Create a Book Trailer video with AI GenJAM at Seneca Anticafe

Name: Create a Book Trailer video with AI GenJAM at Seneca Anticafe
Start: 2025-12-07T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-12-07T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Seneca AntiCafe

Schedule

Sun Dec 07 2025 at 02:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Seneca AntiCafe | Bucharest, BU

RSVP required:
https://luma.com/vl3d3w5e
All participants are required to fill the registration form.
RO:
Vrei sa inveti sa folosesti tool-uri de AI de ultima generatie?
Pe 7 Decembrie la Seneca Anticafe invatam cum sa generam filmulete de prezentare (Book Trailers) pentru carti cu generative AI.
Vino cu cartea sau povestea preferata si impreuna o putem transforma intr-un filmulet de 1 minut cu inteligenta artificiala.
Rezervari aici: https://luma.com/vl3d3w5e

EN:
AI Book Trailer Workshop @ Seneca Anticafe, Bucharest
Learn how to turn any book into a cinematic trailer using AI video tools
Editors and Volunteers needed for this event! Reach out to us if you want to get involved and be at the forefront of AI video production
Join us at Seneca Anticafe for a hands-on creative workshop where you’ll learn how to transform stories, manuscripts, and ideas into powerful AI-generated book trailers, even if you’ve never edited a video before.
This event is perfect for authors, publishers, self-publishers, BookTok creators, content creators, filmmakers, AI enthusiasts, and total beginners who want to bring their stories to life through modern visual storytelling.
You’ll be guided step-by-step through the full AI book trailer production workflow, using the same educational structure from global AI video storytelling workshops
What You Will Learn
1. Introduction to AI for Book Marketing & Storytelling
How AI transforms book promotion
What’s possible now in video production with generative tools
2. The AI Tools You’ll Use
We’ll demo and practice with:
Runway, Kling, Sora, Minimax Hailuo — for cinematic AI video
Freepik, OpenArt, GetShorts.app — for images, scenes & story sequences
ElevenLabs, Suno — for voiceover and music
How to select tools based on genre, style, and mood
3. Step-by-Step Book Trailer Workflow
Turning a book synopsis into a punchy script
Converting text → images → animated scenes → full trailer
Building consistent characters with AI
Setting tone, pacing, mood & tension
Adding AI voiceover, captions, sound & music
Exporting your final trailer for TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, ads
4. Hands-On Creation Challenge
Every participant will create their own 15–45s book trailer using either a phone or a laptop.
5. Trailer Showcase
We watch everyone’s creations together.

Why Join?
After the workshop, you’ll be ready to:
Create book trailers in minutes instead of weeks
Use multiple AI video tools confidently
Tell cinematic stories visually
Boost your book marketing with short-form video
Follow a tool-agnostic, repeatable workflow that works for any story
About the Mentor
Cristian Carp (https://linkedin.com/in/cristiancarp)
AI video production expert
CEO & Co-Founder of GetShorts.app (San Francisco)
Winner of Best Pop AI Music Video at LA’s AI Music Video Competition
2nd place Winner of YCombinator Uncanny Festival in San Francisco
Member of Machine Cinema (SF & LA)
Cristian has developed AI storytelling tools used by 80,000+ creators and teaches creators worldwide how to blend narrative and AI technology.
Event Details
📍 Seneca Anticafe, Bucharest
🗓️ Date: 7 December
⏰ Duration: 5 hours
💸 Free workshop
🎯 Beginner → Advanced
💻 Bring a laptop or your phone — both work