Yo, anyone think Jimeng and Kling can actually ride this AI short drama wave?

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So, can Jimeng and Kling actually ride the wave of AI short dramas? That’s a pretty solid question. Anyone who’s been making content for the past couple years knows short dramas are absolutely crushing it in terms of traffic, and the production costs are super low. If AI video can step up, you could literally double your output.

But from what I’ve tried myself, the hardest part about short dramas isn’t whether a single shot looks good—it’s character consistency, smooth motion, and that continuous emotional flow. When you stitch together clips piece by piece, the faces often change from one scene to the next.

The opportunity is obvious, but whether these models can actually deliver depends on whether they can crack these tough nuts. Has anyone here actually run continuous storylines with these domestic models? How’s the real-world experience?

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If character consistency isn’t solved, short dramas are still just toys.

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Tried Jimeng — the single shots are amazing, but once you string them together, it all falls apart.

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The cost is seriously low, and it’s actually decent enough to get by.

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Honestly, keeping emotions consistent across a sequence is where AI falls flat on its face.

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The hype is all for the investors, but the grunt work? That’s on the creators.

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Kling’s been making some serious improvements lately, don’t just write it off completely.

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Honestly, short drama audiences don’t have high standards to begin with. As long as it’s good enough, they’re fine with it.

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Kling’s improvement this time is definitely noticeable, but for a short drama that needs to string together over ten episodes, even the best single shot can’t save it.