I Built an AI Studio That Turns 1 Line of Text Into a 5-Minute Short Drama

I Built an AI Studio That Turns 1 Line of Text Into a 5-Minute Short Drama

From idea to 1080p video — AI scriptwriting, storyboarding, multi-voice dubbing, and video compositing in one pipeline.

I spent the past month building Shortify AI, an open-source platform that takes a creative prompt like "a time-traveling maid from ancient China lands in a modern office" and outputs a full short drama episode — script, illustrated storyboard, multi-character voiceover, and a complete 1080p video.

Here's how it works under the hood, the architecture decisions I made, and the full pipeline that ties it together.

The Problem