Generative AI for Script Development and Storytelling

Dr. Alfred Ang has spent years turning complex material into stories people can follow, first as a courseware developer and now as an engineer who automates video and scripted content with generative AI. He is the founder of Tertiary Courses and serves as Managing Director, CIO, CTO and Chief Instructional Designer of Tertiary Infotech Academy Pte Ltd, where he designs Skills Framework-aligned programmes and translates technical topics into practical learning experiences. He is a DACE-certified curriculum developer and ACTA-certified trainer, and an earlier venture, OSWeb2Design Singapore Pte Ltd, offered graphics design and ebook publishing alongside web and digital marketing services. As a full-stack AI developer specialising in conversational, voice and video agents, he has published several story-to-screen projects on GitHub. videocreation turns any topic into a narrated video with AI-generated scripts, voiceover and animated scenes in TikTok and YouTube formats. hermes-video-pipeline is an automated production pipeline for Tertiary Courses in which a topic request triggers an agent that researches, scripts, renders, verifies and publishes the video. lipsyncdemo turns a portrait and a script into a talking avatar using three lip-sync engines, and digitalhuman builds branded, voice-enabled avatars trained on an organisation's own content. He also holds a Certificate in AI Ethics and Governance (Senior Professional) from NTU, a PhD in Electrical Engineering from NUS and a B.Sc (Hons) in Physics from NUS, and has published more than 20 peer-reviewed papers and co-invented more than 20 US patents.

In Generative AI for Script Development and Storytelling, Dr. Ang treats AI as a creative collaborator that still needs a writer in charge. The first topic covers script development and creative storytelling with generative AI: learners apply storytelling principles to themes, plot, narrative structure, characters, dialogue and setting, and use AI to explore alternative directions, break through idea blocks and adapt a script for different audiences, formats and tones. The second topic, AI-assisted storyboarding, visual design and video creation, is where his own pipeline work shows. Having built tools that take a script through voiceover, animated scenes and talking-avatar video, he can demonstrate how a written scene becomes a storyboard and then a short video, and where human judgement improves the result at each step. The final topic, script refinement, responsible AI and copyright risk management, draws on his AI ethics and governance training: learners review AI-generated drafts for consistency and voice, and examine ownership, attribution and the risks of reproducing protected material in media, advertising, education and entertainment work. His sessions are hands-on and project-based, so each learner develops a concept from first idea to a refined script and visual storyboard, with time to compare outputs across tools. As an instructional designer, he pays close attention to structure and pacing, which helps writers and content creators who are new to AI as well as those who already use it. To see his video and storytelling projects, view his GitHub portfolio at https://github.com/alfredang and connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/angchewhoe/