Field Notes

Written from inside the work.

Not commentary on the industry — notes from productions we actually delivered. Real numbers, real failures, and the parts nobody selling AI tools will tell you.

Creative intelligence

How I use AI as a creative collaborator on “Crawford” Reference images come back like a cinematographer saying “here’s an idea of how we could shoot this.” What that conversation actually looks like across twenty-four episodes.

Aug 2026

Studio systems

Before you can make the show, you have to build the tools The Crawford proof case: how building an AI crime series meant first building the production tools to make it.

May 2026

Development

The new possible: pitching Crawford to both sides Selling an AI-produced series to an industry that is equal parts desperate for it and afraid of it.

Apr 2026

Production economics

How I built a production tool for Crawford — without writing a single line of code What becomes possible when the person who understands the problem can build the fix themselves.

Mar 2026

Originals

Announcing Crawford: bridging the gap between AI and cinematic storytelling Can AI create broadcast-quality television? The series built to answer that question in public.

Jan 2026