How do I make an AI micro drama series?

A series bible is one page that every episode is written from: the premise, three to five recurring characters with one want and one secret each, the home locations and where the season is heading. It is what keeps episode 9 consistent with episode 1.

In FXI Studio this is the Story step of the AI Drama Builder, "Write the story". Type a one-line premise or paste the bible and a beat sheet, and Bezaleel, the AI film director, turns it into scenes with a script line for each. You edit any line before anything renders.

Tip: give the series a hook you can say in one sentence, because that sentence becomes every episode's caption and title.

Viewers follow faces. If the lead looks different in episode 3, the series breaks, so each recurring character needs one fixed reference image that every shot is built from.

In FXI Studio this is the Cast step, "Lock your cast". Each character gets a reference sheet you approve once and save, and that saved reference is attached to every shot they appear in, in this episode and the next.

Tip: give each character one signature piece of wardrobe, such as a long blue dress or a grey work jacket. It reads instantly on a phone screen and holds up across shots.

A micro drama usually returns to the same two or three places: a kitchen, an office, a street corner. A saved location plate for each keeps the walls, light and props the same from shot to shot.

In FXI Studio this is the Sets step, "Build the set". Each location gets a plate that stays attached to the shots set there.

Each episode needs a hook in the first shot, one turn in the middle and a cliffhanger at the end that makes the next episode the obvious tap. A good beat sheet is cold open, setup, conflict, turn, cliffhanger.

For length, aim for about a minute. The drama builder's one-minute episode is 13 shots of 5 seconds, 65 seconds of story, and its free teaser is two shots, about 10 seconds: a visual hook and a cliffhanger line.

In FXI Studio the Storyboard step, "Storyboard every shot", draws a still key frame for every shot on top of your cast and sets, all in vertical. Stills cost far less than video, so fix the story here.

Each approved still becomes a short vertical clip. Frame chaining makes the episode play as one sequence: the last frame of one clip becomes the first frame of the next, so motion flows instead of jumping between separate generations.

In FXI Studio this is the Video step, "Animate each shot". Each clip starts from its approved storyboard frame with the cast and set references attached. Dialogue shots can render the spoken line with the picture on audio-capable models: write the line in quotes inside the shot prompt.

Tip: render shot 1 first and check the face against the cast sheet before running the rest.

Most people scroll with the sound off, so burned-in captions carry the dialogue and the cliffhanger line. Keep them inside the safe area, away from the app buttons at the edges of the screen.

In FXI Studio this is the Assemble step, "Assemble and share". The shots join in order into one vertical cut, captions can be burned in, and a Share page gives you a link. You can trim in the editor and export the file to post.

A series grows when viewers know when the next episode lands. Pick a schedule you can keep, such as one episode a week, post the same day each week, and number every episode in the title.

Post the same vertical file to TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts, end each one on the cliffhanger, and pin episode 1 so new viewers can start at the beginning. For a new episode, start a new project from the same bible, cast and sets, so only the story is new.

New accounts start with 65 free credits and no credit card, about 16 images or 3 free videos (the first in full quality, then fast drafts), plus 25 more credits each week until the free balance is back at 65.

On a free account the first video renders on P-Video 2 at 720p, and later free clips render as 480p fast drafts on P-Video 2 Pro. One 480p Seedance 2.0 Mini take is also offered per account while the daily free allowance lasts. Free clips are 5 seconds long.

Free accounts render clips and frame-chained sequences on the draft video lane and can join them into a short cut. Any credit pack or plan unlocks the premium video models and the final-cut pass.

The First Film Pack is a one-time $5 for 200 credits. Monthly plans are The Creator at $15/mo for 600 credits, The Visionary at $35/mo for 2,500 credits, The Studio at $135/mo for 10,500 credits. A video take costs 10 to 50 credits, and every action shows its cost before it runs.