Micro-Series Maker: ten thirty-second episodes from one premise

Make a micro-series, one thirty-second episode at a time

A micro-series is a show built for the thumb: ten episodes a season, each one under thirty seconds, each one ending on a reason to swipe up. Microshow gives you a season board, a cast that stays the same from episode one to episode ten, and a public feed that plays the whole season in order.

What a micro-series is, and what it is not

The format is strict on purpose. An episode is two or three takes of between four and fifteen seconds, and the total never passes thirty. That limit is enforced when you shoot a take, not discovered later in an editor, so you plan the beat you have room for instead of trimming a scene that ran long. Ten episodes make a season; a show can run as many seasons as you want.

It is not a long drama chopped into pieces. Each episode has to work when someone lands on it cold from a share link, which means a clear situation in the first take, a turn in the second, and a line or image at the end that makes the next episode feel owed. The season board is built around that rhythm: ten slots, each with a one-line premise, so you can see the whole arc before you shoot anything.

How the cast stays the same across a season

Your cast lives in a library of generated portraits. Every take you shoot references the same portrait, the same outfit and, if you pick one, the same prop, so a character in episode seven reads as the character from episode one. You can add up to three cast members per take, choose a set from the library or upload your own location plate, and give each character a voice style written as a description rather than a recording.

Because the library is shared across all your shows, a face you create for one micro-series can turn up in another. A recurring ensemble is the cheapest way to make a feed feel like a channel rather than a pile of clips.

From premise to feed

Start with a show title and a premise in a sentence or two. Draft a season to get ten one-line episode premises that escalate in order; edit any of them, or write your own. Open an episode, write what happens in the first take, pick the cast and set, choose standard or high quality, and shoot. Repeat for the second and third take, then cut the episode. The cut is a single vertical file that goes straight into the show feed.

When the season is cut, set the show public. The show page becomes a vertical feed: one episode per screen, muted autoplay, sound on tap, swipe for the next one, and a card at the end that moves people into the next season. Each episode also has its own link so a single episode can travel on its own.

Episodes made this way

A concierge hands a guest the key to a room that is already occupied.

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

The same table sends back the same dish for the third night running.

A founder finally says the valuation out loud at a rooftop party.

Questions

How long can a micro-series episode be?

Thirty seconds of footage at most, made of two or three takes between four and fifteen seconds each. The studio refuses a take that would push the episode over the cap.

How many episodes are in a season?

Ten. The season board always shows ten slots so the arc is visible before anything is shot. A show can have many seasons.

Who owns the micro-series I make?

You do. The episodes, takes and library images you produce are yours to publish and distribute under the terms of service. Copyright rules differ from country to country, so check with a lawyer where that matters to you.

What does a season cost?

Takes are priced per second by quality and resolution, shown before every shoot. Drafting a season costs 2 credits and cutting an episode costs 2 credits. A ten-episode season of standard 480p episodes comes to roughly 240 credits.