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BitShovel editorial illustration of a sword-bearing figure and fiery tiger; not Wanyao Tulu Zhuan footage or its official poster.Watch season one on Hongguo ↗BitShovel illustration · not film footage
BitShovel editorial illustration of a sword-bearing figure and fiery tiger; not Wanyao Tulu Zhuan footage or its official poster.Poster source: BitShovel AI editorial illustration, not film footage; the official season-one poster is linked in the case · Poster source · Watch season one on Hongguo

AI comic dramaCase study

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

See why viewers return to the finished series, what its makers chose, what audiences questioned and how to run a small original test.

Hongguo displays 49.59m heat and 81 episodesPlatform response · season one · Result source
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New cases and updates

Substantive update ·

The Oldest Tree: why did a changed face pass the checks?

After the ledger: lessons became defaults and gates

One day of Nov 3 merges — an originality gate, lighting defaults and a harsh jury — turned the Oct 31 ledger's pitfalls into the next film's starting state: write down the three most obvious versions and make none, name the light in every prompt, re-render only the shots named by the three largest defects. Two Nov 7 commits continue the line — finish times from the median of the tool's own 300 runs, and a judge kept resident by parking the sibling product's engines. BitShovel read the maker's public repository text; no tools run, no frames seen.

Substantive update ·

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

Whole-episode reconstruction: from measured numbers to a generatable script

v0.11.0 lets benchmark breakdown reconstruct whole episodes: the measured shot table becomes a verbatim script, cross-episode-consistent characters and scenes, and per-shot prompts; a 12-episode run reports 0.34% character error (all intentional differences). Shipping one 13-shot episode over six revisions landed three crafts: a master room view, reference audio bound at generation for 2+ speaking shots, and reaction time at big-change cuts; the cut runs ~13 s longer and acceptance checks beats, not seconds. BitShovel read documents and the decision note at fixed tag v0.11.0; it reconstructed no drama and shipped no film.

Start with a use in work, life or research

See how material becomes an output, and where a person confirms, revises or takes the next step.

Use and process ·

From a poem to a calligraphy print: text, layout and preview

A small calligraphy project connects poems, vertical page layouts and image downloads. Its samples and two actual cached-image checks reveal creative choices, text-to-image correspondence and the limits of its published AI account.

The maker’s published traditional-character calligraphy sample of Autumn Evening in the Mountains; the body retains the full image.

Use and process ·

Dessa: what changes when AI listens while it speaks?

Use the publisher’s two-track recording and captions to separate conversational timing, speech modeling and local inference. Natural delivery, access and useful actions are different questions.

Dessa / Block two-direction audio concept cover; editorial illustration, not a recording waveform.

Use and process ·

Krea 3: what should stay when the furniture changes?

A room gets different furniture and a can a new setting: which details remain? Read the official inputs and outputs, then distinguish app access, API eligibility, reference limits and the cost of one generation.

Krea 3’s official edited living room, with a mustard sofa, burgundy chairs and a green-stone coffee table.

Use and process ·

Penmentor brings AI feedback beside handwritten maths

A misplaced plus sign is marked on the original line. This open-source project connects annotations, staged hints and adjustable graphs to handwriting—and shows why a demo, real grading and local processing are different claims.

Original Penmentor demo frame: a plus sign in handwritten integration by parts is marked, correct steps have green ticks and a later affected line has a yellow underline.

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 comic drama, short drama, film, music video and commercial video, then follow production, distribution and business decisions.

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Under review: AI music, AI designer toys. We will open these fields when there are inspectable works and process records.

Published cases

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Crossroad Media's Root Flow Flex ad cover showing a potted plant in a generated apartment scene.Watch original film ↗
Crossroad Media's Root Flow Flex ad cover showing a potted plant in a generated apartment scene.Poster source: Original cover from Crossroad Media; not footage of a physical product test · Poster source · Watch original film

Commercial videoCase study

Root Flow Flex: making an invention ad before a prototype exists

An unmanufactured plant-pot insert needed to become understandable. The maker delivered a story with a fictional apartment, character and see-through pot shot. The images explain a proposed design; they cannot prove how a physical product performs.

75-second ad; maker says the client reviewed and signed offDelivered work · maker-reported · Result source
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Robert Gaudette's film thumbnail for A Face Only A Mother Could Love, with a paper-bag face and title.Watch original film ↗
Robert Gaudette's film thumbnail for A Face Only A Mother Could Love, with a paper-bag face and title.Poster source: Original-film thumbnail from Robert Gaudette AI / YouTube · 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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Tomorrow Is Monday promotional poster showing two characters before a damaged city.Search the platform for the film ↗
Tomorrow Is Monday promotional poster showing two characters before a damaged city.Poster source: Tomorrow Is Monday promotional poster, published with Dumou's interview on 36kr · Poster source · 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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BitShovel typographic cover with an eyewear motif for the Pit Viper and DEPT case; not campaign footage.Watch original film ↗
BitShovel typographic cover with an eyewear motif for the Pit Viper and DEPT case; not campaign footage.Poster source: BitShovel editorial artwork; not a frame from the ad · Poster source · 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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Editorial character design and viewers; not original Honghuang art or drafts.Watch original film ↗BitShovel illustration · not film footage
Editorial character design and viewers; not original Honghuang art or drafts.Poster source: BitShovel AI illustration, not original work · Poster source · Watch original film

AI comic dramaCase study

Honghuang: Daiguan Jiejiao — 280 million additional views and a repeatedly revised lead

This AI comic drama has a traceable audience result. Its clearest production account is that the lead character's final look took repeated human revision.

About 280 million additional views in 2025; No. 5 on the listDouyin-native comic drama · DataEye 2025 ranking · Result source
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The Accident title over a school corridor, from an interview with the creators.Watch original film ↗
The Accident title over a school corridor, from an interview with the creators.Poster source: Image from Xiaoyunque's creator interview, published by Sina News · 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 · Result source
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BitShovel editorial illustration linking a snow-mountain fox story to prepared duck food in a storyboard; not footage or original production material from Snow Mountain Fox Rescue.Open a related finished video on the brand's Douyin account ↗BitShovel illustration · not film footage
BitShovel editorial illustration linking a snow-mountain fox story to prepared duck food in a storyboard; not footage or original production material from Snow Mountain Fox Rescue.Poster source: BitShovel AI editorial illustration, not film footage; the brand's original video is linked in the case · Poster source · Open a related finished video on the brand's Douyin account

Commercial videoCase study

Snow Mountain Fox: how a duck became a story and a store visit

The product became the story's reversal. Selection, rework and audience remixes shaped what the team could make next. The sales gains are maker claims without independent orders or a profit ledger.

Up 70%–75% recently (baseline unspecified)Online-store sales · maker statement on April 1 · Result source
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Production evidence

Inspect a choice or revision in the source material

These samples document making; they do not establish an audience, an order or revenue.

The creator’s film-entry image of a girl, grandfather and redwood hollowWatch the creator's 2:53 progress film on YouTube ↗
The creator’s film-entry image of a girl, grandfather and redwood hollowPoster source: nicedreamzapp / Story Forge · Original film-entry image · Poster source · Watch the creator's 2:53 progress film on YouTube

AI filmProcess sample

The Oldest Tree: why did a changed face pass the checks?

Watch the girl, grandfather and redwood story, then inspect character inputs, a missed check and targeted rework. The portraits are references; the full soundtrack has not been reviewed here.

A 2:53 progress film, character inputs and rework recordsTraceable result · Production-process sample · Result source
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BitShovel editorial illustration of a maker correcting an overly muscular character design and planning four shots; not Tradecraft footage or an original process screenshot.Watch original film ↗BitShovel illustration · not film footage
BitShovel editorial illustration of a maker correcting an overly muscular character design and planning four shots; not Tradecraft footage or an original process screenshot.Poster source: BitShovel AI editorial illustration, not film footage; maker's film and production files are linked in the case · Poster source · Watch original film

AI filmProcess sample

Tradecraft: character correction, a four-shot prompt and a 61-second film

Watch the film, then trace the shared character file, environments, storyboard, twelve-second four-shot prompt and edit decisions.

61-second film, 10:34 breakdown and six shared process filesDocumented outcome · independent short film · Result source
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A frame from ZenStory's public 24-second drama sample showing a seated man in a dark jacket.View original work ↗
A frame from ZenStory's public 24-second drama sample showing a seated man in a dark jacket.Poster source: Frame at 5 seconds from the sample in ZenStory's official repository · View original work

AI short dramaProcess sample

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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Original-film thumbnail for Migration, showing its yellow title and a planet against a starfield.Watch original film ↗
Original-film thumbnail for Migration, showing its yellow title and a planet against a starfield.Poster source: Original-film thumbnail from Jeremy Higgins / Vimeo; produced by Runway Studios · Watch original film

AI filmProcess sample

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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BitShovel editorial diagram for The Final Plate: one of three storyboard directions leads to six shots and a final edit; not a film frame.View original work ↗
BitShovel editorial diagram for The Final Plate: one of three storyboard directions leads to six shots and a final edit; not a film frame.Poster source: BitShovel editorial artwork; open the maker's files for original footage · Poster source · View original work

AI filmProcess sample

The Final Plate: choosing a storyboard direction and finishing a short film

Open the finished film, compare three real storyboard directions, then trace the falling-dish shot from anchor frames and video prompt through the edit.

One finished film, six shot clips and three storyboard directionsDocumented outcome · maker's projectResult source
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The maker's before and after comparison for InkToFilm's fifth Great Havoc shot: a weak hero silhouette in the first take and a clearer hero and staff in the selected cut.View original work ↗
The maker's before and after comparison for InkToFilm's fifth Great Havoc shot: a weak hero silhouette in the first take and a clearer hero and staff in the selected cut.Poster source: Ying Wang / InkToFilm · Shot 05 comparison published in the original repository · Poster source · View original work

AI filmProcess sample

Great Havoc in Heaven: why the climax shot needed another take

Open the complete demo file in the original repository, then compare the two rows of Shot 05 frames: how one revision balances the gate impact with a readable full-body hero.

30-second film file + Shot 05 visual comparisonDocumented outcome · maker's demoResult source
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Editorial fire, wood, amber and ice; not original footage or rejected work.Watch original film ↗BitShovel illustration · not film footage
Editorial fire, wood, amber and ice; not original footage or rejected work.Poster source: BitShovel AI illustration, not original work · Poster source · Watch original film

Commercial videoProcess sample

Born From Fire: when the pour failed, the maker redesigned the shot

Start with the film, then trace the pour still, the maker's account of the failed motion, the ice-drop redesign and the edit seam. The fix was a new shot design, not just a revised prompt for the same pour.

A 15-second film and published process accountDocumented outcome · independent spec ad · Result source
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AI editorial illustration: three dog-eared performers on stage above a timeline with discarded and selected edits; not footage from the original MV or failed shots.Watch original film ↗BitShovel illustration · not film footage
AI editorial illustration: three dog-eared performers on stage above a timeline with discarded and selected edits; not footage from the original MV or failed shots.Poster source: BitShovel AI editorial illustration; the maker's film and failed clips are linked in the case · Poster source · Watch original film

AI music videoProcess sample

Welcome Home, Darling! — a finished AI anime music video and the takes that failed

Watch the finished video, then connect the maker's successful and failed clips to casting, lyric planning, framing, generation and editing.

One finished animated MV and three public process clipsDocumented outcome · personal work · Result source
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Original Hat Trick film thumbnail showing the protagonist at a computer in his studio.Watch original film ↗
Original Hat Trick film thumbnail showing the protagonist at a computer in his studio.Poster source: Original-film thumbnail from Geoff Nelson / Vimeo · Watch original film

AI filmProcess sample

Hat Trick: what six days behind a ten-minute AI film involved

A maker with media-production experience spent about 72 hours and $390 in tools on this film. Watch the result, then trace script, generation, voice and manual editing. Rework in continuity, pronunciation and on-screen text is documented in his account; failed clips are not public.

An approximately ten-minute film and maker's production accountViewable result · independent short film · Result source
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BitShovel editorial illustration: a mythic traveller moves from an old stone doorway towards a modern city across storyboards and an editing timeline; not a frame from Poqr Mher.Watch official trailer ↗BitShovel illustration · not film footage
BitShovel editorial illustration: a mythic traveller moves from an old stone doorway towards a modern city across storyboards and an editing timeline; not a frame from Poqr Mher.Poster source: BitShovel AI editorial illustration, not original footage; the official trailer is in the case · Poster source · Watch official trailer

AI filmProcess sample

Poqr Mher: how an AI animated feature reached a film programme

Start with the trailer and festival listing, then follow the manager's account of visual anchors, shot review, rerouting failures and the limits of the release evidence.

An 80-minute feature listed by the Armenian Film Festival AustraliaDocumented outcome · trailer and festival programme · Result source
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BitShovel illustration of a maker aligning shots for continuity; not CATACOMBES footage.Watch original film ↗BitShovel illustration · not film footage
BitShovel illustration of a maker aligning shots for continuity; not CATACOMBES footage.Poster source: BitShovel AI illustration, not film footage; full film linked in the case · Poster source · Watch original film

AI filmProcess sample

CATACOMBES: one filmmaker, twenty minutes, and the problem of shots that must cut together

Start with the film and the director's published character and location material. See which shots demanded rework and which accidental angle survived. The reported inputs describe effort, not profit.

19 minutes 35 seconds; about 145,000 YouTube views observed on 24 Sep 2026Viewable result · complete maker-published film · Result source
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Official The Crossing video poster: a white South Ferry boat at sea beneath the yellow film title.Watch original film ↗
Official The Crossing video poster: a white South Ferry boat at sea beneath the yellow film title.Poster source: Original Think with Google video poster; Tiffany Rolfe / The Small Brief · Poster source · Watch original film

Commercial videoProcess sample

The Crossing: turning family photographs into a ferry brand film

Watch the ferry cross through time, then return to the albums, family visit and creative choices: how a local business can turn its own memory into a distinctive film.

A roughly 75-second film plus a 3:34 making-ofDocumented outcome · brand film and published process · Result source
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At 28 seconds in the maker's film, a surfer holds a pink can while turning across a turquoise wave.Watch the complete film on the maker's page ↗
At 28 seconds in the maker's film, a surfer holds a pink can while turning across a turquoise wave.Poster source: Unaltered frame at 28 seconds from Calixte LeBlanc / Crossroad Media's film · Poster source · Watch the complete film on the maker's page

Commercial videoProcess sample

The Escape: how two AI sequences become one ad

Watch the finished work, then follow how the maker fixed identities, revised a shot's landing and passed a frame from one sequence to the next.

A 31-second public film and 14 promptsDocumented outcome · independent spec ad · Result source
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Four-panel frame from Manus’s launch film: a traveler, a fish-filled street, a route map and a flying cat.Watch the official film and read its production account ↗
Four-panel frame from Manus’s launch film: a traveler, a fish-filled street, a route map and a flying cat.Poster source: Manus · original official video; poster from the complete frame at about 33 seconds · Poster source · Watch the official film and read its production account

Commercial videoProcess sample

Manus's 52-second launch film: editing beyond the first version

Start with the visible result, then examine how shots, captions and sound can be changed separately.

A 52-second official film and editing demonstrationVisible result · Result source
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