In the shadows

Lone Path Studios

AI cinematic short films

Go behind the scenes of our short films.

How These Films Get Made

How a still picture becomes a short film. The things that worked, the mistakes that cost me weeks, and the steps I use now.

Jiro and Suzu side by side, masked, beside a stone lantern in soft forest sunlight.

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What is inside
  • What viewers actually respond to

    Four lessons

  • The traps

    Seven, each one cost us real work

  • The system

    Six steps, in the order they happen

The False Trail

The False Trail

Jiro and Suzu lay a false trail for their pursuers.

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Jiro and Suzu

Jiro, masked and armed, in dark indigo cloth, standing watch in a softly lit bamboo grove.
Jiro
Suzu balanced on a moss-covered stone lantern, one knee down, in a cedar forest lit by pale shafts.
Suzu
How AI short films get made · Lone Path