Lesson 21 of 21 · Section 7: Case Study & Career

The AI Filmmaking Method in One Sentence, and What's Next

AI Filmmaking Course · 7.3 0:34 videoFree

The AI filmmaking method in one sentence: write, design, board, generate, sound and edit. Models change, the method doesn't. Here is where to keep practicing.

Watch on YouTube, in the course playlist

In this lesson you will learn

  • The whole AI filmmaking method of the course in one sentence
  • Why the method outlasts the AI models, which keep changing
  • Where to keep practicing with the tool used in the course
  • Where to find the ScreenWeaver free plan for writing

This short bonus lecture closes the free AI Filmmaking & Screenwriting course with the whole method in one sentence: write, design, board, generate, sound and edit. Across 21 lessons, the course followed one project, The Photo, four shots and eighteen seconds with the same two actors in every frame, from idea to export. AI video models will keep changing, but this script-to-screen method won't, so what you learned keeps working whatever model you use next. If you want to keep practicing with the tool you saw throughout the course, ScreenWeaver has a free plan for writing at app.screenweaver.ai. Thank you for watching, and go make your film.

Full transcript

0:04You made it to the end. You now have a method. Write, design, board, generate, sound and edit. The models will keep changing. The method won't. If you want to keep practicing with the tool you saw in this course, Screenweaver has a free plan for writing at app .screenweaver .ai. Thank you for watching and go make your film.

The full course

YouTube playlist

Section 1 · Welcome to AI Filmmaking

  1. 1.1Welcome: The Film You'll Make in This Course3:12
  2. 1.2The AI Film Pipeline: From Script to Screen5:47
  3. 1.3AI Slop vs AI Cinema: What Professionals Do Differently6:59

Section 2 · Writing for AI Film

  1. 2.1From Idea to Logline: AI as Your Writing Partner5:51
  2. 2.2Structuring a Short Film: Beats That Work in 3 Minutes5:45
  3. 2.3Writing a Screenplay AI Can Actually Shoot5:37

Section 3 · Design Your Film

  1. 3.1Building Your Visual Bible: Style, Light and Lens6:33
  2. 3.2Consistent Characters: Reference Sheets That Hold Across Every Shot6:46

Section 4 · Shot List & Storyboard

  1. 4.1Breaking Down Your Script into a Shot List5:50
  2. 4.2From Storyboard to 3D Previz: Lock the Camera Before You Generate5:15

Section 5 · Generate the Film

  1. 5.1Choosing the Right Video Model for Each Shot5:18
  2. 5.2Prompting Like a Director: Camera, Action, Performance5:55
  3. 5.3Reference-to-Video: Keeping Characters and Sets On Model5:13
  4. 5.4Fixing Bad Shots: Repair, Reframe, Regenerate4:53
  5. 5.5Workshop, Part 1: Script & Storyboard, Step by Step6:21
  6. 5.6Workshop, Part 2: Production, Step by Step5:02

Section 6 · Sound & Edit

  1. 6.1Voices, Dialogue and Lip Sync3:32
  2. 6.2Editing, Sound Design and Final Export3:46

Section 7 · Case Study & Career

  1. 7.1Case Study: How Lost Garden Was Made3:07
  2. 7.2Festivals, Distribution and Building Your AI Film Career2:52
  3. 7.3Bonus Lecture: What's Next0:34

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