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The 熙熙 Editorial Team publishes practical guidance on screenwriting craft, story structure, and production-aware writing workflows for filmmakers and creators who want to move from first draft to camera-ready scripts with clarity and confidence.
Shot Size Prompts for AI Video: Why Your Close-Up Comes Out Medium
Why a video model ignores the shot size you asked for, and how to fix it: cut points, what to leave out of the frame, start frames, and a table from extreme wide to insert.
AI in Documentaries: How to Use Reconstructions Without Losing Trust
Five uses of AI in documentary ranked by risk, what the Archival Producers Alliance asks for, an AI cue sheet, on-screen labels, YouTube and EU AI Act rules, and why keeping one face per reconstructed person is an honesty tool.
How to Make a Documentary with AI: From Sourced Script to Finished Film
Subject, sources, treatment, V.O. script, shot list, reference sheets, reconstruction shots, narration, edit and disclosure: the full workflow for an AI documentary that holds up, with a long section on keeping the same face on a witness across every shot and every decade.
AI Documentary Narration: How to Get a Voice-Over That Sounds Like a Real Narrator
Write narration for the ear, know when to stay silent, time every line to picture before you board it, pick one narrator voice for a whole series, then record a human or generate the voice without cloning anyone. Worked through on The Last Keeper, a lighthouse reconstruction made in 熙熙.
How to Make AI History Documentaries for YouTube That Stay Monetized
What YouTube's inauthentic content policy really says, why topic-to-video tools put a history channel at risk, and a production method that counts as original work: sourced research, narration you wrote, a recurring character with the same face in every episode, a storyboard, an anachronism checklist and honest labels.
How to Make 3D Animation With AI: The Method (+ Real Example)
Script, turnaround sheet, a materials and lighting plate, grey layout storyboard, shot-by-shot generation: the full method for a studio-quality 3D animation look with AI, shown on a real five-shot scene from grey board to final frame, with a long section on keeping the same character in every shot.
How to Make AI Claymation: The Method (+ Real Example)
Reference sheet, a plate for plasticine and fingerprints, a miniature set, boards, one small action per shot, then the step most guides skip: retiming the motion to 12 poses per second, like real stop motion. The full method for AI claymation, shown on Bertie, an original clay mole baker, and on one real shot in three takes, including the one we got wrong.
How to Make AI Horror Videos: The Method (+ Real Example)
Script with its sounds, reference sheets for the victim and the creature, grey previz storyboard, then many empty shots and a few short threat shots that never show the whole monster: the full method for AI horror that actually scares, shown on a real six-shot scene from grey board to final frame, with a long section on keeping faces, creatures and blood consistent from shot to shot.
How to Make an AI Cartoon: The Method (+ Real Example)
A one-page series bible, one model sheet per character, a flat-colour style plate, a grey storyboard, then every shot generated with the sheet attached: the full method for making a 2D cartoon with AI, shown on Mila's Delivery, six shots and 12 seconds, with a long chapter on keeping a character on model in every shot.
How to Make an AI Movie Trailer: The Method (+ Real Example)
Logline, treatment, a trailer script in three acts, a reference sheet for the lead, a storyboard for every cut, voice-over and music laid down before the picture, then shot-by-shot generation: the full method for an AI movie trailer of your own film, shown on a real six-cut teaser from grey board to final shot, with a long section on keeping one lead recognisable across 30 to 40 very short cuts.
How to Make an AI Music Video: The Method (+ Real Example)
The song is the script: a time map, shot lengths from the BPM, a script by section, the artist's reference sheet, a storyboard, two generation lanes and a cut on the waveform. Shown on a real six-shot demo, with a long section on keeping one artist consistent for three minutes.
How to Make Anime With AI: The Method (+ Real Example)
Script in anime format, three-view character sheets, a board for every cut, one beat per shot, then the step most guides miss: retiming the motion on twos or threes, at 12 or 8 images per second. The full method for making anime with AI, with a long chapter on character consistency and Lost Garden as proof, 38 minutes of anime made by one person.
Lighting Prompts for AI Video: Chiaroscuro to Golden Hour
How to write lighting prompts a video model follows: source, direction, hard or soft, what stays dark, plus a reference table from chiaroscuro to golden hour.
Camera Prompts for AI Video: Getting Dolly, Pan, Crane and Handheld Moves to Stick
Why a video model ignores your dolly, pan, crane or handheld move, and the prompt edit that fixes each one, using the camera terms Google and Runway document.
Cinematic Prompts: The Director's Guide to Prompting Video Models
Veo, Kling and Seedance each publish a prompt formula, and all three ask for the same six things. The order they ask in, and what breaks when you leave a slot empty.
The 10 Mistakes That Burn AI Video Credits Fastest
Resolution tiers, generated audio and per-generation minimums quietly multiply what every take costs. The ten settings that burn credits fastest, with the published rates behind each one.
Copyright of AI Films in 2026: What You Own
Platform terms say you own the output. Copyright says the generated frames have no author. What actually registers on an AI film, what to disclaim, and the paperwork behind it.
AI Film Sound: Voice, Music and Mix From Absolute Silence
An AI film has no production sound at all. The seven-pass workflow for building ambience, voice, Foley, music and the mix from silence, and the licence tier that quietly excludes festival release.
Arc Studio vs Final Draft: Cloud Co-Writing or the Standard
Arc Studio vs Final Draft in 2026: yearly cloud plans and live co-writing against a one-time desktop app with production tools. Prices, files and who fits which.
Boords vs StudioBinder: Which Storyboard Tool Fits Your Work
Boords wins on client review, AI frames and animatics. StudioBinder wins on schedules and call sheets. Prices, free options and features, checked September 2026.
Celtx vs WriterDuet (2026): Price, Co-Writing, Production
Celtx vs WriterDuet, checked September 2026: free plans, yearly prices, live co-writing, offline use and production tools, with a clear pick for each writer.
Fade In vs Final Draft: Price, Files and Which to Buy (2026)
Fade In vs Final Draft in 2026: a $99.95 one-time license against the industry file standard. Prices, .fdx handoffs, collaboration and who should buy which.
Highland 2 vs Highland Pro: What Changed, Price, Fountain
Highland 2 vs Highland Pro, checked September 2026: what the rewrite changed, subscription pricing, platforms, Fountain files and what Highland 2 owners can do.
The AI Dailies Review: Judging Generated Takes Like an Editor
Generated takes expire on the vendor's server in 48 hours. A six-pass review order, a nine-column take log and a pass, hold or kill rubric for deciding what earns a place in the cut.