Producer-Driven AI Filmmaking

Course By

Chris White

Producer

Whether you’re a filmmaker, content creator, or visionary with a story to tell, these 1:1 courses and consulting sessions are your gateway to next-generation visual storytelling. Ideal for beginners and experienced creators alike who want to sharpen their skills and harness the power of AI.

Led by film producer and AI technologist Chris White (My Super Psycho Sweet 16 franchise, V/H/S: Viral, The Backrooms), each session offers personalized, hands-on guidance tailored to your creative vision and workflow.

Get expert feedback on your projects while mastering script development, expert prompting, generating images and videos with advanced AI, avatar creation and animation, lip-syncing, video camera direction, VFX models, and precise editing. Plus, build your own personalized ChatGPT mentor to boost creativity and efficiency throughout your process.

Choose immersive live 1:1 courses for foundational training or focused consulting for targeted project support—both designed to deliver clarity, confidence, and creative power from concept to final cut.

No fluff. No gatekeeping. Just real film industry insight and the tools to make your vision unstoppable.

*All courses will take place weekly at 7pm PST

Course Details

Week 1 : Introduction to AI Filmmaking

What AI filmmaking is and why it matters
How AI is transforming visual storytelling
Overview of today’s most powerful AI tools
Setting up your creative workflow
Ethical and responsible AI use in production

Week 2: Scripting & Story Development

Turning ideas into cinematic stories
Using AI to outline, write, and refine scripts
How to create your own personalized ChatGPT mentor for creative collaboration
Collaborating with ChatGPT for structure, tone, and pacing
Building characters, arcs, and compelling narratives

Week 3 : Expert Prompting with ChatGPT

Using ChatGPT to craft expert prompts for image and video generation
Designing effective, cinematic prompts
Building prompt libraries and visual style systems
Iterating and refining outputs for continuity and mood

Week 4: Image & Video Generation

Generating cinematic images and footage with advanced AI models
Visual storytelling with AI camera direction
Matching tone, composition, and continuity
Using VFX-capable models for enhanced scenes

Week 5 : Avatars, Animation & Lip Sync

Creating characters and avatars using AI
Animating avatars with emotional depth and performance
Lip-syncing AI dialogue for realism
Customizing expressions, motion, and interaction

Week 6: Editing, Finishing & Workflow Integration

Editing and post-production within AI platforms
Sound, color, pacing, and transitions
Integrating AI output with traditional editing tools
Finalizing projects for release or portfolio

Week 7: Distribution

Utilizing AI to assist with distribution strategies
Understanding platforms, formats, and where your work lives
Using AI to build and grow your audience

Your Instructor

Chris White

Producer

Chris White is a producer, writer, and creative AI technologist known for bold, genre-defining work in horror, sci-fi, and next-gen cinema. He began as a network producer on MTV’s cult franchise My Super Psycho Sweet 16, later executive produced V/H/S: Viral, and created the sci-fi anthologies Portals and DOORS. A former exec at The Collective and Salient Media, he’s worked with genre leaders like Bloody Disgusting and Epic Pictures.

Chris is currently executive producing Iced with Oscar-winner Lee Daniels, and The Backrooms with A24, Atomic Monster, 21 Laps, and Chernin Entertainment. As an instructor at Arcana Academy, he merges classical storytelling with generative AI to empower underrepresented voices and push the boundaries of cinematic expression.