Guides
How the work gets made
The method behind the films, written out in full — the six stages every piece goes through, the four rules behind every prompt I write, and how a character survives a whole film without drifting. No tools to buy, no shortcuts to subscribe to.
Process
The six stages of an AI short film
Every piece I make runs through the same six stages: script, character bible, style lock, keyframe, motion, master. The order is the point. Each stage exists to make the next one cheaper, because the expensive thing in AI film is not generating — it is generating again.
3 min read →Method
Prompting with reference images: the four rules
Four rules carry every prompt I write: point at the attachment, name what cannot change, keep one thing per paragraph, and maintain a running negative sheet. They are not about clever wording — they are about removing the ways a model can misread you.
2 min read →Method
Keeping a character and a look consistent across shots
Consistency is the hardest problem in AI film: the same character, the same world and the same look in every single shot. It is solved with references and diagnosis, not with better luck — five things do most of the work.
2 min read →Diagnosis
Why does AI video look fake?
AI video gives itself away in six ways: the face drifts, the physics float, the light is flat, the camera moves like no camera, the sound does not belong, and small details mutate between frames. All six are failures of preparation rather than of the model, which is why each one is prevented before generation instead of repaired after it.
4 min read →Definition
What is a style lock?
A style lock is one approved reference sheet that governs how every frame of a film is rendered: the light, the palette, the amount of detail, and the way the camera behaves. You approve it once, before animation starts, and then point at it on every shot instead of re-deciding the look shot by shot.
3 min read →Definition
What is a shot list, and why does an AI film need one?
A shot list is the film written down as shots before anything is generated — what each shot is for, the emotion it has to land, how long it lasts, and how the camera behaves. It matters more in AI than on a set, because changing your mind in words costs nothing and changing it after a render costs a re-render.
2 min read →Getting started
Do you need design or film experience to make AI video?
No — neither is required to start, but the work still asks you to make the decisions those skills exist for: what the shot is for, where the camera stands, and what must not change. The tools remove the cost of a shoot; they do not remove the need for a plan, and the planning is teachable.
3 min read →Training
Where can you learn AI video in Singapore?
I run two course series in Singapore, both as small live cohorts of two days. The Agentic AI Series teaches you to build and run your own AI agents — a website builder, a content creator and a filmmaker. The AI Creative Series is the craft itself: social video, product content that sells, and cinematic short films. Team training runs on your own project, at your studio or online.
3 min read →Commercial work
How do you make an AI video for a product launch?
A product film is a short list of shots with one job each: a hero shot that shows the thing itself, a detail shot for texture and proof, a context shot that shows who it is for, and one line that carries the offer. It is short, because a launch film is watched on a phone between other things.
3 min read →Use it on your own shots
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The guides are the method. The courses are where you run it on your own material and get told honestly what isn't working.