[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":269},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-\u002Fblogs\u002Fhow-i-am-making-an-animated-film-with-ai-the-story-of-tiny-boo":3,"blog-surround-\u002Fblogs\u002Fhow-i-am-making-an-animated-film-with-ai-the-story-of-tiny-boo":265},{"id":4,"title":5,"alt":6,"body":7,"caption":6,"createdAt":251,"description":252,"extension":253,"image":254,"lastUpdated":255,"meta":256,"navigation":26,"ogImage":257,"path":258,"postedAt":6,"published":26,"seo":259,"stem":260,"tags":261,"trending":26,"__hash__":264},"content\u002Fblogs\u002Fhow-i-am-making-an-animated-film-with-ai-the-story-of-tiny-boo.md","How I'm Making an Animated Film with AI: The Story of Tiny Boo",null,{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":241},"minimark",[10,15,27,36,44,48,51,58,71,74,78,81,91,97,107,113,123,129,139,143,175,179,211,215,225,228],[11,12,14],"h2",{"id":13},"youtube-video","YouTube video",[16,17],"iframe",{"width":18,"height":18,"className":19,"src":21,"title":22,"frameBorder":23,"allow":24,"referrerPolicy":25,"allowFullScreen":26},"100%",[20],"aspect-video","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002Fvb_KBaEMviA?si=ghgyvvoCXNR6WR5C","YouTube video player","0","accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share","strict-origin-when-cross-origin",true,[28,29,30,31,35],"p",{},"I had wanted to make something of my own — something warm — for a long time. I already had a game, ",[32,33,34],"em",{},"Tiny Boo: Homecoming",", about a tiny creature named Boo trying to find his way home through the great big, magical world of Lumia. And at some point it clicked: what if I brought this world to life not only in a game, but in an animated film? Launch a YouTube channel where Boo lives out small stories — and make it not with a studio of twenty people, but together with an AI.",[28,37,38,39,43],{},"That's how the ",[40,41,42],"strong",{},"Tiny Boo"," project started. In this article I'll honestly walk through how the idea came to me, how we built everything step by step from concept to a finished pilot, which tools we used, and what I learned along the way.",[11,45,47],{"id":46},"the-idea-dont-invent-from-scratch-bring-to-life-what-already-exists","The idea: don't invent from scratch — bring to life what already exists",[28,49,50],{},"I made one decision right away: not to spin up a brand-new world, but to use an IP I already had — Boo and the world of Lumia. The character already had a story (\"swept far from home, needs to get back\") — a perfect basis for a journey series.",[28,52,53,54,57],{},"Then came the key choice, and as it turned out, the most important one: ",[40,55,56],{},"make the film wordless"," — like Pingu or Larva. Three reasons:",[59,60,61,65,68],"ul",{},[62,63,64],"li",{},"no language barrier — the channel works in any country;",[62,66,67],{},"no struggling with voiceover and lip-sync in AI video;",[62,69,70],{},"simpler and cheaper to produce.",[28,72,73],{},"This single decision shaped absolutely everything that followed.",[11,75,77],{"id":76},"how-we-worked-step-by-step","How we worked, step by step",[28,79,80],{},"I didn't rush straight into \"generating video.\" First my AI assistant and I built the foundation — and it paid off.",[28,82,83,86,87,90],{},[40,84,85],{},"1. Concept and rules."," We defined the format (short 2–3 min episodes + Shorts), the audience (family, all-ages), the tone (cozy + light adventure), and the core feeling of every episode — ",[32,88,89],{},"endearment",". All of it went into a series bible.",[28,92,93,96],{},[40,94,95],{},"2. The world."," We described Lumia as a microworld: grass blades are trees, a dewdrop is a lake, a mushroom is a building. For each location we made a \"passport\" with its palette and scale — so shots wouldn't drift in color.",[28,98,99,102,103,106],{},[40,100,101],{},"3. The character — and his \"lock.\""," The most important thing in AI animation is keeping the hero looking the same in every frame. We described Boo in detail (a flower-bud forest spirit with big eyes and a glowing cape) and built a ",[40,104,105],{},"character lock",": reference images — front, profile, an expression sheet. Without it, the AI draws a \"new\" character every time.",[28,108,109,112],{},[40,110,111],{},"4. The story."," We chose an anthology format with a season-long thread: each episode stands alone, but together they carry Boo home. For the pilot we picked the simplest, most beautiful story — \"The Dewdrop\": Boo wants a sip from a giant dewdrop, and it turns into a tiny adventure.",[28,114,115,118,119,122],{},[40,116,117],{},"5. Shot breakdown and prompts."," We split the pilot into 21 shots and wrote a full prompt for each — character, environment, camera, light, ",[40,120,121],{},"sound and VFX"," (modern AI video can generate audio right away). We invented a \"fixed part + variable part\" structure: style, character and palette are copied into every shot; only the action and camera change. That keeps the whole film in one consistent style.",[28,124,125,128],{},[40,126,127],{},"6. Music."," We generate the theme and score separately — with prompts for wordless, warm, acoustic music. We set one \"Boo theme\" as the channel's sonic logo.",[28,130,131,134,135,138],{},[40,132,133],{},"7. Brand and channel."," Name, the slogan ",[32,136,137],{},"\"Tiny creature, big world,\""," avatar, banner, a text-free thumbnail template, intro and outro. We also wrote the channel description and metadata for the first video.",[11,140,142],{"id":141},"the-tools","The tools",[59,144,145,151,157,163,169],{},[62,146,147,150],{},[40,148,149],{},"AI assistant (Claude)"," — co-director and producer: helped make decisions, wrote the bible, script, prompts, and structure.",[62,152,153,156],{},[40,154,155],{},"ChatGPT"," — character image generation (master reference, turnaround, expressions).",[62,158,159,162],{},[40,160,161],{},"Seedance 2"," — generating the actual video shots (with sound and effects built in).",[62,164,165,168],{},[40,166,167],{},"Suno"," — music and theme.",[62,170,171,174],{},[40,172,173],{},"DaVinci Resolve \u002F Clipchamp"," — editing and mixing.",[11,176,178],{"id":177},"what-i-learned-along-the-way","What I learned along the way",[59,180,181,187,193,199,205],{},[62,182,183,186],{},[40,184,185],{},"Structure beats inspiration."," An hour spent on the bible and the character lock saves dozens of hours of re-generations.",[62,188,189,192],{},[40,190,191],{},"Consistency is enemy #1 in AI animation."," You beat it with reference images and a single prompt \"skeleton.\"",[62,194,195,198],{},[40,196,197],{},"Wordless is a superpower"," — global reach and a far simpler production.",[62,200,201,204],{},[40,202,203],{},"You can't generate music inside every clip"," — otherwise the pieces won't cut together. One theme, one track at the edit stage.",[62,206,207,210],{},[40,208,209],{},"AI isn't a \"make it pretty\" button — it's a co-author."," It's strongest where you set the constraints and make the calls, and it holds the entire mass of detail.",[11,212,214],{"id":213},"the-result","The result",[28,216,217,218,221,222,224],{},"What I have now is a ",[40,219,220],{},"complete production package for the pilot",": concept, world, a character with ready references, script, shot breakdown, prompts for every shot, music, brand assets, and a set-up channel — ",[40,223,42],{},". Essentially, from scratch and with just an AI, we put together what usually takes a small team.",[28,226,227],{},"Next up: assembling the pilot, \"The Dewdrop,\" and starting to post. But that's another story — one I'll tell too.",[229,230,231],"blockquote",{},[28,232,233,234,240],{},"If you want to watch Boo find his way home, here's the channel: ",[235,236,42],"a",{"href":237,"rel":238},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002F@TinyBooLumia",[239],"nofollow",". 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