Welcome to Video Creation with AI

The Video Creation Bottleneck

You have an idea for a great video. Maybe it’s a tutorial, a product review, a vlog, or a short film. The concept is clear in your head.

Then you sit down to create it.

The script takes three hours and still doesn’t feel right. The storyboard is a mess of sticky notes. Filming takes all day because you didn’t plan shots properly. Editing becomes a weekend project. And after uploading, the thumbnail gets ignored in a sea of content.

Sound familiar? The problem isn’t talent. It’s process.

What to Expect

This course breaks video creation into eight focused lessons. Each one tackles a specific production stage, from scripting through publishing. You’ll complete hands-on exercises and quizzes in every lesson. Work through the course at your own pace—one lesson per day or all at once.

How AI Transforms Video Production

AI doesn’t make you a filmmaker overnight. But it compresses the timeline dramatically by handling the most time-consuming parts of pre-production and post-production.

Traditional Workflow	AI-Assisted Workflow
Hours writing and rewriting scripts	Generate and refine scripts in minutes
Sketching storyboards by hand	Create visual shot lists instantly
Guessing at thumbnail designs	Test multiple thumbnail concepts quickly
Manually reviewing footage	Get AI-assisted edit suggestions
Hoping titles perform well	Analyze and optimize titles with data

The creative vision is yours. AI handles the grunt work.

The Video Production Pipeline

Every successful video follows this path:

CONCEPT → SCRIPT → STORYBOARD → FILM → EDIT → PACKAGE → PUBLISH → ANALYZE
    ↑                                                                  │
    └──────────────── Improve based on analytics ──────────────────────┘

Concept: What’s the video about? Who’s it for? Script: What will you say? In what order? Storyboard: What will viewers see? What shots do you need? Film: Capture the footage. Edit: Assemble, trim, add music and effects. Package: Create the thumbnail, title, and description. Publish: Upload and optimize for the platform. Analyze: What worked? What didn’t?

AI helps at every stage. This course teaches you how.

Setting Up Your Video AI Workflow

You’ll need:

1. An AI assistant Claude, ChatGPT, or similar. You’ll use it for scripts, storyboards, titles, descriptions, and analysis.

2. Recording equipment A smartphone is enough. A webcam works for tutorials. Upgrade later if you want.

3. Editing software Free options: DaVinci Resolve, CapCut, iMovie. Paid: Premiere Pro, Final Cut. Any works.

4. A publishing platform YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, or wherever your audience lives.

What AI Can and Can’t Do for Video

AI Excels At:

Scriptwriting assistance Generate hooks, outlines, transitions, and calls to action. Refine pacing and tone.

Storyboard generation Create detailed shot lists, visual descriptions, and scene breakdowns from your concept.

Title and thumbnail optimization Analyze what performs well in your niche and generate options to test.

Content research Find trending topics, competitor analysis, and audience questions in minutes.

Caption and description writing Generate SEO-optimized descriptions and accurate captions.

AI Needs Your Help With:

Creative vision What makes your content unique? AI can’t replicate your perspective.

Performance and personality On-camera presence is a human skill. AI can script the words; you deliver them.

Audience intuition You know your audience better than AI does. Use that knowledge to guide AI suggestions.

Quality judgment Is this take good enough? Is this edit too fast? Your eye decides.

Your First Quick Win

Try this now. Think of a video you want to create and use this prompt:

I want to create a [type] video about [topic] for [audience].

Please give me:
1. A hook for the first 5 seconds that stops viewers from scrolling
2. A 3-act structure outline (setup, content, payoff)
3. 5 potential titles ranked by click appeal
4. A one-sentence description of the ideal thumbnail

In two minutes, you have a production starting point that might have taken an hour of brainstorming.

What You’ll Learn

Lesson	Topic	Skill
1	Welcome	The AI video creation mindset
2	Scriptwriting	Write hooks and scripts that retain viewers
3	Storyboarding	Plan shots and visual sequences
4	Production	Film efficiently with AI-planned workflows
5	Editing	Cut and polish with AI assistance
6	Packaging	Create thumbnails and titles that get clicks
7	Analytics	Use data to improve future videos
8	Capstone	Build a complete video production plan

Key Takeaways

Video creation bottlenecks are usually in planning and packaging, not filming
AI compresses pre-production and post-production timelines dramatically
Your creative vision and personality are what make content unique—AI amplifies these, not replaces them
The production pipeline (Concept through Analyze) gives structure to creative work
Start with scripting—it’s where AI delivers the most immediate value

Up next: In the next lesson, we’ll dive into Scriptwriting That Hooks Viewers.