Grok Imagine · Odyssey workflow
AI-supported workflow for book authors and filmmakers — based on the public Grok Imagine Odyssey workflow
An overview for alignment. Not an offer and not a registration.
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The public workflow from Grok Imagine and Wonder Studios follows a fixed sequence: script, shotlist, character sheets, keyframes, block prompts, edit. It was shared so the process can be followed and so feedback on model quality is possible.
The same order transfers to book projects. It supports visualization, consistency across scenes, and preparation of materials for covers, pitches, or marketing. Generation starts only once character, place, and shot are fixed.
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The aim is to enable authors and filmmakers to use AI as a craft, and with control. The model proposes. The decision about the story stays with the people responsible for it.
Make characters, places, and key scenes visible without giving up the story.
Derive covers, chapter images, and marketing from the same visual line.
Check scenes before production: shot, character, and space are set before anything is generated.
From shot to edit, a traceable sequence instead of isolated chance images.
Carry text and image in one process — for a book, a film, or both.
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Two formats, the same principles. The course builds the workflow in full. The workshop runs it once on a tightly scoped project.
Format A
10 modules · 15–25 hours
For anyone working through planning, references, prompt blocks, and iteration on their own project. Between modules there is time for their own generations and for a review against their own brief.
Format B
1 day or 2 half-days · hands-on
The same sequence, compressed. A team or a small group takes a short sequence from text to a selected asset. Two half-days split after the look, before the keyframes.
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Course order. Select a module to read what the work covers.
Module 01
The role of the AI and the role of the authors. The difference between trying things and producing. What must be fixed before the first prompt is written: the aim of the image, what stays constant, and what may change.
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Example for one day. Two half-days use the same content and split after “Character sheet and look”.
| Time | Block | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00–09:20 | Arrival, aim of the day | One shared, tightly scoped project |
| 09:20–10:10 | Workflow and principles | Sequence and decision rules |
| 10:25–11:30 | Story and shotlist | A short written sequence |
| 11:30–12:30 | Character sheet and look | Reference and visual constants |
| 13:30–14:45 | Keyframes and block prompts | Prompt frame, ready to generate |
| 14:45–16:15 | Generation and iteration | Selected stills or a short clip |
| 16:30–17:15 | Review, limits, next steps | What stays and what remains open |
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A precise sentence steers better than a long one. What the reference already shows is not described again.
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Script, shotlist, and references are in place before the model produces anything. Generation tests the plan. It does not replace it.
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Seven blocks, kept separate. A change affects one block. The rest stays.
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One variable per pass. Keep, compare, discard. Do not roll the dice again.
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The model supplies variants. The decision about what belongs to the story stays with the person.
Structure from the public workflow. One block is selected. The others stay unchanged when only this one is edited.
Block 01
Visual language, format, and palette. The frame that holds for the sequence and is not renegotiated in every shot.
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The concept includes the documents below. The three files can be downloaded directly.
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Structure of the course and the workshop, with learning aims for each module and each workshop block.
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Templates for the shotlist, character sheet, look, and the seven prompt blocks.
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Schedule, checklists, and the points where the group stops and decides.
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A shared walkthrough of the workflow, without replacing the practical work.
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This page records the current state of the concept. It is not a call for bids and not a registration. Feedback on the process — especially on prompt structure, consistency, and the limits of the model — is part of it.