YOUR LIFE AS AN ANIME

The tool: OpenArt Director · if you can describe it, you can direct it.

The order

00 /The photo One photo, that's it. Shoulders up, face straight to camera, even light (window light works), plain background if you can, phone camera is fine. Mine was hood down for the input. The hood goes back up in the show.

01 /The character Describe yourself in one breath: what you wear, what energy you carry. Director keeps that face and that character in every scene from here on.

02 /The episode One week of your life, one scene at a time. No prompt language anywhere. Just say what happens. Director builds the shots, the cuts and the music, up to five continuous minutes, no stitching.

03 /The voice Record 30 to 60 seconds of yourself talking normally. Quiet room, phone close, no performance. That recording becomes your character's voice, lip-synced. Then give them a line you'd actually say.

04 /The notes This is the part that feels like a set. You give notes and a note changes only the thing you name. Nothing else regenerates.

Step 1: the character

the_character.txt

This is me. Make me the main character of a dark anime. Keep my real face, just drawn. She wears a black hoodie, hood up, and she looks like she's always walking home late.

Swap the highlighted part for your own one-breath description

↳What comes back

Your face, drawn, and it holds in every scene from here on. That consistency is the whole trick: one character, one look, the entire episode.

Step 2: the episode

the_episode.txt

SCENE 1: Open on my character walking home at night in heavy rain, hood up. The streetlights are orange and the street is empty. She's tired but calm, like the day just ended.

SCENE 2: Cut to her room, lit only by the screen. She's editing a video and the coffee's gone cold next to the keyboard. Rain on the window behind her.

SCENE 3: Her phone lights up on the desk. It's a message from a brand that wants to work with her. Close on her face, a small smile, then she looks straight back at the screen.

SCENE 4: Now a wide shot of the whole city at night from a rooftop, the rain easing off, one small figure standing at the edge looking out.

SCENE 5: Last scene, morning. Grey light, the rain has stopped, and she's asleep at the desk with the finished video still playing.

Say them one at a time. Got a track you love? Upload it and tell Director to cut to it

↳Your version

Your week has scenes like these: where you walk, where you work, who messaged you, where you'd stand and look out. Say them the same way. No prompt language anywhere, just say what happens.

Step 3: the voice

the_voice.txt

Have my character say, in my voice: "I made this whole thing by talking."

Record 30 to 60 seconds of yourself first, then give them a line you'd actually say

↳What comes back

Your character speaking a line in your actual voice, lip-synced. That moment is the one you'll rewatch, I won't lie.

Step 4: the notes

the_notes.txt

NOTE 1: Make the rain heavier.

NOTE 2: Keep her face exactly the same, but bring the camera closer in the last scene.

NOTE 3: Make the streetlight flicker in the opening shot.

NOTE 4: Slow the final shot down.

In the order I gave them. Each note changes only the thing it names

↳Honest one

A couple of my notes took a second go before it caught exactly what I meant. If that happens, say the note again and name the one thing more clearly. It lands.

That's every line

The tool draws what you describe, so describe better. That's the whole skill, and you've had it since you could talk.

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Your Life as an Anime