# Short films

> Make a short film with AI: persistent characters, a shared cinematic look, scene-by-scene storyboarding with takes, voice lines from cloned voices, and a public premiere on the community shelf with a generated cover.

A short film needs continuity — the same faces, the same light, a rhythm — and single-prompt tools do not have it. eroq does: Characters with reference photos and voices, a look shared by every scene, a progressive storyboard with takes and re-renders, voice lines rendered in the cast's voices, and a community shelf to premiere on.

## From script to cut

- Write the scenes in the text studio with RP+ — or paste your script.
- Cast: one Character per role, reference photos, a voice each.
- Look: film type, era, tempo, gear, lens, palette — set once in Film mode.
- Shoot scene by scene, up to 12 scenes; takes per scene; edit and re-render the weak ones.
- Dialogue and narration from the voice studio in the cast's voices; assemble in Premiere or After Effects.

## Engines for narrative

Seedance 2.5 for long takes up to 30 seconds and end-frame control; Kling for close-ups that carry emotion; Hailuo for weather and establishing shots; Motion One when the story is mature. Seeds on Seedance let you revise a take instead of re-rolling it.

## Starting points

- **Cold open** — A lighthouse keeper climbing the spiral stairs with a lantern, wind howling outside, crane up following him, film noir, tense tempo
- **The letter** — A woman reading a letter at a kitchen table at dawn, hands trembling slightly, close-up, window light, 35mm film look

## FAQ

### How long can an AI short film be?

A film holds up to 12 scenes; each scene runs 3–30 seconds depending on the engine and plan. Chain films for longer pieces.

### Can characters talk?

Voice lines render in the voice studio with each Character's voice; Veo 3 Fast can also render short spoken lines in-shot.

### Where do I show it?

Publish it to the community with a generated cover, or export the scenes to your editor.

## Related

- https://eroq.ai/tools/ai-film-maker — Film mode
- https://eroq.ai/tools/ai-character-creator — Characters
- https://eroq.ai/blog/how-to-make-an-ai-short-film-storyboard — Tutorial
- https://eroq.ai/community — Community

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