---
title: "Live-Action Short Drama: Episode Script, Storyboard, Character Turnarounds and Vertical Shots"
summary: "A 90-second episode written first, with logline, beat sheet, dialogue, storyboard and character cards, then turnarounds for the leads, photoreal vertical shots drawn from the same faces, cast voices, a score and the joined cut."
url: "https://beatra.ai/en/skills/live-action-short-drama"
language: "en"
version: "0.1.2"
last_verified: "2026-11-09"
---

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# Write the episode first, then shoot it in live-action style

Live-Action Short Drama turns one idea into a 90-second vertical episode on paper: a logline, a beat sheet, scene-by-scene dialogue, a shot-by-shot storyboard, and character cards. It then draws a turnaround sheet for each lead, makes every shot from those turnaround sheets with each role voiced and an original score, and joins the shots into one vertical cut of up to two minutes. Live-Action Short Drama works in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and other agents that run Skills.

```text
Install Live-Action Short Drama and tell me when I need to sign in: https://beatra.ai/skills/live-action-short-drama/install.md
```

Send it to WorkBuddy, Codex, Claude Code, or another agent to install. Sign in once the first time you use it.

[install.md](https://www.beatra.cn/skills/live-action-short-drama/install.md) · [Docs](https://docs.beatra.cn/en/docs/capabilities)

## One idea, one episode you can post

### The episode is written first

Logline, beat sheet, dialogue, storyboard and character cards arrive in the first reply.

### The same faces, shot after shot

Each lead gets a turnaround sheet, and every shot is drawn from it.

### Voiced, scored and cut

One voice per role, an original score, and the shots joined into one vertical cut of up to two minutes.

## How it is made

### Write · The episode on paper

A logline, a beat sheet with the hook, the turn and the cliffhanger, scene-by-scene dialogue, about ten storyboard shots, and a card for every character.

- Each beat's seconds
- Who says each line
- Each shot's picture, framing and line

### Cast · Leads drawn once, faces kept

A photoreal turnaround for each lead, with front, side and back views and a face close-up; every shot still is drawn from it.

### Shoot · Shots, voices, score and the cut

Each still becomes a vertical shot, speaking shots carry the line in that role's voice, and the shots are joined with the score and subtitles into a cut of up to two minutes.

## Who makes drama with it

### Short drama writers

See a script as shots and hear its lines before anyone films it.

### Novelists

Turn a chapter you wrote into a 90-second episode.

### Drama accounts

Post vertical episodes with the same characters every time.

### Small teams

Pitch a series with a storyboard, turnarounds and a sample cut.

## Inputs and outputs

| Input or output | Type | Formats | Specifications |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Input | Text — A story idea, or a novel chapter to adapt | — | — |
| Input | Image — Cast photo (optional) | JPG, PNG | — |
| Input | Audio — Voice sample for a cloned voice (optional) | — | 10–300 s; up to 20 MB each |
| Output | Text — Logline, beat sheet, scene-by-scene dialogue, storyboard, and character cards | — | editable |
| Output | Image — A turnaround sheet per lead and one image per shot | — | 2K; aspect ratios 9:16, 16:9, 1:1, 3:4 |
| Output | Video — One live-action-style clip per shot | MP4 | up to 30 s |
| Output | Audio — Each line in its role's fixed voice, one file per line | MP3 | — |
| Output | Audio — One original instrumental score for the episode | — | — |
| Output | Video — Episode cut with lines, score, and subtitles | MP4 | up to 120 s; 1080p; aspect ratios 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 3:4 |

Specifications last checked 2026-11-09 · Sources: [Model catalog](https://docs.beatra.cn/en/docs/models) · [Documentation](https://docs.beatra.cn/en/docs/mcp-tools) · [Terms of Service](https://www.beatra.cn/en/terms)

## Questions

### What do I start with?

An idea in one sentence, or a story, outline or scene you wrote. Add the length, genre and cast if you already know them.

### Who plays the characters?

Fictional people built from the character cards. You can also play a role yourself from your own photo, or cast someone from their photo.

### How long is the finished cut?

One episode joins into a vertical cut of up to two minutes; a longer story comes as one cut per part.

## Related Skills

- [Micro-Lesson Maker](https://www.beatra.cn/en/skills/micro-lesson-maker): The slides on screen with a clear spoken explanation and subtitles, plus the teacher's photo or a digital-human opening.
- [Lesson Plan to Micro-Lesson Video](https://www.beatra.cn/en/skills/micro-lesson-teacher): Get the lesson plan, every slide, and the script written first, then the courseware and a narrated micro-lesson video.
- [MiniMax H3 AI Video Creator](https://www.beatra.cn/en/skills/minimax-h3-ai-video): Bring ads, products, brands, dynamic posters, game moments, and social stories to life with cinematic movement and native stereo sound.
- [MOOC Video Producer](https://www.beatra.cn/en/skills/mooc-producer): Get the chapter plan and lesson 1 scripted first, then every lesson narrated over your slides in your own voice, with subtitles.

[More Video & animation Skills](https://www.beatra.cn/en/skills/categories/video-animation)