Welcome to Natalia's Workflow Chronicles part 3. The making of The Alchemistrix. AI Cinematography and Storytelling.

nmwmultimedia
Oct 3
6 min read

Time to lift the veil, babes. ✨ Welcome to my behind-the-scenes workflow for The Alchemistrix — my cosmic, couture-infused AI series that’s equal parts myth, madness, and machine learning.

This isn’t a polished pitch (yet 😏lol). It’s my digital diary. Think of it as a breadcrumb trail through the quantum forest: half workflow notes, half cosmic rambling.

🌀 Step 1: Conceptual Void Diving

Every realm begins in the void — that liminal soup where ideas flicker like broken neon signs. For The Alchemistrix, I stitched together:

Mythology → ancient Egypt, starlit rituals, divine codes
Couture → Dior gowns, Versace crowns, Gucci sabre-cats (because why not)
Cosmic symbolism → portals, shimmering grids, fractal geometry

I start with “vibe poetry” instead of prompts. Example:“Glass pyramids rising from desert dusk, veins of golden circuitry glowing in the sand, a blonde oracle descending from the stars.”

That’s my DNA strand. Everything builds from there.

Episode 1. The continuation after the Chesswar.

👑 Step 2: Characters as Archetypes

The Alchemistrix isn’t just “pretty girl in couture.” She’s an archetype — an entire mythos bottled in a blonde, high-fashion avatar. Around her, the supporting cast:

Xavio’Ra → emerald sun pharaoh, protector of realms
her 6 sisters → each with different special powers, each as divine and fashionable as the one next to her
Neraphis Lyra’Nai→ an extraterrestrial entity brought to The Prismatrix via pyramid portal to hand The ALchemistress the keys to open a new realm and reign

Each character gets a cheat sheet: traits, keywords, reference shots. Otherwise AI likes to remix them into random office workers (no thanks).

Ep 3. Meet all the sisters.

⚙️ Step 3: The Toolstack (aka my Digital Cauldron)

Image generations → for this project I used the one and only Imagine Art AI, the AI generation powerhouse with every model on hand like Nano Banana, Seedream, Imagine Art 1.0, Kling, Hailuo, Pixverse V5, etc.
Video → Just like the above but I used mostly Kling this time as it dropped a brand new bombshell Kling Pro 2.5 Turbo which I have used extensively alongside Start to End Frames. I was going to create this project in Veo3, however the ratio did not suit me. I still don't understand why Google made a banger like Nano Banana in only one ratio 1:1 which does not fit their video model Veo3 - only available in 16:9 ratio.
Post-edit → for editing, adding sound effects video effects and awesome transitions I like to use Filmora Wondershare Technology as its fully AI powered, very cool and fast to use but if the footage is plain I go to Premiere Pro, the same interface and workflow but a lot slower with zero AI boost or any cool MODERN features.
Narration / scripts → those I write with a little help of my Chad GPT (yes I call him Chad or babe lol) and then I put them through Filmora's AI voiceover maker and voila! Alternatively I turn narration into songs in Mureka AI, which just had an amazing update and does job as good as Suno.

🎥 Step 4: Iteration is the Ritual

My rule: first outputs = compost. Useful, but never final.

Exploration → flood the engines with crazy prompts, let it glitch
Selection → pick the happy accidents
Refinement → tighten style, keep character features consistent
Polish → crowns, jewels, cosmic glow

The Alchemistrix only emerges after at least 10 cycles of this madness. True story.

🌌 Step 5: Cinematic Language

What makes it a series and not just moodboards? Cinematography! I design:

Shots → slow celestial pans, overhead coronations, circle tracking spells
Lighting → neon chiaroscuro, desert dusk glows, HDR crystal flares
Transitions → portals tearing open, shattered reflections, flowing codes

The vibe: editorial meets myth meets Dune meets Vogue.

Here's another episode for you to consume and immerse yourself in AI magic.

🗣️ Step 6: Lip Sync & Character Personalisation

This is where the magic breaks. Lip sync + facial animation = my current arch-nemesis. Some tests are pure uncanny valley. Others? Gorgeous.

I'm not sure whether you've noticed the incredible character consistency across each episode and throughout this series and the previous Trilogy. Well, I take a great pride in creating those as it has taken some doing and searching through different models and options of training a personalised character.

The first stage of this procedure was available because of the incredible versatile abilities of Nano Banana which can literally paste your designed character into any scene and basically act as Photoshop.

As soon as I mastered it, I went harder and Imagine Art AI had an entire interface upgraded with brand spanking feature of Character Personalisation where you can basically drop a bunch of images into it, let it brew its magic and pull out a potent model which you can then add to image and video gens for an ultimate consistency across your production. It's a great feature and I use it every single day for every single episode soThe Alchemistress looks consistent in every Alchemistrix episode.

Then I navigate to Kling as such if I need some lip syncing operation to pursue and pop some facial expressions and verbal dialogue into my characters. More of this is coming in future episodes as I will be introducing more characters. We're coming to The Coronation episode (Ep13) and after that there will be a big party to celebrate abolishing The 3D Matrix and winning an intergalactic Chesswar and The New 5D realm - The Prismatrix will turn into a Cosmic Ibiza for a week. lol

Imagine Art also have their Motion Transfer feature installed now, but I am still to test it. Expect a review for that in the next blog.

But progress is progress — one day The Alchemistrix will deliver her monologues like Cate Blanchett meets Beyoncé, and we’ll all cry.

Kling Start to End frams and Pro 2.5 Turbo game strong.

✨ Step 7: The Final Alchemy

After the chaos:

Stitch shots together
Layer narration (my cosmic poetry voiceovers)
Add score, sound design, and that final colour grade glow, then the effects on top, whether you're tearing your hair out in After Effects or blissfully drag and dropping in Filmora, its up to you...

At this stage, the fragments fuse into a cinematic spell. The Alchemistrix isn’t just prompts anymore — she’s a world.

🚧 Pitfalls & Lessons

Consistency is queen. (Seriously, lock your keywords. Or she turns brunette in a hoodie halfway through.)
AI is moody. Some days it’s Picasso, some days it’s potato. It's you whose meant to be in charge so don't forget to use your brain and aesthetic sense of art direction.
Failure = fertilizer. The “bad” outputs often seed the most interesting pivots.

🌠 Conclusion: The Spellbook Never Closes

The Alchemistrix isn’t done. She’s a living workflow, a perpetual rebirth. Each cycle brings sharper worlds, stranger realms, and bolder couture. We're currently on the Ep 13 and counting for as long as my crazy head is brewing those cosmic ideas.

And honestly? That’s the joy of creating in this era. The process is as important as the product.

So: glitch boldly. Fail gloriously. And let your worlds surprise you. Most of all, have fun with it.

Don't you just love marvelling at this cosmic masterpiece?

🔥 Your turn → Have you tried building consistent AI characters or cinematic universes? Share your workflows, chaos tales, or glitch babies in the comments. Let’s swap spellbooks!

However, if you're getting a gist of how layered and time consuming this mission is, then do not hesitate to offload your project into my capable hands.Head over to my shop tab and peruse through my services or email me directly via nmwmultimedia@gmail.com

Yours Truly,

Natalia The Alchemistress of Prompts.