AI anime storytelling is crazy now
I used ChatGPT Image 2.0 to create an entire anime short film storyboard.
Then Seedance 2.0 turned it into a cinematic animated scene in minutes.
step by step tutorial with prompts: 👇
@HutchNews That's a common sense take Dan, I appreciate you taking the time to write it. More people need to look closely at this, and understand that "projections" are just that. A bird in the hand...
Speed-to-lead is brutal because customers compare response times before they compare craftsmanship. A fast reply does not win every job, but a slow reply can lose one before the estimate starts.
Speed-to-lead is not about being pushy. It is about reaching the customer while the problem is still urgent and before the next company becomes the easy choice.
Homeowners usually do not want to leave a voicemail and wait. They want to know: can you help, how soon, and what happens next? The business that answers that fastest often feels safest.
If your ads produce 100 calls and 12 never reach a human, your cost per booked job is higher than the dashboard says. Call handling is part of marketing performance, not just operations.
A missed call from a homeowner is not a cold lead. It is often someone with water on the floor, no heat, a broken garage door, or a project they finally decided to book. Intent cools fast.
Most owners do not need a prettier lead dashboard. They need to know how many calls turned into revenue, how many went unanswered, and how fast someone followed up while intent was still hot.
Quick question for service business owners: what is the most expensive time for your phone to ring? My vote: lunch hour, after-hours, and the exact moment your best tech is under a sink.
Most local service businesses do not need more leads first. They need fewer leaks. Missed calls, slow replies, vague voicemail, and no follow-up can quietly eat the jobs they already paid to attract.
A missed call is not just a missed call.
CallRail found home service businesses had a 14% missed-call rate, and up to 85% of callers whose calls go unanswered will not call back.
If your average job is worth $400-$1,000, "we'll call them back later" gets expensive fast.
I was just informed this Seedance 2.0 short film was selected to be streamed on Roku, Xumo, and other platforms in early August.
It now has 55K views on YouTube with 3k likes almost 1k comments.
See I tried making this short with Unreal Engine 5 MetaHumans.
Studio wanted $10K just to rent the space and mocap suits.
I paid an animator $900 for a test animation. It looked like crap.
Last month, I used Seedance 2.0 and finished the short in 4 days.
It now has 55K views on YouTube.
If you still think AI filmmaking is about laziness…
You’re not paying attention.
@JSFILMZ0412@RaeKopaka I'm impressed. It took a lot of work to do what you did, and anyone who thinks it's just pressing a button has never pressed those buttons.