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2026-05-06

AI Film Project Scaffolder — PowerShell Script

A PowerShell script that creates a complete production folder structure for an AI-generated short film project. Set your project name, scene count, and run.

AI Film Project Scaffolder

A PowerShell script that creates a complete production folder structure for an AI-generated short film project. Set your project name, scene count, and run.

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#  AI Film Project Scaffolder
#  Change $ProjectName and $Scenes below, then run on Windows.
# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

▼ EDIT THIS ▼


$ProjectName = “SevenYears”   # ← Your film project name (no spaces, use CamelCase)
$Scenes = 8                   # ← Number of scenes in your film


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Folder structure (no need to edit below unless adding folders)


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$RootFolders = @(
“00_script”,
“01_prompts”,
“02_assets”,
“03_scenes”,
“04_music_sfx”,
“05_editing”,
“06_export”,
“99_archive”
)


$SceneFolders = @(
“image”,
“video”,
“voice”,
“subtitle”,
“final”
)


── Create root project folder and root-level directories ──


foreach ($Folder in $RootFolders) {
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path “$ProjectName$Folder” -Force
}


── Create per-scene folders and prompt files ──


for ($i = 1; $i -le $Scenes; $i++) {
$SceneName = “Scene_{0:D2}” -f $i


foreach ($Folder in $SceneFolders) {
    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path "$ProjectName\03_scenes\$SceneName\$Folder" -Force
}

New-Item -ItemType File -Path "$ProjectName\03_scenes\$SceneName\image_prompt.txt"    -Force
New-Item -ItemType File -Path "$ProjectName\03_scenes\$SceneName\video_prompt.txt"    -Force
New-Item -ItemType File -Path "$ProjectName\03_scenes\$SceneName\voice_line.txt"       -Force
New-Item -ItemType File -Path "$ProjectName\03_scenes\$SceneName\subtitle.txt"       -Force



}


── Create root-level script and summary files ──


New-Item -ItemType File -Path “$ProjectName\00_script\master_script.txt”               -Force
New-Item -ItemType File -Path “$ProjectName\01_prompts\all_image_prompts.txt”          -Force
New-Item -ItemType File -Path “$ProjectName\01_prompts\all_video_prompts.txt”          -Force
New-Item -ItemType File -Path “$ProjectName\01_prompts\elevenlabs_voice_lines.txt”      -Force
New-Item -ItemType File -Path “$ProjectName\05_editing\edit_naming_guide.txt”         -Force
New-Item -ItemType File -Path “$ProjectName\05_editing\shot_list.txt”                  -Force


Write-Host “Done — $ProjectName folder structure created.” -ForegroundColor Green

How to use

  1. Click the double-square button in the top-right corner of the script block above to copy it.
  2. Open PowerShell on your Windows machine.
  3. Paste the script.
  4. Edit $ProjectName and $Scenes at the top of the script.
  5. Run it — the full folder structure will be created in the current directory.

What it creates

SevenYears/                      ← your project name
├── 00_script/
│   └── master_script.txt
├── 01_prompts/
│   ├── all_image_prompts.txt
│   ├── all_video_prompts.txt
│   └── elevenlabs_voice_lines.txt
├── 02_assets/
├── 03_scenes/
│   ├── Scene_01/
│   │   ├── image/  video/  voice/  subtitle/  final/
│   │   ├── image_prompt.txt
│   │   ├── video_prompt.txt
│   │   ├── voice_line.txt
│   │   └── subtitle.txt
│   ├── Scene_02/
│   ... (up to Scene_N)
├── 04_music_sfx/
├── 05_editing/
│   ├── edit_naming_guide.txt
│   └── shot_list.txt
├── 06_export/
└── 99_archive/

Key variables to change

Variable What it does
$ProjectName Sets the root folder name (e.g. "SevenYears", "MidnightTrain")
$Scenes Number of scene folders created in 03_scenes/

Add new root folders by editing the $RootFolders array. Add new per-scene folders by editing the $SceneFolders array.