Short Drama, TV Series or Film

Quick answer: In step 1, under Type, choose Short Drama, TV Series or Film. Short Drama is fast-paced, dense dialogue, hook-driven, with episodes up to 240 seconds. TV Series is series pacing, dialogue-driven, moderate build-up, episodes up to 300 seconds. Film is slow-paced and atmospheric with no episode cap. The type shapes how the script is split into episodes and how each scene is written for the camera, so choose it before you continue; after the read it cannot be changed in that project.

Still from “Rocket Pup”, an AI short drama generated end-to-end by SceneMixer (7 characters, 1 episode) — Sample: “Rocket Pup” — Feature 3D Animation, 1 episode, produced end-to-end by SceneMixer from the script · watch the episodes

Open a finished short-drama episode and notice the pace: a hook, dense dialogue, a cliffhanger, all inside a few minutes.

Where it is

Step 1, Set Up Your Project, the Type row. Three cards, each with a one-line description. The hint under the row says what it governs: episode-splitting rhythm, the per-episode length cap and acting grammar.

Short Drama

The vertical-drama form: every episode opens on a hook, runs dense dialogue, and ends on a nail — an identity revealed, a feeling left hanging, a reversal. Episodes cap at 240 seconds. The script is split so that each episode has its own conflict and its own high point. Pick it for anything that will be watched in a feed, one episode at a time. ReelShort-style dramas.

TV Series

Longer episodes, up to 300 seconds, with room for a scene to build. Dialogue still drives it, but the cut is less breathless and the episode ends do not all have to be cliffhangers. Pick it for a story with several threads or an ensemble.

Film

Slow-paced, atmospheric, room to breathe, and no cap on episode length. The script is treated as one piece divided into acts rather than as a run of episodes. Pick it for a short film or a story that does not want to be chopped into hooks. What comes out.

What it does to your script

The type is read when the script is parsed. It decides where the episode breaks fall, how long each episode may be, and the way scenes are written into shots — how much a look carries versus a line, how quickly the camera moves on. Everything downstream (storyboards, videos) inherits that, which is why the type is fixed once the script is read: the episodes were cut for it. For another type, start a new project with the same script.

The episode timeline: every segment as a card with its thumbnail and duration — An episode's timeline. How long an episode may run, and how it is cut into segments, follows the type.

Ads and remakes

Ads and remakes have their own type set for them; the row is not offered. An ad is one short piece; a remake follows the structure of the video it was read from.

Type	Pace	Episode cap	Pick for
Short Drama	Fast, dense dialogue, hook-driven	240 s	Vertical drama, feeds, one episode at a time
TV Series	Series pacing, dialogue-driven	300 s	Ensembles, several threads
Film	Slow, atmospheric	None	Short films, stories that should not be chopped

FAQ

Which type should a first project use?

Short Drama, unless you have a reason not to. It is the form the site is built around and the quickest to see results in.

Can I change the type after parsing?

Not in that project: the episodes were already cut for the type you chose. Start a new project with the same script and pick another type before it is read.

Does the type change the price?

No. Parsing, storyboards and video are priced the same way whatever the type.

What is the episode cap?

The longest an episode may run: 240 seconds for Short Drama, 300 for TV Series, none for Film.

Does Film mean one long video?

It means no episode cap and a slower cut. You still generate segment by segment and composite at the end.

I only want one complete video, not episodes.

Keep the script short enough to be one episode, or use AI Create with a short length. If the reading still made several episodes, composite each one once all its segments are done, then join the files in any video editor.

Pick the form your story wants

Short Drama for the feed, TV Series for the ensemble, Film for the slow burn.

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Updated October 2, 2026