Big question for you. I need your honest vote. I’m at a crossroads with what to build next, and I want YOU to be the one who decides. Here are your two options: - Option A: Videos first, software second: I keep building out the weekly video lessons on schedule. You can see exactly what’s coming by clicking the curriculum link below. New modules drop consistently, you follow the step-by-step process, and we build the pipeline together lesson by lesson. - Option B: Software first, videos second: Instead of learning how to do each technique, you get a tool that does the technique for you, powered by AI. Here is what the software would include: - Brainstorm story ideas fast - Develop character psychology to build interesting characters quickly - Write and fix scripts line by line with AI assistance - Design characters with an integrated image generator - Build full storyboards shot by shot - Fix any shot to adjust camera angle or character position - Manually fix any panel with a built-in Photoshop-like editor - Put clips together with an online video editor - Advanced cinematography controls when generating your images, including: ∙ Close up ∙ Medium close up ∙ Full shot ∙ Over the shoulder ∙ Low angle / high angle ∙ Frontal, side, and 3-quarter view And this one is my favorite. - An AI coach assistant, available 24/7, powered by Claude. This is not a generic chatbot. It will have access to everything the video lessons are supposed to teach you. So instead of waiting for the next module, you ask a question, and you get the exact answer you need, right now, for your specific situation. Now here is something important regardless of which option wins. Whenever we start building the software, everyone in this community gets unlimited FREE credits for image generation and the AI chat assistant while we are in development. That is a gift from me to you for being here early. Video generation is more expensive to run, so that part will require a small pay-as-you-go investment when the time comes.

Right now I'm working on the early prototype of the image generator. Right now it's still very buggy but at least it started creating images using NanoBanana Pro and NanoBana 2. I'm trying to add a couple of features that I have not seen in the other engines. The one that I'm most interested in is in being able to edit the images with Photopea right there in the interface (which is basically Photoshop but online, and without the AI), and also be able to select areas and ask for adjustments using any AI model like Nano Banana Pro, SeedDream, or any image generator of your preference. And for those of you in the AI Animation Masterclass, can test the super early prototype right now, if you are interested, send me a DM. After this is polished, and improved, will have unlimited image creations for 6 months, just to make it up for the delays in the training. -- Again pivoting from just creating another online course and instead create an online software that guides you to animate any AI Shortfilm step by step, I believe becomes much more powerful. We are also learning a lot in the freelance project we're doing for the video game FreeFire (disclaimer - this is not our trailer, this is from the game just for context), and all the process we do, for visualization, storyboarding, color grading, etc, is something we want to include in this online software. Right now it's still not ready for early testers but I plan to have something solid next week.

Ok guys, I'm sooooo excited about this. If you are in the AI Animation Masterclass, then you've been learning the pipeline, you've been building your skills, you've been testing tools... and now here's your chance to actually DO something with all of that. I'm putting together a list of AI film festivals and competitions I keep an eye on. Click the link here to see the Updated AI Film Festivals These aren't mine, just the ones I find interesting and worth your time. And honestly? This is one of the best things you can do right now as an AI director. - Even if you don't win, your work gets seen. - Festivals screen your films to judges, audiences, and industry people. - That visibility is GOLD when you're just building your portfolio. - You can enter solo OR team up with someone from our community. - Make a short film, an ad, an experiment. It all counts. And from my experience? Winning isn't even the point! → The deadline forces you to FINISH something. And a finished film, even an imperfect one, is worth a thousand ideas stuck in your head. So if you've been saying "I'll submit something someday," today is a great day to start. Pick a deadline and work backwards. That's how you become a director, not just someone who talks about making films. Drop a comment if you're thinking about entering one. I'd love to cheer you on! 🙌