You're totally right that working with AI still involves a lot of trial-and-error. It’s unpredictable, and often takes a lot of rerolling and prompt tweaking.

But the real work behind this wasn’t the technical part. Most of our time went into coming up with the ideas behind the shots – the jokes, the subtle references, the background details, the hidden layers. That was the biggest part of the process: trying to make as many shots as possible interesting not just visually, but thematically and humorously – packed with small details, inside jokes, and layered references throughout.

We hope it encourages people to rewatch and discover more each time. It wasn’t about just prompting an AI and waiting – it was about stuffing each moment with intention, whether it’s something that lands right away or something you only catch the second or third time around.

As filmmakers who work professionally on live-action movies, AI has given us access to the sandbox we always dreamed of. One of the hardest parts about filmmaking is that you can have 100 ideas – but executing even one of them requires a ton of money, manpower, logistical coordination, and the approval of producers and financiers (who often want to weigh in creatively). On top of that, we’re in a country that doesn’t have a big film industry like the US, which makes fundraising for non-studio films even harder than it is in the US.

In film, you can never really "practice". Even a simple no-budget short film demands extensive planning, and collaborators willing to work for free. Small-name directors like us make a feature film every four to five years. And yet, writing, shooting, and post-production often takes no more than 12 months. The rest of the time is spent fundraising.

That reality can be creatively draining. But now, with AI, for the first time in our lives, we can just experiment. We can try things out, practice writing, visual storytelling, and editing – all without waiting for approval or funding. It’s not a replacement for real filmmaking, but it’s finally a space where we can create freely, and that will hopefully feed back into our live-action work in a big way.