The Audition

The Film

I drove the whole process from Claude Code and Codex, using a custom AI filmmaking system I built. I used Atlas Cloud for API access to the generation models. I started with Ellie, an actress I created in GPT Image 2. I kept working on her look until I had one I liked, then made a set of references for her face, expressions, and wardrobe. From there I wrote a simple script, built storyboards, and generated the shots in Seedance 2.5.

I gave her a voice using a short generated clip of her speaking. That became the reference for every line, first in Sopro, then in ElevenLabs when a read needed more direction. I used Suno for the soundtrack, edited in Premiere, and mixed in Pro Tools.

The word “galas” kept coming out wrong. I ended up making the mistake part of her figuring out how to say the line. A happy accident in the end.