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Frame Craft · AI image guide

Make AI images that look like real film frames

The 80-page guide to the system I use for an AI TV series and brand campaigns: camera, light, depth, colour and characters that stay the same in every shot.

Works with GPT Image, Nano Banana Pro, Seedream, Midjourney and Flux

The problem

You can spot an AI image in one second.

Not because the model is bad. Because nobody told it what a real camera, real light and a real set would do.

The model isn't the problem. The missing decisions are. A film still is a stack of choices. Frame Craft teaches you to make every one of them on purpose.
  • ✕Plastic skinToo smooth, too perfect. Nobody looks like that on film.
  • ✕Light from nowhereEverything is lit the same, so nothing feels real or dramatic.
  • ✕Pasted-on peopleThe subject floats in front of the background instead of standing in the space.
  • ✕A camera with no ideaRandom angle, random lens. The frame tells no story.
  • ✕A new face every timeYour character changes from one image to the next.
See the difference

From a reference to a frame that sells.

Drag the gold line on each image.

Character sheet of a red-haired woman in a green dressThe same woman on a rooftop at golden hour, a cinematic AI frameCharacter sheetFilm frame⟷

Same face. Any scene.

Build a character once, then place her anywhere without losing her face, hair or outfit.

A plain product photo of a drink can on whiteThe same can in a sunset rooftop ad with orange slices and iceProduct photoAd⟷

One photo. A whole campaign.

Lock the product and its label first, then build ad scenes around it that look shot, not generated.

What you'll be able to do

Think like a cinematographer.
Prompt like one too.

01Direct the cameraPick height, angle, shot size and lens with a reason, not at random.
02Build real depthForeground, subject, background, so people stand in the scene, not on top of it.
03Light with logicReal sources and real direction, so the light still matches in the next shot.
04Choose colour and lookA palette and a film look you pick on purpose, not by accident.
05Kill the AI lookSpot the tells that give an image away, and fix every one.
06Make ads that sellProduct and avatar images with correct labels, scale and hands.
Inside the guide

13 chapters. One clear system.

Three parts, in the order you build a frame: shoot it, give it a look, deliver it.

Guide page: what a good character sheet contains
Guide page: lock the product first
Guide page: the frame quality checklist

Real pages from the guide

Shoot

Camera, light and depth like a real set

  1. 00The Frame Stack
  2. 01References
  3. 02The Camera
  4. 03Composition & Depth
  5. 04Light

Look

Colour, style and faces that stay the same

  1. 05Colour
  2. 06Style & Medium
  3. 07Kill the AI Look
  4. 08Characters & Asset Bank

Deliver

Ads, finishing and ready templates

  1. 09Products & Avatars
  2. 10Edit & Finish
  3. 11Template Library
  4. 12Toolkit
What you get

Everything you need to make the frame.

80Page interactive PDFClickable contents and prompt boxes you can copy in one tap.
12Ready frame templatesFor the shots you'll make most: portraits, dialogue, products and more.
1Frame builderPlan your frame right inside the PDF, then turn it into a prompt.
✓Quality checklistApprove every image like a director of photography before you use it.
2Page cheat sheetThe whole system on one spread. Keep it open while you work.
∞Yours to keepRead it once, then come back to it on every project.
Works with the models
you already use
GPT ImageNano Banana ProSeedreamMidjourneyFlux
Made with this system

Frames, not renders.

Frames from my films and brand work, built with the method in Frame Craft.

An astronaut in a poppy field at sunset
Two knights in armour in front of fire on a moor
A realistic phone selfie of a blonde woman
A white horse leaps out of a painting in a gallery
An old woman in a blue dress in a rainy courtyard
Poster frame for the AI film Face for Rent: women in a night train
Two fighters trade punches in a cage
Two women pull at a glowing rift in the sky
A bearded man and a small robot in a snowy workshop
Is it for you?

Made for people who care how it looks.

Frame Craft is for you if

  • You want your AI images to look like cinema, not like AI
  • You make visuals for brands, clients or your own content
  • You're building an AI film, series or music video
  • You're tired of rolling the dice on every prompt
  • You're a beginner and want to learn it right from the start

It's not for you if

  • You want one magic prompt to copy and paste
  • You don't plan to practise what you learn
Javid Hajili
Who made it

Hi, I'm Javid.
I make films with AI.

I produced a 24-minute AI episode for a TV channel on YouTube, with eight characters who look the same in every shot, and I make AI ads for brands.

Frame Craft is the system behind every frame I make, written down step by step so you can use it too.

See my work →
Questions

Good to know

When does Frame Craft come out?

Very soon. Leave your email below and you'll be the first to know when it opens.

How much will it cost?

The price is announced at launch. People on the list hear first.

I'm a beginner. Is it for me?

Yes. The first chapters build on each other step by step, in plain English. If you can type a prompt, you can follow it.

Which AI tools does it work with?

GPT Image, Nano Banana Pro, Seedream, Midjourney, Flux and any model that understands normal language. Models change every few months. Light, lenses and composition don't.

What format is it?

An 80-page interactive PDF. Read it on any device. The frame builder and checklist work inside the file in Chrome, Edge or Adobe Acrobat.

Is there anything free to start with?

Yes. First Frame is a free starter kit. Get it on the Learn page →

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