For weekly episodic drama
AI micro drama with one cast, every episode
A micro drama, or microdrama, is a short vertical series made for phones, with episodes of a minute or two that end on a cliffhanger. In FXI Studio you save your cast once and direct each episode with Bezaleel, the AI director, so the same faces and rooms carry from episode to episode.
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Every export is a vertical bundle built for feeds like these. See the 12-step workflow
The weekly 12-step workflow
Each episode moves through the same twelve steps, asset work before anything renders as paid video, dialogue shots before the grade, captions and name cards after it.
Character bible
Write a one-page series bible and a character bible for every recurring character: how they look, how they speak, and how they relate to the others. Save each one to a reusable cast.
Location plates
Generate a reusable plate for every recurring setting so the backdrop matches from shot to shot and episode to episode instead of drifting with every new generation.
Props and continuity rules
Write down the recurring props and the continuity rules: what a character always carries, always wears, or always says, so later episodes stay consistent with earlier ones.
Asset audit
Review the character bible, the location plates and the props together before anything is rendered as paid video, so drift gets caught while it is still cheap to fix.
Stills and identity gate
Board every shot as a still first and check it against the character bible before approving motion: an identity gate that catches a wrong face or wardrobe before it becomes a finished clip.
Shots with dialogue
Write each line in quotes inside the shot prompt and generate it with Seedance 2.5, the default dialogue model, so speech renders together with the picture instead of being added afterward.
Frame chaining
Chain each shot's last frame into the next shot's first frame, so the episode plays as one continuous sequence rather than a row of hard cuts between separately generated clips.
QC pass
Watch the whole episode start to finish and flag any face, wardrobe, prop or location that drifted, before moving on to music and the grade.
Music ducked under dialogue
Score the episode and duck the music under every spoken line, so the dialogue stays clear and the score never fights the cast for attention.
Color grade
Grade the full episode to one consistent look before anything else goes on top of the picture.
Captions and name cards, after the grade
Add captions and character name cards last, spelled exactly as the cast sheet has them, so neither has to be redone if the grade changes.
Publish
Export the finished vertical bundle: the file, a cover frame and post copy, ready for the week’s episode.
What this is built on
Every claim below is live in the product today, directed with FXI Studio, AI filmmaking platform with the Bezaleel AI director.
The same cast, every episode
Each recurring character is saved once to a cast and carried into every shot of every episode, so the face and wardrobe hold across the whole series instead of resetting each week.
Dialogue shots on Seedance 2.5
Write a line in quotes and Seedance 2.5, the default model for dialogue shots, renders the speech together with the picture, no separate lip-sync pass required.
Frame-chained motion
A shot's last frame feeds the next shot's first frame, so an episode plays as one continuous sequence rather than a row of still-image jumps.
Directed by Bezaleel
Bezaleel, the AI director, plans the shot list from the series bible and runs a cold-viewer check on the script before anything is generated.
Preview a shot before you commit to it
Draft first on Seedance 2.5 renders a quick preview of a shot so you can approve the take, then upgrade that same take to full resolution once you like it, shot by shot through the episode.
Credits per episode
Budget a series
A weekly series is 4 episodes a month. Spoken lines render on Seedance 2.5 at 190 credits per 5-second shot, and cutaways render on P-Video 2 Pro at 44 credits per 5-second 768p shot. Here is what two episode shapes cost with one take per shot, and the smallest plan that covers a month of them.
| Episode | Per episode | Per month | Plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short episode6 shots: 2 dialogue, 4 cutaways | 556 | 2,224 | The Visionary |
| Full episode10 shots: 4 dialogue, 6 cutaways | 1,024 | 4,096 | The Studio |
Figures are credits for video only. Extra takes add the same amount again, and every shot shows its price before you confirm. Paid plans also include monthly Z-Image stills in Create that use no credits.
Faith and family storytelling
A faith-centered micro drama works the same way
The same character bible, cast and frame-chaining workflow carries a faith-centered family story: a parable, a testimony reenactment or a holiday series, told with the same cast from episode to episode. Starter ideas and templates live on two sibling pages:
Key terms in this workflow
Six terms this workflow is built on, defined in the glossary.
Frequently asked
What is a micro drama?
A micro drama, sometimes written as microdrama, is a short, vertical episodic drama made for mobile viewing. Each episode usually runs well under five minutes and ends on a cliffhanger that carries the viewer into the next one.
How long is an episode?
A typical micro drama episode is about ten shots and runs roughly a minute, built as a vertical, 9:16 cut from a cold open to a cliffhanger.
How do I keep the same characters every episode?
Write each recurring character once as a character bible and save it to your cast. Every later episode tags that same cast entry, so the face and wardrobe carry forward instead of being redescribed from scratch each week.
Can I make a Christian or faith-based micro drama?
Yes. FXI Studio is built for faith and family storytelling: describe the passage or the parable to Bezaleel, approve a still for each scene, then render the scenes as dialogue shots and add music. See the faith-based and church media pages for starter ideas.
Do I need editing experience?
No. You direct in plain language: Bezaleel plans the shot list, you approve a still before anything renders as video, and the built-in editor handles the cut, the grade and the captions in the same workspace.
Is it spelled "micro drama" or "microdrama"?
Both spellings are used and both mean the same thing: a short, vertical, episodic drama made for mobile viewing, distinct from a full web series or a feature-length film.
How do I get spoken dialogue in an AI micro drama?
Write the line in quotes inside the shot prompt. Seedance 2.5, the default dialogue model, renders the speech together with the picture, and the built-in audio tool lets you duck music under the line afterward.
Can I make a vertical, 9:16 series instead of a single episode?
Yes. Set the project format to 9:16 and every storyboard still and video shot renders vertical, which is how the ongoing episode-to-episode series format works alongside other vertical series apps.
What do I get when an episode is finished?
A finished vertical export bundle: the video file, a cover frame and post copy, ready to publish as that week’s episode.
Can I preview a shot before the full render?
Yes. Draft first on Seedance 2.5 renders a quick, lower-resolution preview of a shot first. Once you approve the take, upgrade that same take to full resolution instead of rendering the shot over from scratch, which suits building an episode shot by shot.
Write the series bible once. Direct episode one this week.
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