Learning path · AI in film and TV
Prompting and directing AI shots
Direct generative video like a film-maker: one prompt skeleton, shots driven by reference, continuity from assets, and hybrid live action. Last checked 11 November 2026.
Free films in teaching order, for one craft. Watch, tick them off and test yourself. It's practice that prepares you for an Academy course. This one prepares you for AI tools Foundation.
Lesson 1
Introduction to Generative AI Prompts | Prompting for Generative AI | Adobe
Adobe · 2:47 · original on YouTube
You will learn: Explain what a generative prompt is and why structure beats long lists of adjectives.
Note: Published c. Apr 2026. Adobe's own course opener. Then apply our skeleton: camera/shot, subject, action, setting, light/style, audio.
By the end you will be able to
- Write prompts in a fixed order (camera/shot, subject, action, setting, light/style, audio) that work across vendors
- Drive a model from references and recorded performance instead of text alone
- Keep characters, props and locations consistent with sheets, ingredients and elements
- Plan a hybrid shot list that mixes live action, previs and AI shots
Test yourself
Could you do it on a set?
4 real situations, one for each thing this path teaches. It's optional practice, not pass or fail, and your answers stay on this device.
Next: do it for real
This path prepares you for AI tools Foundation.
Rules before tools, then AI in pre-production, the edit, VFX and clean-up, sound, generative video, and rights and disclosure. Optional practice task: one real clip through transcript search, clean-up and a mask, logged and labelled.
It's free and open in the pilot. Finish it to book a competency check, then a practical on our unit.
How learning with FIF works
Learning path. Free films in teaching order, for one craft. Watch, tick them off and test yourself. It's practice that prepares you for an Academy course.
- Learn onlineFree films, paths and Academy coursesYou are here
- Competency checkA short check with us, online or in person
- In-person practicalOn our unit at Pinewood or 3 Mills
- FIF CertificateFrom the practical only
The FIF Certificate comes only from the practical. How it works · Book a competency check
Creative storytelling with AI: The making of AncestraGoogle for Developers · Lesson1 h 2 min.
Going Further with Additional Image Prompting Techniques | Prompting for Generative AI | AdobeAdobe · Lesson5 min.
Using Workflows | Runway AcademyRunway · Lesson3 min.
How to Enhance Live Action Footage with AI | RunwayRunway · Lesson4 min.
Go further
Beyond YouTube, labelled honestly. Free first. Paid options are labelled.
- Runway Academy Free (the tool itself is paid)
Runway. Official short lessons on references, Aleph, Act-Two and workflows. - Veo video prompt guide Free
Google Cloud. Google's own prompt structure for Veo; compare it with our skeleton. - Luma documentation Free (the tool itself is paid)
Luma AI. Ray3.2 modify, keyframes and HDR/EXR output. - AI for Screen Creatives: Practical Workflows, Rights and Creative Control Paid (£295)
NFTS. One-day UK course. - Curious Refuge AI film-making courses Paid (check the site for current price)
Curious Refuge. Cohort-based online AI film-making school; independent, US-based. - Generative AI for Everyone Free to audit; certificate paid
Coursera (DeepLearning.AI). Plain-English grounding in how generative AI works.
For learners and trainers
Every lesson is a free video by its original maker, played from YouTube with privacy-enhanced settings. Found a broken video? Email [email protected].