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The AI filmmaking course · updated November 2026

Finish your first AI film in 14 days.

A course that teaches you to direct AI video: story, shots, continuity, sound and edit. Credits included.

  • Three tracks: ads, micro-drama and short film
  • Credits included, so there's no extra tool bill
  • Every lesson is dated and updated when tools change
  • Money back if you don't finish your first film

$99one payment, lifetime access

100% AI-generated
Product ad: a white sneaker bursting through lime paintAd
UGC still: a woman holding a skincare serum to cameraUGC
Micro-drama still: a couple arguing in a dim kitchenMicro-drama
Short film still: a woman in a yellow raincoat on a wet street at nightShort film
Short film still: an astronaut kneeling by a glowing flower on a red planetShort film
Product still: a frosted bottle of cold brew on wet slateAd

Everything on this page is AI. You'll learn to make it.

Every frame below was generated with the same kind of tools the course teaches: ads, product shots, micro-drama and short film.

AI-generated film still (dance)
AI-generated film still (sneaker)
AI-generated film still (horror)
AI-generated film still (period)
AI-generated film still (ugc)
AI-generated film still (film)
AI-generated film still (scifi)
AI-generated film still (drama)
AI-generated film still (ad)
AI-generated film still (hero)

Twelve clips. No film.

You've seen the AI videos that stop people scrolling. Maybe you've tried making one. It usually goes like this. You open a tool, type a prompt and get four seconds of something beautiful. Then the next clip has a different face, different light, a different world, and nothing cuts together.

Three hours later you have twelve gorgeous clips and no film. So you watch a YouTube tutorial, and by the time you've finished it, the model it used has been replaced. Every attempt costs money, too. Credits run out on clips you'll never use.

The tools are the camera. You decide where to point it.

The people getting paid for AI video aren't better at prompting than you.

They think like directors. They write a scene before they open a tool. They plan shots: wide, medium, close. They lock a character's look so it holds for sixty seconds. They know when a clip is good enough to cut.

None of that changes when a new model comes out, and that's what we teach.

From the Week 1 shot list template. Scene: she waits for someone who isn't coming. 30 seconds, night, rain.
#SizeActionLensTimeContinuity lock
1WideEmpty wet street, one streetlight. She walks into frame.24mm5sCoat: yellow, knee length, hood down
2MediumShe stops under the light and looks down the street.35mm5sHair wet, fringe. Key light from frame left
3CloseHer eyes. A car's headlights slide across her face.85mm4sFace from reference sheet A
4InsertHer phone lights up in her hand, then goes dark.50mm3sSame rain density as shot 1
5MediumShe pulls the hood up and turns away.35mm5sKey light still frame left
6WideThe street again. Empty.24mm8sMatch shot 1 framing exactly

What you'll make.

Three tracks. Pick the one that matches what you want, or take all three.

Product ad: a white sneaker bursting through lime paintTrack 01

AI ads and UGC

Make a 30-second product ad from a brief, the way a brand would really hand it to you. A hook in the first two seconds, a consistent presenter, product shots that look like the real product, captions and a cut for Reels and Shorts.

You finish with a 30-second product ad.

Micro-drama still: a couple arguing in a dim kitchenTrack 02

Micro-drama

Write and shoot a three-episode vertical series. The same characters across every episode, cliffhanger endings, dialogue with lip-sync, and a format built for Instagram and short-video apps.

You finish with a three-episode vertical series.

Short film still: a lone figure walking across a salt flat at duskTrack 03

Cinematic short film

A 60 to 90 second short with a beginning, middle and end. Shot list, consistent world, sound design, music and a proper edit. The kind of piece that goes at the top of a portfolio.

You finish with a 60 to 90 second short.

Your first 14 days.

Every project tells you upfront how many credits it takes to finish. Your included credits cover the first film.

  1. Days

    1–4

    Story and shot list

    Write the story in one line, turn it into a shot list, and plan coverage so your clips cut together. You don't spend a credit yet.

  2. Days

    5–8

    Characters and world

    Lock a face, a wardrobe and a location so they hold in every shot, then generate the shots on your list.

  3. Days

    9–11

    Sound

    Add voice, music and sound design.

  4. Days

    12–14

    The cut

    Edit, grade and export your first finished film.

  5. Then

    →

    The tracks

    Ads, micro-drama and short film. Each one is a project with its own brief, and you go at your own pace.

What makes this different.

In the course

Every module has a “last updated” date.
You never learn a workflow that stopped working three months ago. When a model changes, we update the lesson and post it in the public update log.
Credits are included.
The course price is the real price. You don't buy the course and then find out you need another monthly tool bill before you can practise.
You get told the cost before you start.
Each project says what a finished version costs to make, so there are no surprise bills halfway through a film.

With the membership

Real critique on your actual edit.
Every week, members submit their actual edit. We watch it on a live call and tell you what's working, what isn't, and which shot to fix first. You improve from feedback on your own film instead of guessing.
A briefs board with real work.
When a brand needs a small AI video, we post the brief. Members whose portfolio passes review can take it on. We don't promise you'll be paid, and we won't make up a number. We'll show you every brief we post and every one that gets completed.

This is for you if

  • You've played with AI video tools and want to finish something real
  • You're a video editor, designer or marketer who wants AI video as a skill clients pay for
  • You run a small brand or agency and want to make ads without a shoot
  • You've always wanted to make films and never had the crew, the gear or the budget

This isn't for you if

  • You want a “make ₹1 lakh a month” promise. We don't make one.
  • You want a library of prompts to copy. Prompts go stale, so we teach the thinking behind them.
  • You won't spend a few hours a week making things. Watching won't make you a filmmaker. Finishing will.

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student films on the results page so far

Our results page starts empty, on purpose.

Most AI courses show you logos they never worked with and income screenshots you can't check. We'd rather show you nothing than something invented.

Every film a student finishes and lets us share goes on our results page, with their name and what it cost to make. Every brief we post on the board goes there too, with whether it got done.

Check it before you buy. Check it again in three months.

Pick how you learn.

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The course

$99one payment

  • Director's foundation: story, shot lists, coverage, continuity
  • All three tracks: ads and UGC, micro-drama, short film
  • Generation credits included, enough to finish your first film
  • Project templates, shot list sheets and finished-film checklists
  • Lifetime access and every future update
  • Money back if you don't finish your first film
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The membership

$29a month, cancel any time

  • Everything in the course
  • Weekly live critique of your actual edit
  • Monthly film challenge
  • The briefs board
  • Extra credits every month
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Training a team? We run live sessions for agencies and brand teams. Write to us and tell us how many people.

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Finish your first film, or get your money back.

Do the Week 1 and Week 2 lessons, use the shot list template and submit what you made within 30 days. If you can't get to a finished film, email us and we'll refund every rupee or dollar.

The whole course is built around finishing. If it doesn't get you there, you shouldn't pay for it.

Your questions.

I've never made a video. Can I do this?

Yes. Week 1 starts with story and shot planning, not software. If you can describe a scene, you can start.

Which tools do you teach?

The ones that make the best footage right now: Seedance, Kling, Veo, Nano Banana, ElevenLabs, CapCut. Each tool has its own dated lesson, so when a better one ships, we add it without rewriting the course.

Do I need to buy tool subscriptions?

Not to finish your first film. Your included credits cover it. After that, each project lists the cost so you can decide.

What happens when the tools change?

We update the lesson, change its date and add a line to the public update log. You get every update free.

Will this get me clients?

It'll give you a finished portfolio and, with the membership, a shot at real briefs. Whether you get hired depends on your work and how much of it you do. We won't promise an income.

How do I get access after paying?

You'll get a login email within a few minutes. If it doesn't arrive, write to support@aifilmmakersguide.com.

You can keep making clips, or you can make a film.

Two weeks from now, you could have a finished AI film with your name on it, made with credits you already paid for, using a method that still works when the tools change.

Start the courseFinish your first film or get your money back.