YouWare's Ming Chaoping Created an 'AI Director': Drop in a Script, Automatically Breaks It Down into Storyboards

Beating AI Newsflash: YouWare founder Ming Chaoping has launched a new product, this time targeting AI short dramas. The new tool is called 'AI Short Drama Maker,' allowing users to simply drop in a script, and the AI will automatically break it down into episodes, organize characters, scenes, and props, and then proceed to create storyboards and prompts. Even without a script, users can start with just a single creative idea. The characters, scenes, and props generated by the AI are automatically stored in an asset library, which can be directly accessed later for camera work, storyboarding, and timelines. In addition to short dramas, it can also handle comic dramas and advertisements. However, despite the name 'AI Short Drama Maker,' it cannot yet produce a complete film with just one command. Testing shows it can already batch export storyboard videos, but features like 'project progress' are not yet available, and the recharge option for points is temporarily missing. Major companies are also entering the field. Alibaba is beta testing ManClaw, and Tencent Video is testing WorkSolo. According to data from the China Network Audiovisual Association, among the approximately 128,000 micro-short dramas released in the first quarter of this year, over 95% were AI-generated. The production of short dramas is rapidly moving toward AI-driven processes. [Original Link]