Wide, static, 5 s
rain-streaked window, the corner shop glowing at night. Maya pushes the door open.
Draft$0.20Final$0.41Make the next episode. Know what every shot costs.
Dropisode is a studio for vertical short dramas. Write the script, cast your characters, storyboard each scene, try every shot as a cheap draft, then render the ones you approve. Every button shows its exact price before you press it.
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Medium, slow push in
Maya shakes rain off her yellow jacket and slides a letter across the counter.
"This one has my name on it. And tomorrow's date."
Draft$0.20Final$0.41Close-up, handheld
Leo turns the envelope over under the lamp, frowning.
Draft$0.20Final$0.41Medium two-shot
Leo slides the letter back.
"Then you'd better not open it until tomorrow."
Draft$0.20Final$0.41Insert, top-down
Maya's hands tear the envelope open.
Draft$0.20Final$0.416 shots, finals
30 seconds$2.46
30 seconds$2.46
The whole storyboard, priced
Every shot of the demo episode with what a draft and a final cost on Dropisode today, worked out from each model's published price. Drafts use MiniMax H3 Max Turbo (480p); finals use MiniMax H3 (768p).
Medium, slow push in, 5 s
Maya shakes rain off her yellow jacket and slides a letter across the counter.
"This one has my name on it. And tomorrow's date."
Draft$0.20Final$0.41Close-up, handheld, 5 s
Leo turns the envelope over under the lamp, frowning.
Draft$0.20Final$0.41Medium two-shot, 5 s
Leo slides the letter back.
"Then you'd better not open it until tomorrow."
Draft$0.20Final$0.41Insert, top-down, 5 s
Maya's hands tear the envelope open.
Draft$0.20Final$0.41Close-up, slow push in, 5 s
Maya reads, her face falling.
"It says: don't come back here."
Draft$0.20Final$0.41From an idea to an episode
- ScriptPaste yours or start from a one-line idea. Edit it at every step.
- CastCharacters and places with reference images, reused in every shot so faces stay the same.
- StoryboardEach scene becomes shot cards. Reorder, split, merge or rewrite them.
- DraftTry each shot on a cheap model. Bad tries cost cents.
- FinalApprove the shots you like. Only those go to the better model.
- EpisodeOne vertical MP4 with subtitles, plus every shot file and an edit list.
$30.06
A 30-shot episode, every shot drafted 3 times and finished once, on today's default models. Price it on any model.
- The provider's price plus 20%We charge what fal.ai bills for each job, plus 20% for card fees and a reserve. Every unit price is listed with its source.
- Failures the provider doesn't bill are refundedAutomatically, with a refund line in your cost log.
- Our costs are publicTop-ups, what providers billed, refunds and fixed costs, live on the finances page.
- Not always the cheapestHeavy users on some subscriptions pay less per second. See where they win.
Or run it on your own computer
The same studio, free, with your own fal.ai key. You pay fal directly and nothing is added. Projects are plain folders, and they move between your computer and dropisode.com. How to run it.
$ npx dropisode
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