AI Short Drama Studio
Describe a story in one sentence. ShortDrama Studio turns it into a complete vertical drama series — scripted, cast, filmed and cut — in one workspace.
What is an AI short drama?
An AI short drama (also called a micro drama or vertical drama) is a 9:16 series of one- to three-minute episodes, each opening on a hook and ending on a cliffhanger, the format behind short-drama apps like ReelShort and DramaBox. ShortDrama Studio is an AI short drama generator that writes, casts, films and edits that series for you, starting from a single sentence.
- Made for the thumb — Vertical, close-up, hooked in three seconds.
- Built to binge — Every episode ends on a cliffhanger.
- Directed, not just generated — You approve every script, face and scene.
Your AI short drama studio, crew included
A short drama usually takes a writer, a casting director, a film crew and an editor. ShortDrama Studio's agent does all four jobs from a single sentence, and hands you the controls at every stage.
- Write — Your idea becomes a story bible, an episode-by-episode plan and shot-level scripts, all editable. You can step in: Rewrite any line, reorder episodes, change the ending.
- Cast — Every character, location and prop gets a reference sheet the whole series is filmed from. You can step in: Swap a face, upload your own photo, restyle a set.
- Film — Each scene is generated in 9:16, shot by shot, straight from the script and the sheets. You can step in: Regenerate one shot, keep the rest.
- Edit — Cut the episode on a timeline with voice, music and subtitles, then export it. You can step in: Trim, re-time, change the music, re-export.
AI-native for short drama, genre by genre
ShortDrama Studio is built for short drama, not adapted from a general video tool. Start from the genres the charts run on, from CEO romance to werewolf and revenge, or build your own: mix tropes, set the tone and pair it with any visual style, from photorealistic to anime.
- Romance — Slow burns, second chances and love triangles.
- CEO & Billionaire — Contract marriages and the cold boss who melts.
- Revenge — Betrayed, reborn and back to settle every score.
- Hidden Identity — The nobody who turns out to be the heir.
- Family Drama — Inheritance fights, swapped babies and in-law wars.
- Werewolf — Fated mates, alpha rivals and a rejected luna.
- Fantasy — Magic, cursed kingdoms and chosen ones.
- Xianxia — Cultivation, rival sects and immortal romance.
- Thriller — Secrets, lies and a clock that keeps ticking.
- Horror — Haunted houses and dread in every cut.
- Comedy — Mix-ups, rom-com banter and fast punchlines.
- Historical — Palace intrigue, dynasties and forbidden courtships.
- Your own genre — Mix any tropes, set the tone and pacing, and the agent plans hooks and cliffhangers to match.
Your lead looks the same in episode one and episode forty
Audiences follow faces. When a character's look drifts between clips, viewers lose the thread and stop watching. ShortDrama Studio films every scene from the same reference sheets, so faces, hair, wardrobe and sets hold steady across the series.
- One sheet per character — Locations and props get their own, too.
- Referenced, not re-prompted — Every scene is built from the sheets, not from a fresh prompt that forgets what came before.
- Change it once — Update a sheet and every scene you generate next follows the new look.
One episode. Every feed.
Render once, post anywhere: every episode comes out vertical, captioned and sized for TikTok, Reels, Shorts, Facebook and short-drama apps.
- TikTok — 9:16 · captioned
- Instagram Reels — 9:16 · captioned
- YouTube Shorts — 9:16 · captioned
- Facebook Reels — 9:16 · captioned
- Short-drama apps — 720p or 1080p
For anyone with a story and no film crew
No actors, cameras, sets or editing suite. Just the story you want to tell.
- Solo creators — Run your own drama channel without a crew or a budget.
- Writers and web novelists — Give the stories you have already written a second life on screen.
- Brands and marketers — Drama ads and branded series that people watch to the end.
- Agencies and MCNs — Test many concepts quickly and back only the ones that land.
- Short-drama studios — Pre-visualise scripts, pitch pilots and storyboard before you shoot.
A whole production studio for less than one day of shooting
Every plan runs the full agent: script, cast, film and edit. Pay monthly, save with yearly, or pay once for lifetime credits. Start free, no credit card.
Plus: $10/month ($8/month billed yearly), 700 AI credits per month; lifetime $149 once for 9,400 credits
- The full agent: write, cast, film, edit
- Vertical 720p export
- Voice, music and subtitles
- Commercial use
- +40% credits on every top-up
Pro: $29/month ($23.2/month billed yearly), 2,100 AI credits per month; lifetime $399 once for 25,200 credits
- Everything in Plus
- 1080p export
- Premium video models
- Characters from your own photos
- Script and novel upload
- 16 scenes generating at once
- +55% credits on every top-up
Ultra: $69/month ($55/month billed yearly), 5,150 AI credits per month; lifetime $899 once for 56,800 credits
- Everything in Pro
- Priority generation queue
- 32 scenes generating at once
- Early access to new models
- Voices and subtitles in more languages
- Series of up to 100 episodes
- +67% credits on every top-up
Max: $149/month ($119/month billed yearly), 11,300 AI credits per month; lifetime $1,799 once for 113,800 credits
- Everything in Ultra
- Highest generation priority
- 64 scenes generating at once
- Shared character and location library
- Brand kit for drama ads
- +68% credits on every top-up
- Priority support
- Personal onboarding call
Monthly and yearly credits renew every billing month and do not roll over. Lifetime credits are granted once and never expire, and the plan's features stay yours for good. Anyone can top up with credit packs that never expire; a plan gets more credits for the same price. Minutes are an estimate for finished episodes on the standard video model; premium models use more credits per second.
ShortDrama Studio vs. generic AI video generators
A generic AI video generator makes one clip from one prompt. A drama needs a story, a cast and continuity that hold together for dozens of episodes.
| ShortDrama Studio | Generic AI video generator | Traditional production | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting point | An idea, a title, a script or a novel | One prompt per clip | A writers' room |
| Script and episode plan | Written by the agent, editable | Not included | Weeks of writing |
| Character consistency | Reference sheet for every character | Faces often drift between clips | The same actors |
| Scenes | Generated shot by shot from the script | Prompted one at a time | Shot on set |
| Voice and subtitles | Built in | Separate tools | Recording studio and post-production |
| Editing | Timeline in the same project | Export to another editor | Edit suite |
| Hooks and cliffhangers | Planned into every episode | Up to you, clip by clip | Written in by the writers' room |
| Casting | Characters designed from the story | Described again in every prompt | Auditions and casting calls |
| Locations | Reusable sets across episodes | Regenerated each time, rarely the same | Scouting, permits and set builds |
| Continuity between episodes | Kept by the series plan | Tracked by hand | A script supervisor |
| Revisions | Regenerate a single scene or line | Re-prompt and hope it matches | Reshoots |
| Other languages | Dubbing and subtitles from the same project | Start over in another tool | Separate dubbing studio |
| Publishing | Vertical exports ready for every short-video feed | Manual resizing and captioning | A distributor or platform deal |
| Team needed | Just you | You, plus an editor | Cast, crew and a post team |
| Time to first episode | The same day | Days of stitching clips together | Weeks to months |
| Cost | Pay-as-you-go credits | Credits per clip, plus other tools | A production budget |
| Built for | Episodic short dramas | Standalone clips | Big-budget productions |
Frequently asked questions
What is an AI short drama generator?
An AI short drama generator turns a story idea into a vertical, episodic drama. It writes the script, designs consistent characters, generates each scene and edits the episodes. ShortDrama Studio does all four in one workspace.
What is the difference between a short drama and a micro drama?
The terms are mostly used interchangeably. Both describe vertical series of very short episodes, usually one to three minutes, built around fast hooks and cliffhangers. "Micro drama" often refers to the shortest episodes on mobile short-drama apps.
Can I turn a novel or a script into an AI drama?
Yes. Upload a script or chapters of a novel, and the agent adapts them into an episode plan and scene-by-scene scripts that you can edit before anything is filmed.
Do characters stay consistent across episodes?
Yes. Each character, location and prop has a reference sheet, and every scene is generated from those sheets, so the same face and the same set return throughout the series.
Do I need actors, a camera or editing experience?
No. The agent handles writing, casting and filming, and the timeline editor works like a simple mobile video editor.
Does it add voice-over, music and subtitles?
Yes. Dialogue is voiced, and music and subtitles are added on the timeline before export.
What format and resolution does it export?
Vertical 9:16 episodes in 720p or 1080p, ready for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts and short-drama apps.
What else can I make besides drama series?
Short films, drama ads, film trailers and music videos, all from the same prompt box.
How is it different from a regular AI video generator?
A regular AI video generator makes one clip per prompt. ShortDrama Studio plans the whole series first, keeps characters consistent from episode to episode and edits each episode on a timeline.
How do I make an AI short drama?
Type a one-line idea, a title, a script or a novel excerpt into the prompt box. The agent writes an episode plan and scripts, designs the cast, generates every scene and assembles each episode on a timeline. You review and edit each step, then export vertical episodes ready to post.
Is ShortDrama Studio free to use?
You can start for free and write your first drama without a credit card. Generating scenes, voices and final episodes uses credits, which you can top up as you go.
How do AI credits work, and do unused credits roll over?
Every plan includes AI credits. Writing, images, voices, music and video each use credits, and the studio shows the cost before you generate. On a monthly or yearly plan, credits renew at the start of each billing month and do not roll over. A lifetime plan is paid once: you get a larger one-time credit balance that never expires, and the plan's features stay yours for good.
How long does it take to make an episode?
Most of the work is done by the agent, so a first episode can be ready the same day. Longer series, or episodes you revise scene by scene, take more time.
How long is each episode, and how many episodes can a series have?
Episodes are usually one to three minutes, the length viewers binge on short-drama apps. A series can run from a single short film to dozens of episodes, planned in one project.
Which genres can I create?
Any genre that works as a vertical drama: romance, CEO and billionaire stories, revenge, werewolf and fantasy, thriller, horror, family drama, comedy and more. You can also start from one of the ready-made templates.
Can I make dramas in languages other than English?
Yes. You can write and voice your drama in other languages, and add subtitles, so the same story can reach audiences in different markets.
Can I use the videos commercially and monetize them?
Yes. You can post your episodes on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook, run them as ads or pitch them to short-drama apps. See the Creative License for the full terms.
Who owns the dramas I create?
You do. The stories, scripts and episodes you make belong to you, subject to the Creative License and the terms of service.
Can I edit a single scene without regenerating the whole episode?
Yes. You can rewrite a line, regenerate one scene or swap a shot on the timeline while the rest of the episode stays as it is.
Can I use ShortDrama Studio on my phone?
Yes. ShortDrama Studio runs in the browser on desktop and mobile, with no app to install, and every episode is made in the vertical format phones play natively.
A whole production team in one workspace
Writer's room, casting, set, camera and edit suite, connected in a single project instead of five separate tools.
- AI script writer — Story bible, episode outlines, dialogue and shot lists, written to short-drama pacing and fully editable.
- Consistent characters — One reference sheet per character keeps the same face, hair and wardrobe in every shot.
- Reusable locations and props — Build a set once; the same office, mansion or alley returns whenever the script needs it.
- Scene-by-scene control — Not happy with one shot? Regenerate that shot, not the whole episode.
- Voice, music and subtitles — Every line voiced, scored and captioned, ready for sound-off scrolling.
- Vertical 720p and 1080p export — Episodes ready for TikTok, Reels, Shorts and short-drama apps.
From one prompt to a full series
Write a premise, upload a script or novel, or start from a title. The agent drafts the story bible, the episode breakdown and shot-level scripts.
Consistent characters and locations
Every character, location and prop gets a reference sheet, so the same face and the same room come back in every scene.
Basic studio and advanced timeline
Generate scene by scene in the basic studio, then cut the episode on a CapCut-style timeline with music, voice and subtitles.
Vertical 9:16, ready to publish
Render 720p or 1080p episodes for TikTok, Reels, Shorts and short-drama apps.