This is a working notebook for people who make films, whether you shoot on a cinema camera, a phone, or generate every frame with AI. The guides cover the unglamorous middle of filmmaking: cutting a teaser that people actually finish, getting a festival package right the first time, keeping an AI character recognizable from shot to shot, and building an audience before the premiere.
Everything here is written to be used. Each guide ends with a checklist or a step list, and the tools run entirely in your browser, with no sign-up and no tracking.
Teaser Maker
Made a film or a short AI film? Turn it into vertical teasers for TikTok, Reels and Shorts. Upload the finished cut to ViceForge, an AI clipping tool from the team behind this site, and export short 9:16 clips with captions added automatically.
Make vertical teasers from your film
Prefer to plan the cut yourself first? Start with the teaser planner and the guide on how to cut a teaser from your film.
Free tools
Small, focused utilities for the jobs that come up on every project. They work offline once the page has loaded.
- Safe zone guidePreview 9:16, 1:1 and 16:9 frames and see where app interfaces cover your titles.
- Teaser plannerGet a beat by beat structure for a 15 to 90 second teaser.
- Festival checklistTrack every deliverable and print it or save it as a PDF.
- AI shot plannerBuild a shot list and consistent prompt text for AI video tools.
Guides
Long-form, practical, and updated when the tools change. Start anywhere.
- How to Cut a Teaser From Your Film A working editor's guide to cutting a teaser from a finished film: structure, pacing, sound, text on screen, and vertical versions for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
- Sora vs Veo vs Runway vs Kling for Short Films How to choose an AI video generator for a short film as of October 2026, using only what OpenAI, Google, Runway and Kling state on their official pages.
- Keeping Characters Consistent Across AI Shots A practical workflow for consistent characters in AI films: a character bible, reference sets, fixed prompt blocks, reference features and editing tricks.
- Sound Design, Music and Voice for AI Films How to build a soundtrack for an AI film: sound design layers, music licensing basics, voices and dialogue, consent, and a mix that holds up at a festival and on a phone.
- How to Choose and Submit to AI Film Festivals A practical guide to AI film festivals: reading the rules, judging fit, preparing disclosure and deliverables, and submitting without wasting fees.
- Promote a Documentary or AI Short With Short Clips How to use short clips to promote a documentary or AI short across a festival run, social platforms, press and the communities your film is about.