Y'all asked how I put these AI dramas together, so here's everything from one of my latest, "Objection." It's 98 seconds, vertical 9:16, at an Atlanta garden wedding at golden hour. The best man, Jordan, stands up and objects. It isn't about love, though. He's exposing that the groom, Marcus, owed a $40K loan and hid his money problems. Simone hands back the ring and says, "You already made a decision for me. Now I'm making one for myself." Then she walks away down the aisle. Step 1: Script before anything else I wrote the whole story out scene by scene before I made a single image. The hook has to land in the first 2 to 3 seconds, so I opened right on the objection with no slow setup. I ended up with 11 scenes, each with one location, who's in it, and one line or one action. If a line doesn't move the story, I cut it, because every extra line is another clip you have to generate and fix. Step 2: Lock your cast first This is the step most people skip, and it's why their characters look different in every shot. I made a reference portrait for each of my 4 characters and wrote down exactly what they look like: - Simone: deep brown skin, low bun, ivory lace off-shoulder gown, cathedral veil - Marcus: fade, beard, black tux, bow tie, white rose boutonniere - Jordan: dark skin, low cut, black tux, silver tie - Officiant: in his 60s, gray goatee, black robe I used those same portraits and descriptions for every single scene. Same outfit, same hair, same details, every time. Step 3: One image per scene I made 11 images, one per scene, always building from the reference portraits. No collages or grids, just one clean shot each. If a face or outfit drifted from the reference, I threw it out and made it again. Also watch where people are standing and looking, because blocking matters for continuity. Step 4: Animate each scene I turned each image into a clip of about 11 seconds with built-in dialogue audio. Two rules made a big difference: - Only one person talks per clip, so the voices don't overlap or get confused. - Keep the action simple, like a step forward, a turn or a look. Skip the extra hand gestures, because that's where AI movement starts looking off.