Whale Song / 鲸鱼之歌

From the filmmakers

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

• Creator interview · Article · Chinese

  The Whale Song Team on Character Texture, Performance Prompts and Shot Design ↗ (new tab)

  Wallstreetcn’s Zheng Minfang interviews Zhong Qiling and Chen Shuo · Wallstreetcn · 2026.08.11

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  The team prioritises script, character and shot preparation before video generation. The interview explains facial texture, performance prompts and adapting shot design to unstable results.

  • Character images: specify height, hair and clothing, compare variants, then refine skin texture and facial details before animation.
  • Performance: describe hand movement, gaze and timing together. The fish-tank example combines movement speed with where the character looks and their state of mind.
  • Close-ups serve both dramatic pressure and production reliability; the choice is not explained by model limits alone.
  • Revise staging: split unstable complex shots and rebuild relationships in editing. Selected start/end frames and longer generation help control fast camera moves.
  • Preparation took longer than generation. The reported roughly RMB 3,000 covers AI generation, not a full budget including labour, equipment and all finishing.
  Verification and access notes

  Reread Zheng Minfang’s full interview. The byline uses 陈烁; another report uses 陈硕, still awaiting creator credits. Methods, times and costs are reported, not independently reproduced.

  A Chinese-language written interview discussing performance and images; not a video class.

  Checked: 2026.10.30