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Cinematic AI Short Film Workflow with Runway
A comprehensive guide to producing a cinematic 60-second AI short film using Runway Gen-3 Alpha, from initial script generation to final sound design and assembly.
5-step workflow3 KBUpdated 3/9/2026
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Cinematic AI Short Film Workflow with Runway
2.5 hours
Intermediate
5 steps (showing 2)
1
Concept & Script Generation
Input:
Core concept for a short film
Action:
Generate a structured script that includes voiceover lines and highly detailed visual descriptions for each 5-second scene, optimized for AI generation.
Prompt:
Create a 60-second sci-fi short film script about discovering a lost alien city underwater. Include dramatic voiceover lines and specific, highly detailed visual descriptions for each 5-second scene. The visual descriptions should read like prompts for an AI image/video generator (e.g., 'Cinematic wide shot, glowing alien ruins underwater, bioluminescent flora, hyper-realistic, 8k').
Output:
A complete script with scene-by-scene visual prompts and a voiceover track.
15 minutes
→ Next: Create the narrative voiceover audio track.
2
Voiceover Generation
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