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CHIMERA

AI Short Film

Created by Carl Miller

Coming Soon 

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Notice: CHIMERA is currently in development. The clip above represents Act I only. 

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Short Synopsis 

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  • The compulsion for a future of endless possibility blinds an entrepreneur, only for him to suffer at the hands of his own creation. 

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Tagline 

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  • He Sparked the Future. Then Inherited the Aftermath. Made with AI. 

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Running Time 

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  • Act I preview: 3:40

  • Final film: approximately 15 minutes 

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Digital Tools Used in the Creation of the Film 

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Concept / Story Development / Prompting:

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  • Pages, Grammarly, Final Draft, ChatGPT, and Gemini for script formatting, development, and refinement

  • ChatGPT, Gemini, and Pages for prompt development and organization

  • StudioBinder for script tagging, breakdowns, and asset lists 

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Visual Planning:

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  • Nano Banana Pro for concept art creation

  • ChatGPT Images / GPT Image models for concept art creation

  • Midjourney for concept art and style exploration

  • Flux AI for early character design and concept art

  • ShotDeck for lighting reference and visual research 

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Storyboarding:

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  • Unreal Engine for extensive storyboards and depth maps

  • Virtual sets and characters developed using FAB assets and MetaHuman

  • 3D Cryogenic Chamber interior and exterior modeled by Simon Miller

  • Meshy image-to-GLB tools used for select 3D assets

  • Character, costume, set, set dressing, chamber, and vehicle LoRAs / panels created using Nano Banana, ChatGPT, and Adobe Photoshop 

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Key Image Creation:

 

  • Nano Banana Pro for text-to-image generation

  • ChatGPT Images / GPT Image models for text-to-image generation and image refinement

  • Enhancor for select character face enhancements

  • Magnific Skin Enhancer for select character face enhancements

  • Adobe Photoshop Beta for image editing, content-aware fill, compositing, and image enhancements

  • Topaz Gigapixel AI 8 for still-image upscaling

  • Magnific for select creative upscaling and image enhancement 

  • Adobe Lightroom Classic for key image colorization

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Video Creation & Enhancement:

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  • Seedance 2.0 Pro for transforming key images into motion

  • VEO 3.1 for transforming key images into motion

  • Kling Omni and Kling 1.6- 3.0 Pro for transforming key images into motion

  • Envato Elements for select VFX video elements and templates

  • After Effects 2026 for compositing, animation prep, and video polishing

  • DaVinci Resolve 20+ for video editing, sound editing, and color grading

  • Topaz Video AI 7+ for upscaling from to UHD 

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Primary AI Platforms / Aggregators:

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  • Magnific, formerly Freepik

  • FAL.ai 

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Sound & Music Creation:

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  • ElevenLabs for text-to-speech, voice changing, sound effects, and music creation

  • Envato Elements for additional sound effects

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Publishing & Presentation:

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THE WHITE DEATH

AI Short Film created

by Carl Miller

in conjunction with

Curious Refuge's

1st Advanced AI Film Course

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WARNING: Contains Violence.This film features AI-generated fictional characters depicting stylized Old West graphic violence and the consumption of alcohol. Minors should seek parental guidance before watching. Intended for mature audiences only. Viewer discretion advised.

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Synopsis:

 

  • A special deputy rides into a dead frontier town, chasing whispers of a ghostly legend known only as the White Death. But as the silence thickens and the day bleeds into night, he realizes he’s stepped into something older—and far darker—than a duel. This isn’t a fight for justice—it’s a reckoning between pride and grief, blood and memory, and a force beyond anything he’s faced before.

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Catch Phrase:

 

  • Duty draws the gun. Vengeance pulls the trigger.

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Running Time:

 

  • 7 Min.

 

Digital Tools Used in the Creation of the Film

 

Concept & Story Development

 

  • Flux AI (fl.ai): Early character design and concept art

  • Pages, Grammarly, Final Draft, ChatGPT: Writing and refining AI prompts and script

 

Visual Planning

 

  • FrameForge: Storyboard blocking and shot compositions

 

Image Creation & Enhancement

 

  • ChatGPT + DALL·E: Text-to-image generation

  • Photoshop (Beta): Image editing, content-aware fill, and enhancements

  • Topaz Gigapixel AI 8: Upscaling still images

 

Video Creation & Enhancement

 

  • Kling 1.6 Pro (Head Montage & Act IV): Transforming still images into motion

  • VEO3 & VEO2 Fast (Acts I, II, III): Transforming still images into motion

  • Seedance 1.0 Pro (few shots, Act III): Transforming still images into motion

  • After Effects 2025: Compositing, animation prep, and video polishing

  • DaVinci Resolve 20: Video editing, sound editing, and color grading

  • Topaz Video AI 7: Upscaling from HD to UHD​

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Sound & Music Creation

 

  • 11ElevenLabs: Text to Speech, Voice Changer, Sound Effects, Music (Acts I, II, III, IV, & Credits)

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Stock Library

 

  • Envato Elements: Sound FX, VFX video elements​​, and templates

    • Music (Opening Montage): "Wild West Trailer" by Ollmah

 

Publishing & Presentation

 

Trespass

AI Short Film created

by Carl Miller

for the Dreamina

Seedance 2.5

3D Reference Creative Contest​

 

Synopsis:

 

  • Failed archaeologist Professor Grubb has sunk to trafficking exotic animals, dragging two reluctant university interns along for the ride. This time, they’ve stumbled upon something impossibly adorable—and impossibly ancient. But they’re about to discover that nature this resilient doesn’t surrender quietly.

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Running Time:

 

  • 15 Sec.

 

Digital Tools Used in the Creation of the Film

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Concept & Story Development

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  • Special thanks to GPT-5.6 Sol: Writing and refining AI prompts and script

  • Pages and Grammarly

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Image Creation & Enhancement

 

  • Still images created with GPT Image 2.0 on the Magnific platform.

 

Video Creation & Enhancement

 

  • Video generated with Seedance 2.5 on the Dreamina platform. The Omni video was generated from a single prompt using four character sheets, eight reference frames, and the contest’s 3D white-model animation as the motion reference.

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Sound & Music Creation

 

  • Original dialogue created with 11Labs Voice Changer.

  • Additional audio elements from Magnific and Envato. ​

 

Publishing & Presentation

 

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#DreaminaAI #DreaminaSeedance25#DreaminaAI3DContest

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