Period scenes are costly
The Long March route, old streets, field camps—sets, costumes and props all add up.
Red-Culture Micro-Dramas:A Question from the Past, Answered by Life Today
Making red-culture shorts people actually watch is hard: period sets are expensive, costumes and props hard to source; told like a documentary, young viewers swipe past; set only in the present, the history loses its weight.
We give each story a hook—a family letter, a museum piece, a question asked long ago. The film cuts between then and now, and the forebears’ hopes are answered by today’s cities, villages and children. Historical scenes are generated with AI, no sets needed, and a full emotional arc fits in a minute or two.
ForPublicity, civilization and Party history officesTourism bureaus, memorial halls and red heritage sitesMedia outlets and media centersUniversities, Youth League committees and schools
01CHALLENGES
Where this kind of video usually gets stuck
Young viewers swipe past
A textbook tone gets scrolled past in seconds on vertical platforms.
Past and present don’t connect
History first, achievements second—it feels like two films stuck together.
02WHY AI
How AI solves them
Period scenes, generated
Old streets, barracks and grasslands generated from sources—no sets or costume hunts.
One hook throughout
A letter or a question runs start to finish; past and present are two ends of the same thread.
Short but complete
Question, listening and reply in a minute or two—short enough to watch on a scroll.
Built for series
One forebear or one place per episode, with consistent characters and style.
03WHAT WE MAKE
What we can make
Family letter dramas
From a letter in a museum, back to the night it was written, and forward to today.
Across-time encounters
A forebear and today’s soldier, student or builder share the frame, question and answer.
Local red history
A place’s revolutionary past, answered by its villages and cities today.
Themed competition entries
Entries for government or media calls, from script to finished film.
04HOW IT WORKS
How it works
Each step comes to you for approval before we move on.
- STEP 01
You send the theme and sources
The person, event or place, and any letters, artifacts and records.
- STEP 02
We write and cast
We write the script and character designs, then show stills of key figures and scenes for you and historians.
- STEP 03
We generate and edit
We generate the video, add dialogue or narration, music and subtitles, and cut a draft.
- STEP 04
Final and distribution
We revise to review notes and deliver vertical and landscape; series are scheduled episode by episode.
05CASES
Work we’ve done
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Public Interest & Public Communication
Southwest Zhejiang in Family Letters
Letters from Southwest Zhejiang, for the In Zhejiang micro-drama program: Liu Ying’s letter leads from a memorial hall to Zhejiang today—script, visuals and edit by us.
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IP & Short Drama·Jun 2026
Wishes Fulfilled in a Prosperous Era: Chasms into Thoroughfares
Our own practice piece, Chasm to Thoroughfare: a Long March soldier and a modern one meet on the same hillside, and a phone links the two eras.
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Public Interest & Public Communication
Baidu × Pen Warriors: A Veteran's Dream Come True
Veteran’s Wish, by Baidu with creator Zhibi Zhanshi: an old soldier meets his younger self; we made the travel stills and story short.
See the full case06DELIVERABLES
What you get, what you prepare
You’ll receive
- Vertical or landscape film
- Script and storyboard
- Dialogue, narration and music
- Subtitle files
- Cover poster and stills
Before we start
- Where it will play: screens, website, WeChat, video channels or live events
- What to say: a few lines, a brochure or existing copy
- What you have: photos, logo, past videos and references
- Launch date and rough length
For process, pricing and revisions, see Process & Pricing.
07FAQ
Frequently asked questions
- How do you get the history right?
- Figures, costumes and settings follow your sources and photos, and historians or the memorial hall review script and key frames before video.
- Can you feature our local heroes?
- Yes. Send photos and biographies and we recreate them from the records; for living people or their families, we proceed only with their consent.
- How long is an episode, and how fast?
- Usually one to two minutes; first cut in about a week once the script is set. Later episodes go faster once characters are fixed. Rush production is available; timeline and price are agreed case by case.
- Can it be entered in competitions?
- Yes. We follow the call’s length, ratio and theme, and can handle everything from script to final film.
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Page updated 2026-10-24