Hey everyone! 🎬 The new issue of the AIography newsletter just dropped and it's a big one. THE LEAD: Disney invested $1 billion in OpenAI and licensed 200+ characters for Sora. The mouse is officially in the AI game. This is INCREDIBLY HUGE news for every type of creator. I do my best to break down what it means for all of us making stuff in this space. THREE TUTORIALS THIS WEEK: 1. Jay E from RoboNuggets n8n workflow that pumps out broadcast-quality ads for under $3 (full breakdown of the cost structure—this one's a game changer) 2. Tao Prompts 7 AI video prompt styles that actually work: Timestamp prompting, anchor prompts, cut-scene prompting, and more 3. TechHalla's grid prompting technique for multi-character consistency (actually posted this one here for you guys already!) ALSO: Runway dropped 5 world model announcements. They're not just making video anymore—they're building reality simulators. I explain why this matters. VIDEO OF THE WEEK: @nouryyildiz's "Hollywood Selfie Part 2"—running through classic Hollywood sets with Brando, Eastwood, DiCaprio. 2M views. Made with Nano Banana and Kling. Just pure fun. Oh, and I'm committing to at least one tutorial in every issue from now on. The tools are evolving fast—we need to keep up. ONE MORE THING: Still not subscribed? Get on it! It's free and it's the easiest way to stay current in AI filmmaking without drowning in noise. And if I can ask: if you're getting value from this, share it with one person who needs to see it. A fellow editor, a filmmaker friend, that creative who keeps asking you "what tools should I be learning?" This is the answer. https://aiography.beehiiv.com/subscribe Finally, let me know what you think. I value every one of your opinions good or otherwise. Hey, I was an editor for decades, I'm used to people tearing apart my work! 😆✌🏼

THIS. IS. HUGE. TL;DR: Kling's new O1 video engine offers multimodal control (text, images, video) and is now accessible via API on fal.ai, making advanced video generation available for developers and creators building custom workflows. Key Takeaways: ✨ Multimodal input support: combine text prompts with image references and video context for precise control 🎬 Handles character consistency, outfit references, and location elements—key pain points in video generation 🤖 API-first release enables integration into custom tools and workflows rather than web-only access Why It's Important: This is a significant distribution play for Kling. While competitors like Runway and Pika focus on proprietary web interfaces, Kling O1's API-exclusive launch via fal signals a developer-first strategy. For creators, this matters less if you're a casual user, but much more if you're building pipelines or need programmatic video generation. The multimodal approach—especially element and character referencing—addresses one of video AI's biggest challenges: maintaining visual consistency across shots. If Kling O1 delivers on this promise at API speed and scale, it could become the backbone for AI filmmaking tools the same way Stable Diffusion became foundational for image workflows. The exclusivity with fal is worth noting. Fal has positioned itself as the fast, reliable infrastructure for AI media generation. This partnership suggests Kling is prioritizing performance and developer experience over direct consumer access—at least initially. Expect web interfaces to follow, but this API launch tells you where serious production workflows might head. My Take: API-first launch is smart—developers will build the interfaces Kling doesn't have to. Kling O1 is the first multi-modal model that allows you to create videos with consistent characters (multiple) and place them in any scene you can create. At the end of the day it's essentially Nano Banana for Video.

Hi all, Many of you know me as an editor, or through Master The Workflow, but at the end of the day I’m a filmmaker. And the project I’m working on, Lumarka, comes directly from that place. Lumarka is a new AI filmmaking and content-creation platform I’m building for directors, artists, editors, and creators who want to generate their cinematic vision directly from their scripts without having to stitch together a pile of complicated technical workflows. Now, I know a lot of you are already familiar with many of these tools, but for much of the filmmaking community, today’s AI pipeline can feel overwhelming, like staring at the wiring behind an early server rack from the 90s. Fascinating, but not exactly inviting. Lumarka was built to simplify all of that. It's the missing layer between the technology and your creativity. It uses real filmmaking principles: characters, scenes, shots, and continuity, and hides the technical friction so creatives can stay focused on what’s most important, the story. And as new generative models come out — video, image, sound, you name it — Lumarka will integrate them behind the scenes so your workflow improves without you needing to chase every new trend or tool. And it was built by me, someone who’s spent a lifetime in the editing room on more than 50 studio and independent films and television projects, not a software engineer. If you’d like early access or want to follow along as we build, I’d love to have you on the waitlist: 👉 Link: https://aiography.ai/lumarka_waitlist/ Looking forward to connecting with more filmmakers, creators, and fellow storytellers as this evolves.