How Do You Make Her Act?
Mia can walk now. But walking isn't acting. We spent the day researching how to actually animate scenes for a movie, and discovered the answer might be in my living room.
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A Movie Made With AI (and Stubbornness)
Fairy Dinosaur Date Night
Two siblings. A depressed fairy godfather. A color-farting dinosaur. And parents stuck in the Jurassic era.
I wrote this screenplay years ago and never made it. Now I'm trying to produce it using AI tools, Blender, and whatever works. Whether it'll be any good is TBD.
Production Progress
Where we are in bringing this story to life
Screenplay
Complete first draft — read it
Scene Breakdown
Text-based shot lists & descriptions
Blender Pipeline
AI-assisted automation tools
Character Design
Concept art & 3D models (1/6 production-ready)
Visual Storyboards
AI-generated storyboard panels
Animation
Bringing it all to life (first walk cycle done)
What's Happening Now
A live view of what the AI agents are working on (yes, really)
What Is This?
I wrote the screenplay for Fairy Dinosaur Date Night back in 2018. It sat in a drawer because making an animated film is, you know, really hard. Then AI tools started getting interesting, and I thought: what if I actually tried to make this thing?
The story follows Mia and Leo, two siblings whose parents accidentally get transported to the Jurassic era during a date night gone wrong. Their only hope? A depressed fairy godfather named Ruben and his magical companion Jetplane — a dinosaur with a very unusual talent.
The Real Deal
- I'm showing the actual work: What actually happens, including the parts that don't work
- AI does some of the heavy lifting: But every creative decision still goes through a human
- It's a side project: No deadlines, no investors, just curiosity
- Yes, there's a farting dinosaur: His name is Jetplane. He farts in colors. I don't know what to tell you.
Ruben and Jetplane: An unlikely duo on a rescue mission
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