Live-action short drama
Write the episode first, then shoot it in a live-action style
Turn one idea into a 90-second vertical episode with a beat sheet, dialogue, storyboard and character cards, then draw the leads once and make every shot from them, with each role voiced, an original score, and the shots joined into a cut of up to two minutes.
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One idea, one episode you can post
The episode is written first
Logline, beat sheet, dialogue, storyboard and character cards arrive in the first reply.
The same faces, shot after shot
Each lead gets a turnaround sheet, and every shot is drawn from it.
Voiced, scored and cut
One voice per role, an original score, and the shots joined into one vertical cut of up to two minutes.
How it is made
The episode on paper
A logline, a beat sheet with the hook, the turn and the cliffhanger, scene-by-scene dialogue, about ten storyboard shots, and a card for every character.
Each beat's seconds · Who says each line · Each shot's picture, framing and line
Leads drawn once, faces kept
A photoreal turnaround for each lead, with front, side and back views and a face close-up; every shot still is drawn from it.
Shots, voices, score and the cut
Each still becomes a vertical shot, speaking shots carry the line in that role's voice, and the shots are joined with the score and subtitles into a cut of up to two minutes.
Who makes drama with it
Short drama writers
See a script as shots and hear its lines before anyone films it.
Novelists
Turn a chapter you wrote into a 90-second episode.
Drama accounts
Post vertical episodes with the same characters every time.
Small teams
Pitch a series with a storyboard, turnarounds and a sample cut.
Questions
What do I start with?
An idea in one sentence, or a story, outline or scene you wrote. Add the length, genre and cast if you already know them.
Who plays the characters?
Fictional people built from the character cards. You can also play a role yourself from your own photo, or cast someone who agreed to it.
How long is the finished cut?
One episode joins into a vertical cut of up to two minutes; a longer story comes as one cut per part.
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