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Building a vertical screenplay large model
Precisely mass-producing AI short dramas that keep audiences hooked

Case introduction

METADAWN

Industry track: AI + Film/TV / Generative Visuals
The founder holds a BA in Film and Animation from Birmingham City University, UK, is a selected director of the Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival in Hong Kong (receiving HK$100,000 in official funding from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council), and previously served as an assistant producer at Radio Television Hong Kong. The co-founder holds a master's degree from Columbia University, USA, and previously worked as a data scientist at Tencent Music and an advertising algorithm engineer at Kuaishou.

METADAWN case

Case summary

Utilizes generative artificial intelligence to explore film, television, and visual content creation, covering creative planning, script assistance, visual design, and content production, providing intelligent creative production support for brands, film and television, and the content industry.

Traditional micro short dramas rely on "blind guessing" when selecting topics, which is costly and risky. Yuanxi Chuangying's Script AI engine captures data such as audience second-level drop-off rate and directly generates storyboard prompts, feeding them to the underlying video foundation model. The original 30-person production crew has been reduced to 2 people.
We also ran an IP experiment: using the AI virtual idol "Yiran" to star across genres in a matrix of superhero short dramas, turning public platform traffic into our own IP. After the first work went live, its data surpassed the average level of similar creators, and the MVP stage has now been validated.
After joining the Qianhai OPC International Community, the team used the official 50P computing power to enable privatized high-concurrency rendering. The next step is to develop multilingual, multi-face AI audiovisual assets and expand into North American and Southeast Asian markets.

Milestones

  1. The first AI virtual idol short drama completed its grayscale test with a completion rate of nearly 20%.

  2. Won the Bronze Award in the 2026 Guangdong Province "Zhongchuang Cup" Entrepreneurship Competition.