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Make an AI Animated Short: Scene 3 — The Low-Poly Arena

2026-08-10 · Academy lesson · Adil · recording, 1:40 · original

Topic: Image generation & editing (also: Video generation & shot direction) · mode: Tutorial · tags: course chapter, series, one creator's experience

In scene 3 of his animated short, Adil makes a chibi low-poly arena from a two-word Soul Cinema prompt, fixes the hero's hair and suit with an edit in Nano Banana Pro, and has Claude write the scene from the image and the first video's prompt.

Part of another source

This recording is almost entirely part of How To Make an AI Animated Short Film (Full Workflow) (2026-04-09); what is said in it is covered on that page.

What is said

  • 00:00:00 — Scene 3 plan: the chibi low-poly coliseum from a two-word Soul Cinema prompt
  • 00:00:26 — Matching the first character: hair and suit edited in Nano Banana Pro
  • 00:00:51 — Image and the first video's prompt into Claude; the scene described beat by beat
  • 00:01:33 — The finished arena scene

Threads in this video

  • restate · Should prompts be short or long? — For the scene 3 image Adil's whole Soul Cinema prompt is "chibi gladiator toy in a low-poly arena", just a couple of words; he says sometimes dead simple is exactly right. (00:00:00)
  • restate · How do you keep a character the same across shots? — To match the hero of the first scene, Adil takes the Soul Cinema arena image into Nano Banana Pro and asks it to make the hair black and put him in a suit: an edit, no new generation. (00:00:26)
  • restate · Which image model should be used for keyframes, edits, text and outfits? — Adil's split for the animated short's images: Soul Cinema gives the style, then Nano Banana Pro fixes the character. (00:00:26)
  • restate · Which LLM should be used to write video prompts? — With the same workflow, Adil gives Claude the arena image and the first video's prompt and describes scene 3: the hero lands, realises he is a chibi, cannot control his blocky hands to pick up a weapon, dodges a knight, fumbles the watch and catches it on the last try to teleport out. (00:00:51)

Mentioned

Central: Make an AI Animated Short · Nano Banana Pro · Soul Cinema

Also: Claude · keyframe

Only in the description or credits: Higgsfield Academy

Also centred on Make an AI Animated Short: Make an AI Animated Short: Scene 6 — Clay Hell · Make an AI Animated Short: Scene 2 — The Cowboy Chase · Make an AI Animated Short: The full film, and the workflow behind it · Make an AI Animated Short: Scene 7 — The Wedding Crash · Make an AI Animated Short: Scene 5 — The Manga World · Make an AI Animated Short: Scene 4 — The Cyberpunk Rooftop

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