A microdrama series bible template is a single document that locks the premise, world, tone, cast, and look of a series so every AI generation stays on model across a 60 to 100 episode run. As of October 2026, it is the one part of pre-production AI video cannot skip: consistency comes from saved references, and the bible is where you decide what those references are before you make a single shot. Six to ten reference images per character, one saved voice each, and a short set of style rules are usually enough to keep a whole season from drifting.
The reason a series bible matters more for AI production than for a live shoot is simple. A film crew carries continuity in its heads and its wardrobe racks; an AI season carries it in saved references. Character consistency here is not a trained model of your cast, it is a set of saved reference sheets passed into every generation, paired with one saved voice per character. The bible is where you specify exactly what gets saved, so the references you build are the right ones.
Section by section
A microdrama series bible has eight sections. Treat it as an AI video brief template: every section exists to become something you save and reuse, not prose nobody reads twice.
| Section | What it locks | What it becomes in production |
|---|---|---|
| Premise | The series in one line and the secret that drives it | The spine every episode checks against |
| Tone | Genre, mood, pace, how dark or comedic | A shared reference for every prompt's read |
| World | Locations, era, palette, time of day feel | Saved location reference sheets |
| Characters | 6 to 10 reference images each, look and manner | Saved character reference sheets |
| Wardrobe | Each character's key looks and when they change | Prompt detail attached per shot |
| Voice IDs | One saved voice per character, with notes on read | Reused voice for every line that character speaks |
| Style rules | Framing, lens feel, grade, vertical composition | A consistent look applied across the season |
| Continuity notes | What must never change, what may | A QC checklist for catching drift |
A few sections carry more weight than the rest. The character section is the heart of the bible: for each recurring character you want six to ten reference images that pin the face, the build, the hair, and the characteristic expression from more than one angle, because a reference set beats a worded description every time and a single image leaves too much for the generator to invent. Wardrobe sits next to it because a change of clothes mid-season is a continuity event you plan, not an accident you discover. Voice IDs lock one saved voice per character so a line in episode 40 sounds like the same person who spoke in episode 2. Style rules keep the framing, grade, and vertical composition consistent so the season reads as one show.
Example: a filled-in bible for a sample original series
Here is a short, original, invented bible to show the shape. Nothing here references a real person or an existing property; it is a sample you would replace entirely with your own.
Premise. A night-shift paramedic in a coastal city keeps being dispatched to the same address, where a woman who should be a stranger seems to know everything about his past. The secret: they lived the same night once before, and only she remembers.
Tone. Grounded supernatural drama, more melancholy than frightening, paced slow for a microdrama but never still. Dark but not bleak, with warmth between the two leads.
World. A rain-washed coastal city at night, mostly interiors and wet streets under sodium light, present day. Palette of deep blue-greens and amber practicals. The recurring apartment is cramped, lived-in, and lit by a single warm lamp.
Characters.
- RAVI, 30s, the paramedic. Tired, kind, guarded. Reference set: eight images, uniform and off-duty, front and three-quarter, neutral and worn-down expressions.
- MAREN, late 20s, the woman who remembers. Still, watchful, speaks less than she knows. Reference set: eight images, one coat look, varied light, calm and grieving expressions.
Wardrobe. Ravi: paramedic uniform on shift, a grey jacket off shift. Maren: a single dark green coat throughout batch one; the coat changes only after the midpoint reveal, which is a deliberate continuity beat.
Voice IDs. Ravi: one saved voice, low and even, a little frayed. Maren: one saved voice, quiet and deliberate, never raised.
Style rules. Vertical 9:16, faces in the upper third, shallow depth, slow pushes and holds rather than fast moves, consistent cool-with-warm-practicals grade across every episode.
Continuity notes. The lamp in the apartment is always the only warm light source. Maren's coat does not change until episode 34. Ravi never appears without the small scar on his left hand, which pays off in batch four.
That is enough to hold a season. It names what gets saved as references, what stays fixed, and the few things allowed to change, which is exactly what keeps drift from creeping in over a hundred episodes.
How the bible feeds the workflow in Morphic
The bible is not a document that sits in a drawer; each section maps to something you do in the workspace. The character and world sections become saved reference sheets, the thing passed into every generation so the same faces and places recur without retraining anything. The voice IDs become one saved voice per character, reused for every line they speak, including across a dubbing pass into another market. The style rules become the consistent direction you give each prompt, and the continuity notes become the checklist you run during QC, because character drift is a real limit and catching it is a human job.
Because the script, the references, and the timeline all live in one place, the bible stays connected to the work instead of drifting out of date. When you save the sequence for episode one as a reusable workflow, you are effectively operationalizing the bible: the references, voices, and style are already wired in, so each new episode inherits them by default. The method behind the character side is covered in depth on episodic character consistency and the step-by-step is in character consistency in AI video.
A vertical 9:16 scene with a consistent character carried from a saved reference set
Build it in Morphic
There is no bible file to download, and that is the point: the sections above are the template, and the useful version of a bible is not a PDF but a saved cast and a saved set of style rules inside the workspace where the episodes get made. Hold the eight sections in one working document while you decide them, then build what they specify directly in Morphic as saved references and voices.
In practice that means writing the premise, tone, and world, then building six to ten reference images per character and saving each as a reference sheet, saving one voice per character, and settling the style rules you will apply to every shot. Once that exists, the bible is live: every generation points back to it, and a new episode is mostly swapping scripted shot blocks into a workflow that already carries the cast. The script structure guide covers the per-shot format those references plug into. Build your cast in Morphic at studio.morphic.com.
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It is a single document that locks the premise, tone, world, cast, wardrobe, voices, and style rules of a series so every episode stays consistent across a 60 to 100 episode run. For AI production it matters more than for a live shoot, because continuity is carried by saved references rather than by a crew. The bible specifies exactly what gets saved, so the references you build are the right ones and the season reads as one show.
For each recurring character: a reference set of six to ten images pinning the face, build, hair, and characteristic expression from more than one angle; the wardrobe looks and when they change; one saved voice with notes on the read; and any continuity details that must never change. The point is to turn description into saved references, because a saved reference set beats a worded prompt every time and leaves the generator far less to invent.
Six to ten is a reliable range. One image leaves too much for the generator to guess at, so the face and build drift between shots; six to ten covering more than one angle and a couple of expressions pin the character firmly enough to carry a season. Save them as a reference sheet so the set is passed into every generation that character appears in. Nothing is trained; the saved reference does the work.
Treat the series bible as the brief. Lock the premise and tone, describe the world and build saved location references, define each character as a reference set plus wardrobe and one saved voice, and write a short list of style rules for framing, grade, and vertical composition. Then write each scene as a prompt-ready shot block naming framing, action, light, camera move, and read, so the brief becomes direction the generator can act on rather than prose.