Most people end up with a folder of pretty clips and no film — you will end up with three minutes that hold an audience.
You typed a sentence into an AI video tool, got back four seconds that looked amazing, and then had no idea what to do next. That is where almost everyone stops: a folder of gorgeous, unrelated clips and nothing anyone would actually sit through. This course closes the gap between a clip and a film. You learn two languages at once — the director's language (shot sizes, three-point lighting, the 180-degree rule, color that carries mood) and the prompt language (the five decisions in every video prompt, reference images, seeds, motion cues, style tokens). Along the way you keep one character looking like the same person across fifteen shots, score and mix your own audio with Suno and ElevenLabs, cut for rhythm in DaVinci Resolve, and grade the result so it reads as finished rather than rough. No code, no film school, and no single tool to marry: Runway, Pika, Kling, Luma and Sora all change every few months, the craft does not. You finish with a 60-second short as a rehearsal and a three-minute film as the capstone.
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Learn what a cinematographer actually decides, so your frames stop looking like accidents and start looking chosen.
Your hero turns into a stranger by shot four — here is the repeatable fix, and how to debug it when it slips again.
Find out which movements the model can fake and which will always look wrong, before you burn credits discovering it.
Audiences forgive a rough picture and never forgive bad audio — get sound that matches what people are watching.
Where to cut, how long to hold, and the one geometry rule that stops viewers losing track of the room.
Bad lip-sync sinks a film faster than bad lighting — direct a voice, sync it to the face, and know when to stay silent.
The finishing pass that turns rough footage into something you would happily put your name on and publish.
Beautiful shots with no story get scrolled past — build beats that keep an audience watching to the last frame.
Run the entire workflow once on something small, so the three-minute capstone is not the first time you attempt it.
Complete all modules, then submit the required number of capstone projects. Each must earn a passing rating from an admin reviewer.
Produce a 3-minute short film end-to-end: script, shot list, renders, sound, edit, color. Submit the film plus a production document (the prompts, the tools, the decisions). Must read as a coherent piece, not a reel of clips.
The editor's philosophy book — 80 pages on what cuts mean. Shapes Modules 6–7 of this course.
The best living intro to visual storytelling grammar. Watch the "Lateral Tracking" and "Composition" episodes before Module 2.
Paste this into any AI chat. Fill in the bracketed parts with your context — you'll get back a straight answer on whether this belongs on your plate.
I'm considering an "AI Film-making" course. It covers: ideation, script-to-shot-list, prompt structure for video generators, shot types, lighting, composition, color, continuity, sound design, editing rhythm, and publishing. Tool-agnostic — works across Runway, Pika, Kling, Luma, Sora, etc. Capstone is a 3-minute short film with a production document. Context: 1. My creative background: [e.g. "I write marketing copy", "I've never made a video", "I'm a photographer", "I run a YouTube channel"] 2. Why I want to make films with AI: [e.g. "market my business", "creative outlet", "pitch ideas to studios", "ship shorts as a side hustle"] 3. Tools I've already tried: [list them, or say "none"] Answer honestly: - Will the skills in this course (craft + prompting) still matter as the models improve, or is this just today's trick? Argue for or against. - Name one realistic output in 3 months of applying this — be concrete about length, quality, and where I could publish it. - What in my goals CAN'T be served by AI video today, no matter how good the prompting? - If I have a full-time job, is this a 30-hour commitment I should make now or park until AI video is cheaper/better?
Practicing DPs talking shop. Useful to hear the vocabulary you'll translate into prompts.