The Night Train: a 4-chapter AI short film, 47 shots, $1.88 total generation cost
lmoroney · x · 2026-10-18
@QaiWorks shares the making of The Night Train, a 4-chapter AI short film about a paper fox: 47 shots, no dialogue, and just $1.88 in total generation cost. The thread walks through the full process — planning, character scale control, keyframes, and animatic-first validation — showing how to produce a structurally complete AI film at minimal cost.
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