AI video communities
compared, honestly

Which AI video community should you join?

Pick by what you need this month: answers, help with one tool, lessons, or other creators and paid work. Nothing stops you joining more than one.

What do creators want from a community?

Two things came up in the threads we read: independence and activity. One creator asked for “Something that’s not tied to some paid course etc.” and found “Reddit is a bit slow, public and inpersonal”.

When another proposed a casual AI filmmakers group, a reply warned about a similar Discord: “I joined but it seemed dead on arrival.” The same person added: “There are hundreds of us, not thousands, and only a tiny fraction of us will reliably engage.”

So before you join, look for recent posts, replies from people who make things, and clear rules on self-promotion.

Who does each community suit?

Reddit suits you if you want answers you can search later and blunt critique from strangers. It does not suit you if you want to know the people you are talking to, or quick replies.

Tool makers’ Discord servers suit you if you use one tool heavily and want its updates, prompt tips and support. They are large and busy: by Discord’s own count, Pika’s alone showed more than 17,000 members online in each of our reads. They are run by the company, so expect the conversation to stay on its product. Higgsfield’s describes itself as “The official Higgsfield AI community”. Midjourney’s server is bigger still, at over 18 million members, but it serves a text-to-image tool.

Skool’s Ai Filmmaking suits you if you want one instructor’s method at a low price. It is private, costs “$7/month”, and the page warns: “Price goes up to $50/month soon!” It shows a 5.0 rating from 28 reviews.

Curious Refuge suits you if you want structured courses and a route into studio work and can pay for it. The membership is priced at “$149/mo” as an annual plan “intended to be paid at once”; month to month it is “$199/month”. A single course is $749. Its FAQ says members of its invite-only network “are recommended directly for paid jobs and creative opportunities at studios and brands across the industry.”

The Scene Makers suits you if you want a free, small-group feel with other creators and a path to paid brand work. It runs on WhatsApp in two groups: Beginners, open to anyone learning, and Creators, which asks for 5 or more published AI videos, 10,000+ combined views and 1,000+ followers. Brands send AI video briefs to the community, and the Creators group sees them first. Shared chats are in English, and course selling is not allowed.

When is The Scene Makers the wrong choice?

We are one of the options, so here is where we do not fit.

• You want a course. We run member sessions and share workflows, not a structured course. Skool’s AI Filmmaking and Curious Refuge are built for that.
• You want answers others can search. WhatsApp chats are not public, so a fix shared there will not show up in a search. Reddit is better for that.
• You need deep help with one tool. The tool’s own Discord has its staff and many more of its users.
• You would rather not use WhatsApp. Everything we run is there.

Do you need to pay to be in an AI video community?

No. Reddit, the tool makers’ Discord servers and The Scene Makers are free. Pay when you want teaching: a $7 group for one instructor’s method, or $199 a month ($149 a month if you pay a year upfront) for a full course library with workshops and career services.