✦ Stories · Creators
Stories from the studio.
Real creator playbooks. Each one walks through the actual pipeline a show was produced with — every number is from the project that shipped, not a marketing target.
Solo creator · VancouverHow an indie writer shipped a fantasy micro-drama in a weekend
A solo writer forked the throneless-heir template, replaced two cast slots, and rendered eight episodes of a fantasy series before Sunday night.
12 min total runtime82 shots generated$31 weekend cost
Co-founders · Glasshouse StudioA two-person studio replaced a $40k pilot with a $200 demo reel
Glasshouse used the empire-of-glass CEO drama template to pitch a real series to a network — production demo cost $200 instead of the $40k a live shoot would have run.
4 hrs pitch deck render time120 generated stills$0.04 per-shot cost
Period drama writer · RomeA period drama writer kept a Regency aesthetic at $0.04 a shot
Elena rebuilt her unproduced Regency screenplay as a vertical period drama using the warm-vintage style preset. Every shot under five cents, identity locked across episodes.
6 episodes94 total shots$0.04 avg cost / shot