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Your AI-Hybrid Short

The capstone project for AI Film Production: Skits, Scenes and Nollywood-Grade VFX with AI — a free AI & Emerging Tech course. Pass it and you earn a certificate anyone can verify.

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The project unlocks once you complete the lessons. The workbook is free to download now so you can see exactly what is expected.

What you will submit

One shared link (Google Drive folder or similar, set to 'anyone with the link can view') containing the finished 60-120 second short, the before-and-after VFX breakdown, the script and shot list, the prompt log, the consent and disclosure sheet, and the budget and pipeline note.

What to do, step by step

  1. Part 1 — Story and plan (150-250 words + shot list): a 60-120 second skit or dramatic scene with a clear beginning, turn and ending, set in a recognisably Nigerian world. Write the script, a numbered shot list marking which shots are real footage, which are AI-generated, and which are real footage composited into AI-made or AI-extended environments. At least one shot must be a real person composited into an AI environment, OR the whole piece must be generated from your own script with your own recorded voice.
  2. Part 2 — Production: shoot the real footage (phone is fine) on green screen or plain background as Lesson 6 teaches, or record your voice; generate the AI shots and environments with a prompt log recording model, prompt, seed or reference images, and what you rejected and why.
  3. Part 3 — Compositing and VFX: key or AI-mask the real footage, match light, perspective and grain, and composite it into the environment; do at least one further VFX operation (set extension, object removal, relighting, crowd, generative extend). Submit a before-and-after breakdown: for each VFX shot, the raw plate, the AI element, and the final composite as stills or a 20-second breakdown video.
  4. Part 4 — Sound and finish: dialogue cleaned, any AI voice or dubbing done with consent, music and sound with rights noted, captions, colour and loudness set for YouTube; export 1080p MP4 in the right aspect ratio for the platform you name.
  5. Part 5 — Rights and disclosure: a consent and disclosure sheet listing every real person on screen and their signed consent to AI processing of their image and voice, confirmation that no other real person's likeness or voice was used, the AI tools and elements used (as you would declare them to the NFVCB and in YouTube's synthetic-content label), and the source and rights of music, images and references.
  6. Part 6 — Budget and pipeline (200-300 words): what the piece cost in naira (subscriptions, credits, gear, people, time), what the same scene would have cost traditionally, the pipeline you followed and what you would change. Put the film, breakdown, script, prompt log, sheet and budget in one shared folder and submit the link.

Files to work with

Project workbook (fill in, then submit)The whole brief, an evidence checklist, the grading rubric as a self-check and the link-sharing steps in one file. Opens in Word, Google Docs or WPS.Word · 7 KB

How it is graded

CriterionWeight
The film works: a clear story with a turn and an ending, watchable pacing, and a recognisably Nigerian world25%
Technical craft: clean key or mask, matched light, perspective and grain in the composite, consistent AI shots, at least one further VFX operation, evidenced in the breakdown25%
Rights and disclosure: signed consent for every real person, no unconsented likeness or voice, AI elements declared, music and image rights noted20%
Human authorship: the learner's script and shot list, a real plate or the learner's recorded voice, and a prompt log that shows decisions rather than a single generation15%
Budget and pipeline: honest naira costs, a traditional comparison, and a pipeline note a producer could reuse15%

You need 65% overall to pass. A failed submission comes back with feedback and can be revised and resubmitted.

Before you submit: make your link public

If your work lives in Google Drive or Google Docs, open Share → General access and change “Restricted” to “Anyone with the link” (Viewer). Then paste the link into a private browser window: if it opens without sign-in, you are ready. A private link cannot be graded — it is the single most common reason a good project fails.

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to finish AI Film Production: Skits, Scenes and Nollywood-Grade VFX with AI before submitting the project?

Yes. The submission screen opens once every lesson in AI Film Production: Skits, Scenes and Nollywood-Grade VFX with AI is marked complete. The lessons are where the methods, the Nigerian context and the worked examples the project depends on are taught.

How is the project graded?

An examiner scores each rubric criterion from 0 to 100 and weights them as shown on this page; you need 65% overall to pass. Most submissions are graded within minutes and you get written feedback on what was strong and what to improve.

Can I resubmit if I fail?

Yes. A failed project comes back with feedback; revise the weak parts and resubmit. A passed project is final — the certificate is issued and cannot be re-rolled.

What do I actually submit?

A write-up of what you did (under 5,000 characters) plus a public link to your work — a Google Drive folder, Google Doc, spreadsheet, GitHub repository or video. The link must open without sign-in; a private link cannot be graded. The free project workbook on this page walks you through all 6 steps.

Is the certificate real?

Yes. Passing this project issues a certificate with a unique verification code. Anyone — an employer, a client, a school — can open the verification page and see that the certificate is genuine and which project earned it.

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