In a Second / 马上好

From the filmmakers

Classes, interviews and production notes from the filmmakers and their teams.

• Creator interview · Article · Chinese

  Shao Fan on In a Second: Everyday Speech, Character Performance and Shot Design ↗ (new tab)

  Digitaling’s Dreamer interviews Shao Fan (Keanu98) · Digitaling · 2026.05.14

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  Shao explains how a familiar excuse became the premise of In a Second, then describes establishing characters, visual style and scene images before generating video. He discusses speech rhythm, reactions between characters, restrained emotion prompts and revising shots when generated staging fails.

  • Build escalating events around character traits.
  • Use pauses, reactions and environmental details.
  • Revise shots when generation cannot deliver the staging.
  Verification and access notes

  The original Q&A, credits and date were checked. This entry uses the sections about In a Second. Examples and costs relating to the later film This Is Art! You Don’t Understand are not transferred to this film. Tool comparisons are the director’s experience at the time.

  A long Chinese-language written interview with plot discussion and prompt illustrations; this is not a video class.

  Checked: 2026.10.23