Hi, I'm Huang Lu
Also known as el.cine. I'm an AI consultant and film director exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and cinematic storytelling.
I share practical ways to use AI for business—focusing on repeatable workflows that deliver real results. My work centers on demonstrating how AI can produce studio-level content, like generating professional product ads from just a small set of images.
What I love
The craft elements that drive my work and shape how I think about AI-assisted content creation.
Film Language
The grammar of cinema—how shots communicate meaning through composition, movement, and sequencing.
Practical AI Workflows
Not AI for its own sake, but AI that solves real production problems with repeatable results.
Rapid Prototyping
Getting from concept to visual test as quickly as possible. Fail fast, learn faster.
Systems Thinking
Building processes that scale—templates, constraints, and structures that compound over time.
What I'm building
Elcine Studios is a prompt + production OS—a platform where AI companions help you think through creative problems and execute on them systematically.
It's built on the belief that the best AI tools don't replace creative thinking—they augment it. The companions aren't here to generate content blindly. They're here to help you develop your creative brief, structure your narrative, plan your shots, and generate prompts that actually work.
Think of it as having a virtual studio team: a cinematic director who understands lens choices, an ad strategist who thinks about audience psychology, a prompt engineer who knows how to talk to AI models. Each brings expertise; together they help you produce better work, faster.
Elcine Studios
Prompt + Production OS
AI Companions
Expert personas for every role
Structured Workflows
Brief → Script → Shotlist → Render
Prompt Packs
Exportable, versioned, shareable
Multi-Provider Studio
OpenAI, Grok, OpenClaw
How I work
The principles that guide how I build tools and create content.
Repeatable Pipelines
Great creative output comes from great processes. Every workflow in Elcine is designed to be replicable, refinable, and shareable.
Structured Constraints
Constraints breed creativity. Shot specifications, style bibles, and prompt schemas turn AI chaos into directed output.
Rapid Iteration
Speed matters. The faster you can test ideas, the more you learn. AI should accelerate creative experimentation, not slow it down.
Version Everything
Every prompt, every style choice, every generation should be trackable. Good creative work is built on good version control.
On AI & Creativity
AI won't replace filmmakers, but filmmakers who understand AI will have an unfair advantage. The same is true for marketers, content creators, and anyone whose work involves visual storytelling.
The challenge isn't the AI itself—it's knowing what to ask for. Most people approach AI image generation like a slot machine: type something, pull the lever, hope for the best. That's not a workflow; that's gambling.
Real creative work requires structure. Shot specifications. Style guides. Systematic prompt engineering. The same discipline that makes traditional productions successful makes AI-assisted productions successful—you just need different tools.
Elcine Studios is my attempt to build those tools: to create a system where the craft of filmmaking—the language of cinema, the structure of narrative, the precision of production planning—meets the power of modern AI.
Roadmap
Where Elcine Studios is headed. These are directions, not promises—priorities shift as I learn what users actually need.
Foundation
- AI Companion system with specialized personas
- Workflow Builder: Brief → Script → Shotlist → Prompts
- Prompt Pack JSON format and export
- Multi-provider studio (OpenAI, Grok, OpenClaw)
- Asset library with metadata and tagging
Enhancement
- Template marketplace for common workflows
- Collaborative projects with team features
- Advanced video generation integrations
- Style transfer and reference matching
- Batch generation and scheduling
Platform
- Public API for third-party integrations
- Plugin system for custom companions
- Asset management integrations (S3, Cloudinary)
- Webhook support for automation pipelines
- Self-hosted deployment options