Americans write and direct. Our team in Manila handles animation and finishing. Platform seasons from $50,000.
Many platforms buy low-cost series from overseas studios, and many are remakes of Chinese hits. Viewers notice the seams. A couple waits 30 days to divorce. A dress costs 50 million dollars. The dialogue sounds translated, because it was.
We close that gap. Our stories are written and directed in the U.S. by people who grew up on American drama. Our production team in Manila keeps the cost down. Platforms pay $150,000 to $250,000 for a live-action series. Our platform seasons start at $50,000.
Live-action figure: Filmustage, citing Vitrina 2025 data.
Most U.S. verticals reach the app through a producer. We work behind you, from the first board to the final frame. You keep the client and the schedule, and the series can carry your banner. Platforms can also commission us direct.
You shoot the drama with real actors. We add what a vertical budget cannot shoot: werewolves, ghosts, dragons, and establishing shots. In September 2026 we delivered VFX for a live-action series on a U.S. platform in 24 hours. The client had no creative notes.
Animal and animated dramas, voiced by actors. U.S. platforms that turn down AI actors are open to this lane. We board, build, and finish every episode.
Pre-production is the real cost of a sample: a series can carry six characters and as many locations. So the first test uses a cast we have already built, and your own cast is a paid step that counts toward the season. Branded series for brands and agencies are quoted separately, by scope and media usage.
Five genres, five worlds. Each clip is 15 seconds, and each one ends where an episode would: on the hook.
Every month we read what viewers say about AI series on Reddit and YouTube. The same complaints come back. Here are five, and our fix for each. Every fix starts with a pencil.
Some U.S. platforms do not accept photoreal AI actors. Pick the route your platform will buy, and we will tell you which one fits.
You shoot the drama with real actors. We add the creatures, the magic, and the worlds you cannot shoot.
3D or photoreal animals and characters, voiced by actors. Paw Beach Club is our spec pilot in this lane.
Photoreal characters with invented faces, built once and held for the full season. For platforms that buy AI series.
What a platform or producer gets for its money, side by side.
| U.S. live-action shoot | Offshore AI studio | RenderMind | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price per platform season | $150,000 to $250,000 | Lowest in the market | From $50,000 |
| Time to deliver | About 8 shoot days, then post | Days to weeks | 3–6 weeks from a locked script |
| Story | U.S. writers | Often remakes of Chinese hits | U.S. writers, original stories |
| Cast | Real actors | AI faces, often lookalikes | Your cast with our VFX, animated, or AI |
| Continuity | Set by the shoot | Faces and clothes drift | Locked on sheets, checked by artists |
| Rights | Standard chain of title | Often unclear | Registration-eligible workflow, documentation included |
Sources: Live-action price: Filmustage, citing Vitrina 2025 data · Shoot days: L.A. Castle Studios, August 2026.
RenderMind is the AI production arm of Animatic Media. Since 1997 we have drawn storyboards and animatics for TBWA\Chiat\Day, BBDO, Wieden+Kennedy, Goodby Silverstein, Leo Burnett, Ogilvy, and Droga5.
In 1999, our founder drew the boards Steven Spielberg signed off on for E.T.'s Super Bowl appearance with Progressive. Every series we make still starts with a pencil.
Straight answers on price, speed, casting, and rights.
Book a 20-minute call →A microdrama is a vertical series made for phones, with episodes of 1 to 2 minutes. A season runs 60 to 100 episodes, and each one ends on a cliffhanger. Most apps make the first episodes free and put the paywall between episodes 4 and 10. Vertical drama, short drama, micro-series, and duanju are other names for the same format.
Platform seasons start at $50,000 for up to 60 episodes. Branded series for brands and agencies are quoted separately, by scope and media usage. The final price depends on episode count, runtime, and genre. For comparison, platforms pay $150,000 to $250,000 for a live-action series of 60 to 90 episodes. Most series start with a pitch kit, and its fee is credited in full to the season.
Yes, in two steps. Send one page of your script, and we stage 15 seconds of it with a cast we have already built, at no cost. Your own cast and world take real pre-production, so that is the pitch kit: up to 6 characters and 4 locations, boards for Episode 1, and a finished 30-second teaser. Its fee is credited in full to your season.
Yes. You keep the platform relationship and the schedule, and we build the series behind you. The credit line is your call.
No. You get a fixed price per episode batch, in writing, before we start. If you cut episodes, the price drops with them. Any change you ask for after you approve a batch gets a quote before we make it.
A full season takes 3 to 6 weeks from a locked script. You approve the first 3 episodes before we make the rest. For live-action producers, AI VFX shots come back in 1 to 2 days from the shot list. When a production needs it, we have turned shots around in 24 hours.
Only when your platform wants them. Some U.S. platforms do not accept photoreal AI actors. So we offer three routes: your live-action cast with our AI VFX, an animated or animal cast voiced by actors, or an AI cast with invented faces. We will tell you which route fits your platform.
Not unless that person signed a license. Every face in an AI cast is invented or licensed with written consent. We do not make celebrity lookalikes.
Not unless you ask for them. We cast voice actors and leave their performances unaltered. Some U.S. platforms require this.
Writers in the U.S. lead every script. They own the beat map, the episode breaks, and the cliffhangers. AI does not decide the story. Native speakers check every Spanish script.
We draw it first. Artists board every scene by hand, and every character, outfit, and location is locked on a sheet before production. Each shot is blocked in One Take, our 3D blocking tool. Artists then check every shot against the sheets and fix drift before you see it.
Your contract sets the rights you buy, and platforms often buy all of them. Our workflow is registration-eligible, and documentation is included if you elect to pursue registration. The studio holds U.S. Copyright Registration PAu 4-297-548 for an AI-finished commercial, backed by a legal opinion from Lorium PLLC. No studio can guarantee a registration outcome.
English and Spanish, with subtitles in both. A native speaker checks every name and line. Ask us about other languages.
Yes. We add what a vertical budget cannot shoot: werewolves, ghosts, dragons, and establishing shots. Send a shot list and you get a fixed price per shot before you shoot. Finished shots come back in 1 to 2 days, and a clean background plate on set makes each one faster.
We stage 15 seconds of your script with a cast we have already built, at no cost. Producers can send a VFX shot list instead. We reply in one business day.
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