How to make a TV series with AI
Brief for AI Create: A six-episode series: three siblings inherit a failing lighthouse hotel and have one summer to save it; each episode ends on a guest who changes the plan; ends with the sale offer.
Plan the season on one page
- The engine. What repeats every week: a guest, a case, a deadline.
- The arc. What changes from episode one to the last.
- The cast. Three to five people, each with one thing they want.
- The places. Two or three that recur.
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TV Series is not Short Drama
Short Drama assumes a phone and a hook to close every unit, up to 240 seconds. TV Series allows a slower opening and a closing beat that can be an unfinished decision, up to 300 seconds. Set it before the script is read, because the read carries the rule. Short drama, series or film.
Make it in order
- Read the whole season outline and fix the arc before anything is drawn.
- Approve the cast and places once; they carry across the season.
- Make episode one. Read its free storyboard first (free on your first drama).
- Watch it, adjust the cast if needed, then add episode two. Add episodes or continue.
Keep a season steady
Faces, outfits, rooms and voices are drawn or chosen once and reused, so episode six looks like episode one. Costume changes are explicit states, not new descriptions. Why a series stays consistent · Costume changes and states · The same room in every episode.
What a season costs
Six episodes of 90 seconds are 540 seconds of video at 10 credits a second on the default tier, plus 1 credit a second to join each episode. The worked example in the full pipeline is ten 90-second episodes from a 30,000-character novel: about 10,026 credits, about $62 at the lowest credit price. What a micro-drama costs.
Make it in SceneMixer, start to finish
- Script: paste your own on Upload Script, or write the brief above in AI Create and let it draft the episodes.
- Step 1: Type TV Series; Scene Style Pastoral Healing, American Small Town; Costume Style Soft Everyday, Smart Casual; Visual Style Digital HD, Soft Glow; Target Region; dialogue language; 16:9 Landscape. Then read the script.
- Step 2: Draw the three siblings and the lighthouse hotel's two main rooms; they are reused in every episode. The first 15 setup images on an account are free.
- Storyboard: generate episode 1 first (free on your first drama) and read it before you render anything. One place per segment.
- Video: render on the default tier at 10 credits a second, fix single shots instead of whole episodes, then put the episode together and post.
| Episode | Job | Ends on |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meet the family and the failing hotel | The decision to stay the summer |
| 2 | First guest, first repair | It works, but costs something |
| 3 | Complication | A secret about the hotel's past |
| 4 | Midpoint | The goal changes |
| 5 | Low point | The plan fails |
| 6 | Payoff | A final image that answers episode 1 |
FAQ
How do I make a TV series with AI?
Plan the season, set the type to TV Series, read the script into an outline, draw the cast once and make the episodes in order.
How long is an episode?
TV Series episodes run up to 300 seconds, built from up to 60 segments.
Can I make the whole season at once?
You can, but it is safer to make episode one first and continue after watching it.
Will the characters stay the same?
Yes. Each is drawn once and reused in every episode.
How much does a season cost?
Video is 10 credits a second on the default tier plus 1 credit a second to join; the worked example is about 10,026 credits for ten 90-second episodes.
Can I stop after a few episodes?
Yes. You pay only for the episodes you render.
Is episode one free?
Its storyboard is free on your first drama, with a 5-second preview.
Updated November 2, 2026