Story clarity
Premise, logline, audience, genre position, and the reason the story matters now.
The Forge Sprint
Turn your story idea into an AI-ready cinematic pitch package in 7 days.
A productized creative development sprint for writers, authors, educators, indie filmmakers, and mission-driven creators who need story structure, visual direction, and a practical AI production path.
Opening 5 founding slots while the process is refined and case studies are built.
The problem
Most AI filmmaking starts in the wrong place.
Creators jump straight into image generators, video models, voices, and prompts before the story has a spine. The result may look cinematic, but it often feels scattered.
The Forge Sprint starts before the tools: premise, audience, character logic, story architecture, visual world, and production workflow.
The offer
A structured story-to-screen development sprint.
In 7 days, we transform your story, book, script, memoir, teaching concept, or mission-driven message into a package you can use to pitch, prototype, and begin AI-assisted production.
This is not
- A generic prompt pack
- A long course you finish alone
- A full film production commitment
This is
- A focused development sprint
- A story architecture system
- A practical AI production starting point
The Forge system
Story to Screen is a system.
The Forge moves a creative project through five production gates, in order, so the story has a spine before the AI tools touch it.
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Story
Premise, audience, and the reason this project should exist now.
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Manuscript
Structure, beats, and character logic written down so the story holds.
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Screen
Visual direction, scene language, and continuity rules for AI generators.
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Audio
Voice, sound, and pacing decisions that make the package feel produced.
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Production
The roadmap from sprint output to a real, executable next step.
Deliverables
What you leave with
A complete asset stack — story architecture, script direction, visuals, audio planning, and pitch materials — built around your project.
Story architecture
An 8 to 12 beat structure with the emotional spine and narrative movement clarified.
Character system
A practical map of the major characters, relationships, tensions, and transformation arcs.
Visual direction
A style direction that helps AI tools generate with continuity instead of random aesthetics.
Prompt pack
AI production prompts for scenes, trailer concepts, visual references, and development iterations.
Roadmap
A next-step production path so the project can move beyond ideation into execution.
Founding tiers
Choose the level of development your story needs.
Starter Sprint
$497
For creators who need clarity and structure fast.
- Core premise and logline
- Audience and genre positioning
- 8 to 12 beat structure
- Short treatment
- Starter AI prompt pack
Cinematic Sprint
$997
For creators who want a complete AI-ready pitch package.
- Everything in Starter
- Character ecosystem
- Visual style bible
- Scene and trailer prompts
- Production roadmap
Forge Intensive
$2,500
For serious cinematic IP, education, nonprofit, or creator-led projects.
- Everything in Cinematic
- Two strategy sessions
- Workflow design
- Pitch deck outline
- 30-day implementation plan
Risk reducer
If the fit is wrong, we stop before the sprint begins.
If after the intake call I do not believe I can create meaningful value for your project, I will refund you before the sprint begins.
The goal is not to sell everyone. The goal is to work with projects where story architecture and AI production design can create real momentum.
Apply
Founding slots: tell me what you want to bring to life.
A focused 7-day sprint to move one creative project from scattered possibility to production-ready momentum. Five founding projects only.
Start the application
Application first. Stripe payment link only after fit and tier are confirmed.
Founding application
Apply for one of the 5 founding sprint slots.
Share enough context for me to understand the project and recommend the right next step. If it looks like a fit, I’ll reply with a tier recommendation and a secure Stripe checkout link.