Turn your story into an AI short film

How to create your video

An AI short film generator turns a story idea into connected scenes, rather than asking you to assemble unrelated video prompts. ETA gives you a focused production path: describe a small story, approve the cast and written shot plan, then generate opening frames and motion with a selected fal model. Choose 24, 48, 60, 120 or 180 seconds. ETA automatically assembles connected six- and eight-second shots; three minutes is a directed multi-shot production, not a single model call. The structure works best when the audience can understand the protagonist, the change and the ending without a long explanation. You remain the director: the story, camera movement, action and spoken lines can all be reviewed before the final render.

1. Step 1

   Write one achievable story

   Start with a protagonist, a location and a change. For example: a lighthouse keeper discovers a light inside a broken lantern and carries it upstairs to relight the tower. This gives the film a beginning, movement and resolution. A small cast and a stable setting make it easier to maintain visual continuity. Choose landscape for a conventional film frame or vertical for a mobile-first story. Pick a visual look such as cinematic realism, noir, science fiction, fantasy, anime or 3D animation.

2. Step 2

   Choose a model without learning every API

   Use Character story for a reference-led Kling O3 production, Budget first pass for MiniMax H3 Max Turbo, or Detailed scenes for Veo 3.1. The advanced panel exposes 16 integrated fal endpoints across several model families. Your estimate updates when you change the model or runtime. These presets are workflow recommendations, not a benchmark or a promise that one model always looks better. Different models interpret faces, movement, lighting and speech differently; start with a shorter film to evaluate the fit.

3. Step 3

   Review the cast and direct each shot

   The planning stage writes a title, synopsis, fixed cast descriptions, a story-and-world bible and a shot-by-shot continuity chain. It also creates character portraits. You may supply up to three character reference images when you have the necessary rights and likeness consent. The cast is locked after planning so the production has a stable identity reference. At the director’s desk, edit each scene’s setting, action, camera direction, sound and dialogue, and review the story state entering and leaving each shot. Continuity-guided plans keep shot order fixed. Keep dialogue brief enough to finish within the shot. This is a written storyboard with cast portraits, not a visual timeline editor.

4. Step 4

   Generate, review and download

   Approve the render only after the story reads clearly. ETA creates an opening frame for each shot using the approved cast and world bible. Repeated locations reuse their original frame; continuous shots also reference the preceding shot’s final frame. The selected video model receives this frame and shot direction. Kling variants also receive character elements. The worker normalizes and assembles the clips into one private MP4. Choose native dialogue and ambience or a silent export. Rendering continues in the background; return through Projects or Jobs to see progress. Watch the whole film before sharing it, especially faces, hands, spoken words and the transitions between scenes.