'Tales of Grimwicke' Chapter I reportedly cost about $4,500 in AI generation

The creator describes 'Tales of Grimwicke' Chapter I as a 22-minute AI fantasy animation inspired by childhood stories about anthropomorphic animals, with a dark twist. They report generating 847 takes totaling over five hours of footage using Seedance 2.5 via Segmind, with 127 clips making the cut. Generation cost about $4,500, and the project took four weeks from first take to publication, they say. Their workflow used Midjourney for characters and location images, Nano Banana for image editing and preparation, and Seedance for much of the framing and camera work.