Gen Jam: Make Your Own Micro Drama Film w/ Dreamina AI
Gen Jam: Make Your Own Micro Drama Film w/ Dreamina AI
What if your first episode could launch the next vertical sensation?
Co-presented with DREAMINA AI, the groundbreaking new generative image and video tool from Bytedance, we're diving into the booming world of micro-dramas—short-form, vertical series built for the For You page. We’re bringing them to the robots —with an absurd, experimental, creator-first twist.
Your mission? Build the pilot of your own micro-drama using generative tools. Think: AI-fueled scandal. Robot detectives in love. 3-minute procedurals. Your series, your tone—anything from unhinged soap operas to high-stakes psychological thrillers (with talking furniture, if that’s your thing). All made in a night.
🧠 Concept & Chaos
Start with a genre or totally irrational idea. Develop a vertical-format micro-series concept. Use Dreamina AI to create your world & storyboard. We'll use LLMs and Gen Audio tools to ideate and create sound design.
🎥 Produce the First Episode
Use DREAMINA AI image and video to create your world, generate scenes and bring your pilot episode to life. It can be stylized, animated, voice-over driven, lo-fi, or highly chaotic—just make it memorable.
🏆 Premiere & Celebrate
We'll screen your episodes in vertical format and vote on awards like:
Best Overall Film
Most WTF
Most Likely to be a Show
Who Should Attend
📱 Short-Form Creators & Serializers – If you think in swipes, cliffhangers, and 'next ep' buttons, you're home.
🎭 Writers & Performers – Great opportunity to develop a world and deliver something emotionally wild in 3 minutes or less.
🤖 AI Nerds & Tinkerers – Show off what these tools can really do when it comes to serialized storytelling.
🎬 Filmmakers & Editors – Love working fast? Love storytelling games? Let's go.
Schedule:
2:00 PM – Arrivals, Mingling, and AI Tool Demos
3:00 PM – Challenge Kickoff & Team Formations
3:15 PM – Production Begins
5:30 PM – Episode Screenings & Judging
6:00 PM – Awards & Wrap
What to Expect
💻 Bring Your Own Laptop – AI won't hallucinate your drama without you.
🎛️ We'll Have Credits for Dreamina AI – Attendees receive a free 1 month membership with access to the state of the art Seedance 1.0 Pro model + 10,000 credits (instructions to claim to follow) + a full suite of recommended free tools for new users.
🍕 Dinner – entry covers pizza and drinks! Your lead actor might be fake, but your food is real.
Whether you're channeling soap opera madness or reinventing the crime procedural for TikTok, this is your chance to break something wildly new.
Machine Cinema: Make Your Own Micro-Drama.
🎥 One night. One episode. Infinite plot twists.
Enter the Fount Studios and BigPond doors and head down to the basement! There will be people and signs to let you downstairs.