Make your first AI short film

01

Choose one moment you can finish

Think of a moment you can describe to a friend: a delivery that goes wrong, a robot trying to help, someone finding a lost thing. One character and one place are enough. Aim for roughly 30–60 seconds while you learn the process.

What changes by the end? In our practice story, a robot spills its water, then discovers it has helped a seedling. That small turn gives us a beginning, a problem and a reason to smile.

02

Review the story before producing images

Open Creator with your brief and ask for a screenplay first. Read it for the action you intended, the cast, the setting and the ending. Change those now if they are wrong; polishing an image will not fix a story that has gone in the wrong direction.

• Name the intended format and duration, such as a 40-second animated short.
• Say what should remain fixed: the main character, setting, tone or supplied script.
• Ask for a script for review before moving into visual production.

03

Establish the look, then make the shots

Choose the character and setting you want to keep. Look at their reference images before building the scene: does this feel like your robot, your balcony, your story? It is easier to settle the look here than halfway through the film.

Try planning four to six shots. Give a stumble room to happen and a discovery a moment to register. Review each shot image, then test one video before carrying the approach into the rest.

04

Watch the sequence as a viewer

Watch the end of one clip followed by the start of the next. Look for a hand changing position, a prop disappearing, a character facing the wrong way or an abrupt change in sound. Revise the specific shot that breaks the sequence.

Paid image and video generation uses credits. Check your current plan, balance and the cost shown before production. Check the export options in your workspace when you are ready to share your film.