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Frank Houbre

Founder, 熙熙

Frank Houbre is the founder and President of Outerframe Studio, the company behind 熙熙. He builds script-first filmmaking workflows that move from screenplay through storyboard to AI production, and writes about AI video models, storyboarding techniques, and the craft of keeping the screenplay canonical throughout the production process.

AI filmmaking workflows · Screenwriting software · Storyboarding tools · AI video models · Product development

Articles by Frank Houbre

How I Made a Japanese-Style Anime With AI, From A to Z
Two episodes, 38 minutes of finished anime, one person and one tool. Episode 2 cost $1,850 and 75 hours. Written, boarded and produced inside 熙熙, from script to storyboard and from storyboard to video: the Living Story Map, story elements, the AI agent, character sheets, Generate shots from scene script, Auto-generate, the node-based workflow engine, and a complete storyboard with every panel generated in a 3D previz style, before a single production shot.