AI Drops Behind The Scenes of 'mud'

AI Drops was born to create AI BTS content that helps people understand AI content beyond the prompt and to see it as art. It's about what happens in between the perfect frames of an AI-generated film. While creating my short horror film "mud," I noticed how the “mistakes” the strange artifacts, warped expressions, and surreal frames were often just as emotional and beautiful as the final edit. I wanted to turn those moments into a reflective behind-the-scenes story about experimentation, imperfection, and creative freedom in the new era of AI filmmaking narrated by my star character Jake.

AI Drops highlights the unseen layers of generative storytelling, including character performance outtakes, surreal imagery, and the emotional journey of creating cinematic realism with machine learning tools.

When creating AI Drops, I used a blend of advanced AI filmmaking tools and traditional post-production editing. Seedream 4.0, Sora, Google Veo 3-3.1 and Kling were used for cinematic AI video generation, while Midjourney and Krea helped establish visual tone and concept direction. Enhancor and Topaz for upscaling. Epidemic Sounds was my primary app for sound design along with additional SFX using Splice. ElevenLabs powered Jake’s voiceover narration, bringing personality and humor to the AI character, and everything was refined in Final Cut Pro X to create a cohesive, emotionally resonant behind-the-scenes story that feels both human and surreal.

The biggest challenge was achieving emotional continuity with Jake's character and making sure Jake’s “performance” felt intentional rather than mechanical. AI rendering inconsistencies, facial distortions, and lighting mismatches were constant hurdles. Another challenge was integrating the horror tone with sincerity, ensuring the film remained grounded in feeling, not just aesthetic experimentation.

I believe I successfully transformed generative “errors” into storytelling devices reframing glitches as emotional artifacts. AI Drops also became one of my first projects to merge a self-aware AI character with a reflective BTS narrative, blurring the line between actor, director, and algorithm. Most importantly, it helped me show how AI filmmaking can be both experimental and deeply human.

I learned that AI is not a replacement for creativity it’s a mirror. It reflects our fears, our humor, and our process. The true art comes from direction, curation, and meaning. By embracing imperfection, we discovered that the most moving moments in AI filmmaking are often the ones we can’t fully control.

AI Drops will expand into an ongoing series documenting the evolution of AI film I create as well as highlighting other AI trailblazers and their experimental workflows. Future episodes will explore new AI filmmaking tools, community collaborations, and the creative philosophies shaping the next generation of digital storytellers.

Built With

• chatgpt
• elevenlabs
• enhancor
• epidemicsounds
• kling
• midjourney
• splice
• topaz
• veo