Daily Micro-Episode Generator: one thirty-second episode a day

Generate a micro-episode a day without burning out

A daily show fails when each day starts from nothing. Microshow keeps the parts that should not change, the cast, the sets and the season plan, and leaves you one job a day: shoot two or three takes against the next premise on the board and cut. Ten days later a season is done and the feed has been growing the whole time.

A ten-day season

Draft the season on day one: ten premises, one per slot, in an order that builds. Each morning open the next slot, read the line, and write three takes against it. The counter keeps the episode under thirty seconds; the cast picker keeps the faces consistent; the cut takes a couple of minutes. Set the episode public and the feed gains a screen. On day eleven start a new season on a fresh board.

What stays fixed

The show has a default cast and set stored on its card. Opening a take prefills them, so a daily episode begins with the right people in the right room and only the action is new. Voice styles are attached to cast slots too, so the way a character speaks is set once. If a day calls for a guest, add a third cast member for that take only.

Premises on the board can be edited any time, so a season plan can bend to what yesterday's episode turned out to be. Reordering is not needed; the slots are the order.

Cost of a daily habit

A standard 480p episode of three ten-second takes is 92 credits including the cut, so a monthly plan of 250 credits covers a couple of episodes a week and the 1000-credit plan covers a daily season at standard quality with reshoots to spare. Credits are only charged for a take once the render is accepted; a take refused for length or moderation costs nothing.

Episodes made this way

A courier opens the one parcel she was told never to open.

A market trader catches her rival with a weight that lies.

Two strangers split the last dryer and the last ten minutes of the night.

A chess club regular lets her clock run out on purpose.

Questions

Do I have to post every day?

No. The board does not care about dates. Daily is a rhythm the format makes easy, not a rule it enforces.

Can I prepare episodes ahead and release them later?

Yes. Cut episodes stay private until you switch them public, so a week of episodes can be cut on a Sunday and released one at a time.

Who owns the daily episodes I generate?

You do. The terms of service cover the licence Microshow needs to host them. Because copyright law varies by country, ask a lawyer if you need a definite answer for your situation.

What happens if a render fails?

A take that fails before the render starts returns its credits. A render that was accepted and then failed is treated as a failed take and its credits are kept, in line with the terms.