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From Set to Prompt

The craft first, deliberately. Four modules of traditional film language before a single generated frame, because the people making watchable AI films are the ones who could already make a watchable film.

Intermediate · 9 modules · 26 lessons · 9h 13m

1. Learn to see a shot

Roger Deakins on How to Choose a Camera Lens — Cinematography Techniques Ep. 8 — StudioBinder · 10m · Intermediate
Mother (2009) - The Telephoto Profile Shot — Every Frame a Painting · 4m · Advanced
Making THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (with Wes Anderson & Robert Yeoman) — Cinematographers on cinematography · 27m · Advanced

2. Learn to stage a scene

David Fincher: Se7en - The Directors Series — Indie Film Hustle Podcast · 30m · Advanced
Memories of Murder (2003) - Ensemble Staging — Every Frame a Painting · 7m · Advanced
Martin Scorsese: American Boy - The Directors Series — Indie Film Hustle Podcast · 26m · Advanced

3. Learn to cut

Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy — Every Frame a Painting · 7m · Intermediate
Jackie Chan - How to Do Action Comedy — Every Frame a Painting · 7m · Intermediate
DUNKIRK: Editing the Suspense Snowball — This Guy Edits · 16m · Intermediate

4. Learn to listen

Hans Zimmer and the Score of Dune: Part Two | #DolbyCreatorTalks — Dolby · 28m · Advanced
Video Game Sound Design 101 with Marshall McGee | Native Instruments — Native Instruments · 42m · Intermediate

5. Now pick up the tools

How to Make Your First AI Short Film (Full Tutorial) — ElevenLabs · 31m · Beginner
The problem with AI-generated art | Steven Zapata | TEDxBerkeley — TEDx Talks · 17m · Beginner
The Future of Pre Production — Jon Kent · 9m · Beginner

6. Prompt like a director

How I Made a Short Film with Seedance 2.0 & Kling 3.0 (FULL BREAKDOWN) — Lennard Smith · 29m · Advanced
How To Make Cinematic AI Films With Kling 3.0 (Full Tutorial) — Rourke Heath · 53m · Advanced
Create Seamless AI Films of ANY Length (GPT Image 2 + Seedance 2.0) — Tao Prompts · 16m · Intermediate
How to Create Cinematic Camera Movement with AI (Kling 3.0 Masterclass) — Jack Vs. AI · 25m · Intermediate

7. Keep it the same film

This ONE Prompt Creates Flawless Consistent Characters Sheets — Tao Prompts · 14m · Beginner
Create HYPERREALISTIC Consistent AI Characters - FREE & LOCAL! [Full ComfyUI Masterclass 2025] — Mickmumpitz · 24m · Advanced
Google Veo 3 For AI Filmmaking - Consistent Characters, Environments And Dialogue — Astrovah · 31m · Advanced

8. Finish it properly

AI Filmmaking Tutorial (Mixed with Real Shot Footage) — Blake Ridder · 11m · Intermediate
I Replaced an Actor With an Alien Using AI (Luma Ray 3.2 Tutorial) — Tim Nagle · 10m · Intermediate
The BEST AI Video Lip Sync Techniques (Pro Tutorial) — Curious Refuge · 18m · Intermediate

9. Be honest about it

Realism Is the Wrong Test for AI Film — Saga — Tell Your Story. Make Your Movie. · 52m · Intermediate
How Filmmakers Should Actually Be Using AI Video — Herman Huang · 9m · Intermediate

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