drive in an empty car park
One location, two faces and dialogue that writes itself: brake, gently, brake!
- A mango and a lime crewing the last ferry of the night
Made for the fruit look: two fruit-headed sailors, one storm, played dead straight with no wink at the camera.
- A wedding planner who finds both families booked the same hall
Two characters who both have to win, in one room that cannot hold either of them.
- A detective interviewing a parrot who is the only witness
The parrot repeats exactly the wrong half of every sentence, which gives each beat its own punchline.
- Two astronauts arguing over the last coffee on a space station
One set and two suits, with an argument that escalates beat by beat and a twist about who drank it.
- A kid selling lemonade to a very serious businessman
Episode-ready: the same two characters, a new negotiation in every film of the series.
- A locksmith called to a house where nobody will say who is locked in
A doorway, a voice behind it and a growing doubt: suspense with only two speaking parts.
Looks that fit
Looks that suit this kind of video. You pick one when you make it.
- Live action
- Fruit Drama
Questions
- Is it free?
- Yes. You get 3 free videos a month, no credit card. Paid plans start at $9/month for more videos and longer lengths.
- Will my characters look the same in every shot?
- That is what the planning steps are for: each character gets a portrait sheet you approve, and every shot is made from it. A cast of two or three holds together best, and characters saved to your library walk into the next film with the same face at no extra cost.
- Why don't the short films have captions?
- The lines are spoken inside each shot by the video model, with the right mouth moving. Burned-in text would sit on top of a performance the viewer can already hear.
- Can I buy the film one beat at a time?
- Yes. The whole script is written first; you shoot beat one, watch it, re-roll it if it is wrong, then buy the next beat from the film's page. In total it costs a little more than shooting everything at once, which is the price of being able to stop.