AI Short Movie Maker

Quick answer: A short movie in SceneMixer is a Film project of 2 to 10 minutes: you write or generate a short script, the cast and places are drawn once, a storyboard lays out numbered shots, and each segment of up to 15 or 30 seconds is rendered with its dialogue and sound, then joined into one file. A 5-minute short is 10 to 20 segments, about 300 seconds of video at 10 credits a second on the default tier. Everything before the video, including the first storyboard and a 5-second preview, is free or small.

Still from “Neon Debt”, an AI short drama generated end-to-end by SceneMixer (7 characters, 1 episode) — Sample: “Neon Debt” — Game Engine Realism, 1 episode, produced end-to-end by SceneMixer from the script · watch the episodes

SceneMixer at a glance	What you get
Video price	From $0.06 a second (10 credits) on the default tier, up to $0.47 a second on the top tier; every price is shown before you press the button
Clip length	Up to 30 seconds per generated segment; an episode is composited from its segments at 1 credit a second
One episode, worked out	A 60-second episode on the default tier is about 660 credits (video plus compositing), about $4.11 at the lowest credit price; a 10-episode series of 90-second episodes from a 30,000-character novel is about 10,026 credits, about $62
Dialogue	Spoken in the video itself, one voice per character, in any of 15 languages
Formats	9:16 vertical or 16:9 landscape; 480P to 1080P, plus a 2K tier
Free to start	50 credits on signup, 15 free setup images, a free storyboard for the first episode and a free 5-second video preview
Who uses it	2,900+ creators have generated with SceneMixer (accounts with at least one generation, counted November 2026)
Input	A script, a novel or a one-line idea; .txt, .docx and .md uploads

Shape a short movie in three parts

Part	Share of a 5-minute short	Segments (15 s)	What happens
Setup	About 1 minute	4	Who, where, what they want
Complication	About 3 minutes	12	It goes wrong; a choice is forced
Turn and last look	About 1 minute	4	The choice, its price, one closing image

That is 20 segments, or 10 on a long-take tier. Keep to one place and two or three characters for a first short. A step-by-step short film · AI short film maker.

Short movie, short film, short drama

The three words are used for nearly the same thing, but the Type setting in Step 1 treats them differently. Film has no forced hook and lets a scene end on a look. Short Drama assumes a phone and closes every unit on a hook. TV Series sits in between. Pick Film for a movie you want people to sit through, Short Drama for one that has to survive a scroll. Short drama, series or film.

A first short, step by step

Type one line in AI Create, or paste a page of script.
Choose Film, 16:9 or 9:16, a look, and the dialogue language.
Approve the characters and places; the first 15 setup images are free.
Read the storyboard and cut any shot you would not shoot.
Render the segments, join them at 1 credit a second, and watch the whole thing once with the sound on.

The free preview · Composite and share.

Cost of a short

Video is the cost: 120 seconds for a 2-minute short, 300 for a 5-minute short, 600 for a 10-minute one, each at 10 credits a second on the default tier (about $0.06 a second at the lowest credit price), plus 1 credit a second to join. A single weak shot is regenerated alone. New accounts start with 50 credits. Spending fewer credits.

Festivals and sharing

Shorts are made to be shown. Check each festival's rules on AI-assisted work and runtime before you submit, and export at the resolution it asks for. Making a short for a festival · AI movie making · AI film making.

Languages

Native dialogue in 15 languages

Every series below was produced by the same pipeline with the cast speaking that language natively: the interface, the working documents and the spoken lines are all in one language, and nothing is dubbed. Open one to hear it.

See all 15 languages

In SceneMixer vs. stitching tools together

Most AI drama workflows are five or six tools in a row. This is where each step happens here, and what it replaces.

Step	In SceneMixer	Doing it by hand with separate tools
Script and episode plan	Paste a script or a novel, or type one line: it is read into a cast, locations, props and an episode outline you can edit	A chat model writes the script; you split it into episodes and carry the text from tool to tool
Character faces and places	Every character, location and prop is drawn once as a reference sheet and attached to every shot it appears in	An image model, one sheet at a time; you upload the right reference to every clip yourself
Shots	A storyboard per episode with numbered shots and seconds; video is generated segment by segment in 9:16 or 16:9 against the same sheets	A video model, one clip per prompt, describing the same people again each time
Voices and dialogue	Lines are performed in the video itself, one voice per character, in any of 15 languages	A text-to-speech tool for each line, then a lip-sync pass on every clip
Fixing one shot	Edit that shot's text and regenerate the segment alone; the rest of the episode is untouched	Regenerate the clip, then re-cut the timeline
Finishing	Segments are composited into one episode file with its score; members download without the AI badge	A video editor to join the clips, add music and captions, then export
Publishing	You upload the finished episode to TikTok, YouTube, Instagram or anywhere else; nothing is posted for you	Upload by hand, the same as here

FAQ

How do I make a short movie with AI?

Write or generate a short script, set the type to Film, check the cast and places, read the storyboard, then render the segments and join them.

How long can a short movie be?

Typically 2 to 10 minutes: 8 to 40 segments of 15 seconds, half that on a 30-second long-take tier.

How much does a short movie cost?

Its finished seconds at 10 credits a second on the default tier plus 1 credit a second to join.

Is it free?

Reading, the first 15 setup images, the first storyboard and a 5-second preview are free; the video is paid.

Can it have dialogue?

Yes, spoken in the video in any of 15 languages, one voice per character.

Can I make it vertical?

Yes. Choose 9:16 Portrait in Step 1.

Can I enter it in a festival?

Many festivals accept AI-assisted work, but rules differ; check the festival's own entry rules.

Make a two-minute short first

Read the free storyboard, then decide how far to take it.

Make a short movie

Updated November 2, 2026