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AI Filmmaking Workshop Sat 19 Sept 2026 Barok Cafe, Davao
Here is what we covered, in one page. Start making, or leave your email and we will tell you what is next.
The 4 ways to make
Every AI tool does one of these. Learn the four names and every app makes sense.
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Text-to-image
Words in. A new picture out.
Starting from nothing: a character, a place, a poster. Pictures are quick to redo, so make a few and keep the best.
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Image-to-image
Picture in. Changed picture out.
The same character in every scene. Make a cast sheet once, then feed it into each shot. Also: a product on a new background, day into night.
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Text-to-video
Words in. A moving shot out.
A mood shot or an opener. Hard to control: ask three times and you get three different people.
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Image-to-video
Your picture, now moving.
How real AI films are made. Get the face, the clothes and the place right in a still, then ask for movement.
What to remember
Local AI vs the cloud
- Local runs on your own graphics card. Only open models run at home, and it is not really free: you paid for the card and you pay for power.
- The top video models only run on their makers' servers. You pay per render and it works on any laptop or phone.
- Most working creators use both.
Free vs paid
- "Free" usually comes with limits. Check commercial use, watermarks, and whether your work is used to train the model.
- Before you sell to a client: check the plan allows commercial use, keep your receipts, download your finals.
- On MarketDragon, free-plan downloads carry a small watermark. Paid plans remove it.
Tokens vs credits
- A token is a piece of text. Chat is measured in tokens. A credit pays for a render: a picture, a video, a voice.
- With us, planning is free and everyday chat is included under our fair usage policy.
- Credits are used only when something renders. Nothing spends until you press, and prices are in pesos.
Where your money goes
- AI runs in data centers: huge buildings of chips that need power and cooling all day. Every render has a real cost for someone.
- That is why real AI is never "free unlimited".
- The best thing each of us can do: plan first, render less.
The legal way vs the black market
- "Unlimited for a few hundred pesos" offers only work with stolen or shared access. Accounts get banned mid-project, and cracked apps spread malware.
- Use a paid, legal plan with receipts, so the service stays up and your work does not disappear.
Spaces
Drop cards, wire them, press Generate. A wire means "use this as the input". You see the price before anything renders.
See SpacesForge
Describe a film and the Director writes, casts and builds it with you in chat. Credits are used only when a shot renders.
See ForgeStay in the loop
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