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Applications

Start with works and projects that reached an audience or a customer. Follow the choices and revisions that turned AI capabilities into something people could use.

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Wanyao Tulu Zhuan: choosing a story, handling discarded shots and building a series

Official Hongguo poster for season one of Wanyao Tulu Zhuan. — The official poster identifies the work. Open season one on Hongguo; its heat metric changes over time.Poster source: Hongguo official work page; image served by the platform · Poster source · View original work

AI comic dramaCase study

Wanyao Tulu Zhuan: choosing a story, handling discarded shots and building a series

The hit has a documented choice and rework story, while shot-by-shot records and financial accounts remain unavailable.

Hongguo displays 49.59m heat and 81 episodesPlatform response · season one · 23 Sept 2026Result source

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Fields we are building

Explore a field through its work

AI video begins with the making, release and business of actual projects. Music and designer toys will grow as evidence and process material become available.

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AI video

Start with real finished works across micro-drama, comic drama, film and commercial video, then follow production, distribution and business decisions.

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Awaiting case material

AI music

A future area for creators' finished music, production, distribution and use.

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Awaiting case material

AI designer toys

A future area beginning with real prototypes and products, then following design, manufacturing and sales.

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Published cases

See the work and the decisions behind it

A 24-second drama sample: script, shot decisions and real errorsOpen the creator’s sample

The creator-published 24-second sample shows completion, not audience or income.Visual source: ZenStory official repository README; video hosted by the original repository · View original work

AI short dramaCase study

A 24-second drama sample: script, shot decisions and real errors

How a real sample was made from source text, storyboards and generated clips.

A 24-second vertical sample and an actual run logDocumented resultResult source

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An image in the Xiaoyunque creator interview shows The Accident's title and a school corridor. — Watch episode one, then read how its makers handled characters, blocking and unexpected generated footage.Poster source: Image from the Xiaoyunque creator interview; episode one is on whata-ha's Douyin · Poster source · Watch original film

AI short dramaCase study

The Accident: how two students built a serial drama after an earlier attempt stalled

An earlier series that did not take off, a trailer that attracted attention, and the difficulties of keeping a serial story on screen.

Four episodes, roughly 30–40m views and over 2m likesReported audience response · interview date · 4 Sept 2026Result source

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YouTube thumbnail for Robert Gaudette's original film. — Watch the whole story, then see why the director rejected some visually strong shots.Poster source: Thumbnail from Robert Gaudette AI's YouTube film · Watch original film

AI filmCase study

A Face Only A Mother Could Love: keeping a character intact across an award-winning AI film

Some generated shots looked beautiful but made the character move unlike himself; the director discarded them.

Runway AI Festival Film Grand Prix; $50,000 cash prize listedFestival result · 2026Result source

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Thumbnail for Migration on Jeremy Higgins's Vimeo page. — Watch the film, then compare storyboards, early generated backgrounds and rough cuts on Runway's behind-the-scenes page.Poster source: Thumbnail from Jeremy Higgins's Vimeo film; produced by Runway Studios · Watch original film

AI filmCase study

Migration: bringing hand-drawn characters and AI backgrounds into one film

This team drew its characters by hand, used AI to animate the world around them, and joined the two shot by shot.

Roughly two-minute finished film; first released Hundred Film Fund-supported filmPublicly documented resultResult source

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Tomorrow Is Monday: taking a rights-cleared story to a paid 50-episode comic dramaSearch the platform for the film

Open Tencent Video and search the exact title to watch the original. This is a platform search, not a verified permanent title URL; unverified reuploads are excluded.Entry source: Tencent Video search; co-producer Vidu and IP holder Yanyan Stories confirm release on Tencent Video and Douyin · Search the platform for the film

AI comic dramaCase study

Tomorrow Is Monday: taking a rights-cleared story to a paid 50-episode comic drama

Its reported commercial result comes with a specific production trail: choose a story people still discuss, establish rights and characters, then organize ten people to deliver fifty episodes.

The team said Douyin paid viewing covered costs within two weeksCommercial result · production-team interviewResult source

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Thumbnail for DEPT's official Pit Viper case film, which combines campaign footage and a production account. — Watch DEPT's approximately 93-second case film with campaign footage and production context; it is not a standalone complete 30-second ad.Poster source: DEPT® official YouTube channel; linked from Google's case study · Watch original film

Commercial videoCase study

Pit Viper × DEPT: from a brand problem to an AI ad campaign

An eyewear brand needed a younger audience and had four weeks to launch. An official case film, an unchosen concept, the production method and media results are public; a standalone complete ad and financial ledger have not been verified.

10.3 million reached and $2.94 CPM (DEPT-reported)Campaign performance · agency-reportedResult source

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