ByteDance has turned AI-powered short dramas into an assembly line: adapting 100,000-word novels into scripts, and the finished short dramas can also be reworked for overseas distribution.

Beating AI News: ByteDance today launched "Jimu Short Drama Studio", a platform integrating screenwriting, character design, storyboarding, video generation and post-production. Its screenplay model DreamScript supports parsing 100,000-word full-length novels, generating up to 100 consecutive episodes of scripts, and checking plot conflicts and character settings. The storyboard model DreamShot offers a 3D director console, enabling users to adjust camera positions and movements in advance and preview shooting effects. Characters, costumes and scenes from scripts are automatically organized into a material library for reuse in subsequent shots; unsatisfactory shots can be re-shot individually after generation. The feature most suited for short dramas going global is "Remake & Redraw": users upload a completed short drama, and the AI will break down characters, scenes, props and shots, then regenerate visuals based on the target region, art style and aspect ratio, while preserving the original plot rhythm and shot language as much as possible — essentially creating an overseas version by re-filming the original footage. Many of these functions are derived from ByteDance's subsidiary Xiaoyunque. The latter launched its short drama agent in March this year, and rolled out the "Remake & Redraw" feature in August. On October 24, 36Kr reported that Xiaoyunque has been integrated into Jimu, while retaining its independent entry point.