The Director's Cut Live Build
Go from single shots to a finished short film
This three-week live build is for creatives who can already generate images and want to direct a film.
Three live sessions, ninety minutes each, building one short film from first idea to final cut.
Most AI animation gets made by accident: generate, hope, regenerate, and burn through renders chasing a shot that never lands. This live build is a production method. Setting a project up so renders stop going to waste, holding a character, a location and a prop steady across a whole sequence, and directing the entire workflow from Claude.
You’ll leave knowing how to:
Deploying custom Claude Studio Lab agents on your own projects
Building character, location and prop assets as elements that hold from shot to shot
Diagnosing and fixing face drift and consistency, live on screen
Writing full scripts and storyboards in Claude
Running scene generations in Higgsfield against a shot plan
Cutting the film in CapCut with sound design, dialogue and transitions
Who it's for: Creative professionals who already know their way around AI image generation and want to direct a short film, character and scene, with control. No filmmaking background required.
What you'll need:
Claude (free subscription)
Higgsfield or Figma Weave
CapCut, for the final session
An idea you have been meaning to make
All tools are third-party and require separate accounts.
Program structure: Three ninety-minute live sessions across three weeks, with homework between each one and every session recorded.
Week 1: Agents and image assets
Deploying custom Claude Studio Lab agents using the cheat sheets
The Storyboard skill for frame composition and animation prompts
Building your core character, location and prop assets
Homework: lock in all image assets using @tags
Week 2: Scripts, storyboards and scenes
Review of your image assets, with face drift and consistency troubleshot live
Generating full scripts and storyboards in Claude
First scene generations in Higgsfield
Homework: generate and download all raw video clips
Week 3: CapCut assembly and final cut
Live check-in on your raw renders and pacing
A 45-minute CapCut editing session
Combining clips, sound design, dialogue and transitions
Outcome: your finished short film
Schedule (September 2026)
Week 1 – September 8-9
Melbourne (AEST): Wed, Sep 9, 8:00 AM
New Zealand (NZST): Wed, Sep 9, 10:00 AM
New York (EDT): Tue, Sep 8, 6:00 PM
Chicago (CDT): Tue, Sep 8, 5:00 PM
Los Angeles/Vancouver (PDT): Tue, Sep 8, 3:00 PM
Week 2 – September 15-16
Melbourne (AEST): Wed, Sep 16, 8:00 AM
New Zealand (NZST): Wed, Sep 16, 10:00 AM
New York (EDT): Tue, Sep 15, 6:00 PM
Chicago (CDT): Tue, Sep 15, 5:00 PM
Los Angeles/Vancouver (PDT): Tue, Sep 15, 3:00 PM
Week 3 – September 22-23
Melbourne (AEST): Wed, Sep 23, 8:00 AM
New Zealand (NZST): Wed, Sep 23, 10:00 AM
New York (EDT): Tue, Sep 22, 6:00 PM
Chicago (CDT): Tue, Sep 22, 5:00 PM
Los Angeles/Vancouver (PDT): Tue, Sep 22, 3:00 PM
Additional notes
Every session is recorded, so a clash with your diary does not cost you a session
Limited seats, so there is time for feedback on your work
Payment plans available at checkout
Go from single shots to a finished short film
This three-week live build is for creatives who can already generate images and want to direct a film.
Three live sessions, ninety minutes each, building one short film from first idea to final cut.
Most AI animation gets made by accident: generate, hope, regenerate, and burn through renders chasing a shot that never lands. This live build is a production method. Setting a project up so renders stop going to waste, holding a character, a location and a prop steady across a whole sequence, and directing the entire workflow from Claude.
You’ll leave knowing how to:
Deploying custom Claude Studio Lab agents on your own projects
Building character, location and prop assets as elements that hold from shot to shot
Diagnosing and fixing face drift and consistency, live on screen
Writing full scripts and storyboards in Claude
Running scene generations in Higgsfield against a shot plan
Cutting the film in CapCut with sound design, dialogue and transitions
Who it's for: Creative professionals who already know their way around AI image generation and want to direct a short film, character and scene, with control. No filmmaking background required.
What you'll need:
Claude (free subscription)
Higgsfield or Figma Weave
CapCut, for the final session
An idea you have been meaning to make
All tools are third-party and require separate accounts.
Program structure: Three ninety-minute live sessions across three weeks, with homework between each one and every session recorded.
Week 1: Agents and image assets
Deploying custom Claude Studio Lab agents using the cheat sheets
The Storyboard skill for frame composition and animation prompts
Building your core character, location and prop assets
Homework: lock in all image assets using @tags
Week 2: Scripts, storyboards and scenes
Review of your image assets, with face drift and consistency troubleshot live
Generating full scripts and storyboards in Claude
First scene generations in Higgsfield
Homework: generate and download all raw video clips
Week 3: CapCut assembly and final cut
Live check-in on your raw renders and pacing
A 45-minute CapCut editing session
Combining clips, sound design, dialogue and transitions
Outcome: your finished short film
Schedule (September 2026)
Week 1 – September 8-9
Melbourne (AEST): Wed, Sep 9, 8:00 AM
New Zealand (NZST): Wed, Sep 9, 10:00 AM
New York (EDT): Tue, Sep 8, 6:00 PM
Chicago (CDT): Tue, Sep 8, 5:00 PM
Los Angeles/Vancouver (PDT): Tue, Sep 8, 3:00 PM
Week 2 – September 15-16
Melbourne (AEST): Wed, Sep 16, 8:00 AM
New Zealand (NZST): Wed, Sep 16, 10:00 AM
New York (EDT): Tue, Sep 15, 6:00 PM
Chicago (CDT): Tue, Sep 15, 5:00 PM
Los Angeles/Vancouver (PDT): Tue, Sep 15, 3:00 PM
Week 3 – September 22-23
Melbourne (AEST): Wed, Sep 23, 8:00 AM
New Zealand (NZST): Wed, Sep 23, 10:00 AM
New York (EDT): Tue, Sep 22, 6:00 PM
Chicago (CDT): Tue, Sep 22, 5:00 PM
Los Angeles/Vancouver (PDT): Tue, Sep 22, 3:00 PM
Additional notes
Every session is recorded, so a clash with your diary does not cost you a session
Limited seats, so there is time for feedback on your work
Payment plans available at checkout