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Turn a logline into a cinematic movie trailer

Write the premise the way a logline reads. Film Studio writes it, casts it, storyboards every shot, renders them and cuts them like a trailer: quick shots, not long takes. Below is FIRST LIGHT, a teaser for a film that does not exist: an Arctic rescue pilot finds a glowing crater in the sea ice, and something underneath wakes up.

Opens Film Studio with the trailer setup: widescreen, 30 seconds, Live Action, Trailer cut on, and a sample premise. Writing and planning are free; you approve the storyboard before any clip renders.

FIRST LIGHT: 22 seconds, 1080p, seven shots, four voiced lines, an original score. Exported by Film Studio as is.

Three steps, start to finish

  1. 1

    Write your premise like a logline and turn on Trailer cut.

  2. 2

    Film Studio writes, casts and storyboards a trailer-paced shot list.

  3. 3

    Render, let the editor cut it to rhythm, add the score and export in 1080p.

The premise I typed

Teaser trailer for a sci-fi thriller. Kaja, an Arctic rescue pilot in her thirties, flies out at dawn to a glowing crater punched into the frozen sea. Something enormous moves under the ice. Open on the ice cracking, build through her landing and the light under the ice, and end on a column of light bursting up through the sea ice. Format: 16:9 · 30 s · Live Action · Trailer cut: on · Clip quality: Final 1080p

Runtime
22 s, 7 shots
Resolution
1080p
Studio
Film Studio, exported as is
Dialogue
4 lines, all word for word

What makes a trailer read as a trailer

A trailer is rhythm, not story. A hook in the first second, shots that stay on screen two or three seconds, and a score that builds to one hit. Most AI video tools hand you five second clips and leave the rhythm to you, so a "trailer" ends up as four slow shots in a row. Trailer cut is the switch that fixes that: the planner gives each shot a short beat and the editor trims to it.

How FIRST LIGHT was made

  1. Typed the premise above. The writer came back with a short script, a title (FIRST LIGHT) and four lines between the pilot and her crewman.
  2. Locked four things before any frame: Kaja, Ivar the crewman, the sea ice and the orange helicopter. Each is a one-line description and a reference image, and it is why the helicopter is the same aircraft in the first shot and the last.
  3. Seven storyboard frames, every one a keeper on the first render.
  4. Set Clip quality to Final, so every clip rendered on Seedance 2.5 at 1080p and the film exported at 1920x1080.
  5. Let the editor cut it: it trimmed the slow approach and the cockpit holds, kept every line, and held the last shot long enough to see how small the helicopter is. Added the studio's score and exported. Nothing on this page was cut by hand.

Pro tips

  • Write the ending image first. FIRST LIGHT was built backwards from the column of light.
  • Hook with motion, not a landscape. The crack running under the helicopter does more than any establishing shot.
  • Lock the props that matter (an orange helicopter). Colour is what makes a small figure readable in a wide shot.
  • Set title cards in an editor afterwards for crisp, exact type over the finished cut.

Rather just ask? Tell Sensei, our AI director, what to make and it plans, renders and cuts the whole thing.

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Questions people ask

How much does an AI movie trailer cost?

Film Studio is included in every plan, from $10/mo, and credits roll over every month. Writing and planning are free, and you see the price before any clip renders.

What does Trailer cut change?

The planner gives each shot without dialogue a short on-screen beat (1.5 to 3 seconds) and the export keeps only that part, so the film cuts like a trailer. Shots with dialogue keep their line.

Can I export in 1080p?

Yes. Set Clip quality to Final in the film's settings: clips render at 1080p on the engines that support it and the film exports at 1920x1080 (or 1080x1920 vertical).

Does Film Studio add title cards?

Its export is the finished cut with dialogue, score and sound, ready for your title cards in any video editor.

Can I fix one shot without redoing the trailer?

Yes. Redo any single frame or clip from the storyboard and the export is cut again with the new take.

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