Practical · Tool-Neutral · One Finished Film
Make A Film In Seven Sessions
No camera, no crew, no permission. Seven days from one idea to one finished short film — with a character who stays the same person, a place that stays the same place, and sound on three layers.
Seven days · No camera · Instant digital access
One Seventh Of This Work Is The AI Part
Three days of writing and designing, one day of generating, three days of sound and editing. That ratio is the honest answer to both of the loud positions about this technology, and it is why the book spends most of its pages on the parts that were always the craft.
- Consistency is not something you prompt for — it is carried in an image
- Decide in stills, move in video: the cheapest decision is the earliest one
- Vary your shot sizes, because it hides drift as well as reading better
- Sound is half the film and the cheaper half, and almost nobody does it
The Seven Days
No video tool opens for three days. That feels wrong to almost everybody, and it is the reason the programme works.
- Day 1Idea to story. Twenty ideas, judged down to one.
- Day 2Story to shot list, timed aloud against a stopwatch.
- Day 3Characters and the visual world. Still no video tool.
- Day 4Generate. The longest day, and where the money goes.
- Day 5Voice, music and the three-layer sound bed.
- Day 6Edit and polish. Where the film appears.
- Day 7Final pass, export and archive.
154 Prompts, Grouped By The Job They Do
Written to be customised, not copied. Every square bracket is a decision you make.
[AGE RANGE] [GENDER], [THREE FACE FEATURES], [HAIR], [SKIN], wearing [EXACT CLOTHING], neutral expression, facing camera, plain mid-grey background, even soft lighting, [STYLE STRING]
[WHAT MOVES, AND HOW MUCH]. [CAMERA: static, or one movement]. Everything else is still. [WHAT MUST MATCH THE PREVIOUS SHOT].
[MOOD] instrumental bed, [INSTRUMENT OR TEXTURE], slow, no drums, no melody that draws attention, [LENGTH] seconds, suitable for quiet narration over the top
Seventeen Chapters, Built in Order
Each one assumes only what came before it. Part Four is the seven-day project.
- 01What AI filmmaking actually is
- 02The words, and what they buy you
- 03The whole chain, once
- 04Build your toolkit
- 05Four stacks, four budgets
- 06How a prompt is built
- 07Weak, better, cinematic
- 08Shots that cut together
- 09Keeping the same person
- 10Keeping the same world
- 11Your first ten seconds
- 12Days one and two: idea to shot list
- 13Days three and four: build, then generate
- 14Days five, six and seven: finish it
- 15The same workflow, other jobs
- 16Rights, likeness and disclosure
- 17When it does not look right
Four Stacks, And One Of Them Costs Nothing
Thirteen categories of tool. Only eight are essential for a first film, and three of those eight have genuinely good free options.
- FreeA complete, watermarked short film. Every skill in the book is learnable here.
- Low budgetOne paid line — video generation. Everything else stays free.
- CreatorVideo, images and voice paid. For making things weekly rather than monthly.
- AdvancedControl at a price, and a real learning curve. Only when a constraint demands it.
No product is named in the book. The kit's Tool Directory names them, dated on its first page, because prices move and the method does not.
Who It Is For
- You have never made a film and do not own a camera
- You have ideas for videos and no idea how to finish one
- You already make videos and want to know what these tools can be asked to do
- You brief an agency and want to judge what you are being sold
Listen to the whole book
Every chapter is narrated. 20 tracks, 1:54:10, included in the price.
The AI Filmmaker Blueprint
$49
- Complete 131-page ebook, 17 chapters, 3 diagrams
- Complete audiobook — 20 tracks, 1h 54m
- The 7-day challenge, from one idea to one finished film
- 154 prompts, grouped by the job they do
- 22 templates — shot lists, character bibles, checklists
- AI Tool Directory, dated and reissued
- Certificate of completion
- Lifetime access and free updates
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