I Made a Viral AI Short Film From Scratch — Full Workflow (Seedance 4K + Claude Fable 5)
Shows how isolating single faces on multi-angle character sheets prevents model drift across diverse scene generations in high-resolution pipelines.
What this lesson covers
This tutorial details the end-to-end production pipeline for creating a multi-world action-comedy short film using Higgsfield AI, Claude, and Seedance. It covers structured script generation, character reference sheet isolation, location design in Soul Cinema, and prompt management in Cinema Studio.
Key takeaways from the creator
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Structure script development in Claude through an interactive question-and-answer dialogue covering runtime, settings, and plot twists rather than issuing single prompt commands.
- 06:15 ↗
Generate character sheets against a neutral gray background with no clutter to maximize usable generation rates and improve model visual clarity.
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Erase extra faces from multi-panel character turnarounds using image editing tools so video models lock onto a single reference face and prevent character drift across sequential scenes.
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Prompt location concept art with 3/4 camera angles and detailed lighting vectors to provide geometric depth and reference points for subsequent motion generation.
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Establish standardized naming conventions across all visual assets and register them identically in Claude and Cinema Studio to enable automated tag-matching during scene generation.
Workflow outlined in the video
- Draft a structured screenplay interactively in Claude by defining runtime, character goals, environments, and plot twists.
- Generate a character sheet containing front, profile, and close-up views using a plain gray background.
- Edit the character sheet to isolate a single face, preventing confusion during video model reference ingestion.
- Generate multi-angle location and prop concept art using 3/4 perspective angles and distinct lighting sources.
- Organize and tag all final character, location, and prop assets into dedicated scene folders on the Cinema Studio workspace canvas.
- Use matching asset tags in Claude to generate calibrated video prompts for Seedance scene rendering.
Before you use this workflow
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398,401 views captured 23 October 2026. ReelStack recommendation score: 49/100. Formula: radar-v5. This is ReelStack’s calculation, not a YouTube rating or a measure of factual accuracy.
Show the calculation
- 45% performance: 1.88× views vs 3 other channel videos observed at a similar age. View-evidence factor 100% (views / (views + 1,000))
- 25% freshness: 1/100 with a 14-day half-life
- 20% momentum: 2097 views/day vs 616 channel baseline (3 comparable uploads), with the same view-evidence factor
- 10% engagement: 39/100; likes + 4× comments, smoothed with a 500-view neutral prior