Summary
This full course shows how to make a micro drama, a short-episode vertical series built for phones, using only AI. Micro dramas generated about $11 billion last year, and apps like ReelShort and DramaBox reportedly saw roughly $750 million in spending in the first three months of this year. The creator built a three-episode series with no actors and no filming.
The workflow starts with story. A script tool builds a series bible with a log line, characters, and a 30-episode arc, placing the biggest cliffhanger at episode 10, where paywalls typically begin. Reference sheets for characters, props, and locations keep people looking the same across episodes. Scenes are then generated through OpenArt using Seedance, with attention to lip-sync, spoken English dialogue, delivery direction, and prop handling.
The course also explains how each part uses the last five seconds of the previous one for continuity, how multi-character scenes are managed, and how to edit episodes, create covers and trailers, and monetize the series. Context on the market is included, such as the 220,000 AI dramas posted to Douyin in the first half of the year, where fewer than 1 in 200 passed 100 million views. It is a practical guide for creators curious about AI-driven episodic storytelling.
📺 Source: Youri van Hofwegen · Published October 23, 2026
🏷️ Format: Course Lesson
