Sliding Doors

a short film series generated automatically with an AI pipeline

Lior Mamon · March 2026

The Concept

Subway

SoHo · Love

Golden hour. An ex-boyfriend. Warm surprise.

LES · Secrets

Neon night. Her sister. Unspoken truth.

Times Square · Compassion

Blue hour dawn. A homeless man. Human connection.

Same start. Different stop. Different story. 8 shots per episode.

The Pipeline

From theme to film
Input
Theme + Refs
Claude generates
episode JSON from
theme + schema
theme
Apple refs
CU
full
3/4
prof
PARALLEL
Stage 1
Nano Images
fal.ai/nano-banana-2
edit mode + character refs
shot 5: Qwen reverse + swap
S3 wide
S4 CU
S5 new
S6 CU
S7 new
S8 CU
SEQUENTIAL
Stage 2
11Labs Audio
eleven_multilingual_v2
10-20 words, 4-6 sec
delivery: 1-2 word notes
S4 apple
S5 new
S6 apple
S7 new
4x PARALLEL
REVIEW
IMAGES
Stage 3
LTX 2.3 Video
fal.ai/ltx-2.3
image + audio → video
image → video
S3
S8
image+audio → video
S4
S5
S6
S7
6x PARALLEL — all fire simultaneously
Stage 4
Assembly
ffmpeg concat
8 shots → 1 film
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S1-S2 fixed · S3,S8 silent · S4-S7 dialogue

The Script

Random script generated with Claude according to a fixed structure

Shot 3 — street exit · one per episode
Ep1 SoHo
ep 1 · love · soho
Ep2 LES
ep 2 · secrets · les
Ep3 Times Square
ep 3 · compassion · times sq
Central Park
ep 4 · central park

Image Generation

Images generated using Nano Banana 2

Blonde woman, late 20s, urban NYC aesthetic. Black clothing — turtlenecks, tailored pieces — natural wavy hair. Built from 6 studio reference images across key angles to maintain consistency across every shot.

Character reference sheet — 4 angles
Close-up
close-up
Full body
full body
Profile
profile
3/4 angle
3/4 angle
Dataset — 40 images across NYC locations
Diner Bar Stairwell Subway platform Central Park Flea market Subway stairs Taxi Laundromat Library Neon alley 5th Ave
New character — Daniel (text-to-image refs)

Man, early 30s, tall athletic build. Thick dark brown wavy hair swept back, strong square jaw, deep-set brown eyes, tanned skin, clean-shaven. Charcoal linen blazer over white crew-neck t-shirt, faded indigo slim jeans, tan suede chelsea boots.

Close-up
close-up
Full body
full body
SoHo location
SoHo — generated

Audio Generation

Audio generated using 11Labs · eleven_multilingual_v2

Shot 4 — Apple
"Daniel? Oh my god, what are you even doing here, I thought you moved to Chicago."
Delivery: happily surprised
Shot 5 — Daniel
"I actually moved back about a month ago, I kept meaning to reach out to you."
Delivery: calm, gentle
Shot 6 — Apple
"You look really different, I honestly almost didn't recognize you standing there like that."
Delivery: soft, warm
Shot 7 — Daniel
"I still have that jacket you gave me, I actually wear it all the time now."
Delivery: quiet, warm

Video Generation

Video generated using LTX 2.3 · audio & image to video · native lip sync

Episode 1 — Love · 8 shots · assembled with ffmpeg

UI Demo

Theme → JSON → Shooting List → Video

~45 min
per episode
~$2.50
total cost