On Friday, I co-hosted a workshop with Markus Walsch for editorial teams at BR – Bayerischer Rundfunk. Markus is an AI storyteller, and we first met at an event organized by the German Screenwriters’ Association (DDV), where we both gave keynote talks and later shared the stage on a panel. That initial exchange has now turned into a joint workshop.
At the center of the workshop was Vibe Filming. Not to be confused with Vibe Coding. It is an approach where a film is created directly from a clear narrative idea, a defined vibe, and a structured prompt dramaturgy. From concept to moving image in one continuous creative process.
We worked with AI tools that take a screenplay as their core input and generate a video from it. What matters most is not the tool itself, but how you guide it. Perspectives, camera angles, scene logic, style, characters, and visual consistency all need to be clearly defined and trained. Only then does the result move beyond a random AI clip and become a usable reference film for editorial teams, format development, productions, or pitches.
For me personally, this was especially exciting because I used to produce 3D short films intensively. That meant long nights of rendering, complex setups, and significant technical effort. Today, comparable visual sketches can be created within minutes. Vibe Filming becomes a true creative test lab, where ideas can be visualized quickly, moods can be tested, and visual worlds can be experienced in advance, before a traditional production even begins.
In the hands-on exercises, the BR participants created videos of around one and a half minutes within a short time. These clips work very well as references for film projects or individual scenes. Not as a gimmick, but as a practical tool for everyday editorial work.
One moment during the workshop was particularly telling. Our tools suddenly slowed down, and we realized that Google Nano Banana Pro was being rolled out live at that very moment. Suddenly, we had different possibilities than just minutes before. This perfectly illustrates the dynamic we are operating in. While we explain and demonstrate, the technological foundation is already changing again.
Thank you to Bayerischer Rundfunk for the trust, and to Markus Walsch for the inspiring collaboration.
