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We Released a Trailer Made with Sora, RunwayML, and Canva Here’s How It Was Built
- learnwith ai
- Apr 19
- 2 min read
Creating cinematic content used to require large crews, expensive gear, and endless hours of editing. Now, with AI tools maturing fast, a small creative team or even a solo creator can produce entire trailers from a laptop.
The production stack combined three platforms: Sora by OpenAI, RunwayML, and Canva. Each played a role in crafting visuals, sounds, and flow.
The Creative Pipeline
Sora was the core engine powering most of the trailer visuals. It transformed prompt-driven ideas into scenes filled with motion, lighting, and atmosphere. From sweeping aerial shots to stylized character animations, Sora handled it all with stunning ambition though not without its limitations. As of now, occasional visual inconsistencies and logic errors still remind you it's an AI model in progress.
RunwayML was brought in for one key scene that required better control. Its intuitive interface and fine-tuned generation helped deliver a moment that felt more human than machine.
Canva was used to bring everything together. We stitched the scenes, added atmospheric music, layered in sound effects, and dropped in a synthetic voiceover that guided the narrative. Canva's drag-and-drop simplicity made post-production smooth and flexible even for fine timing adjustments.
The Outcome
The final trailer is a fusion of generative art and thoughtful curation. It’s not perfect, but it’s proof of what’s now possible when AI and creativity meet. Rather than replacing creators, these tools offer a new medium to tell stories faster and more freely.
This was the result of blending three AI platforms into one visual experience. Watch the trailer and decide for yourself.
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—The LearnWithAI.com Team
