Botched Proposals

A microdrama series of picture perfect proposals, gone awry.

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Botched Proposals is a bite-sized microdrama surreality series, inspired by real events, that captures the exact moment a picture-perfect engagement plan unravels in real time. Romance, perfectly composed. Proposal, pending. These love stories have gone awry and in some cases, gone horror. She said “Yes-ish.”

CREDITS: Director/AI Artist: Kristyna Archer | Production: Trybe Collective | Producer: Monica Zaffarano | PD: Lee Levy | Wardrobe Stylist: Lindsay Briatico | HMU: Tallulah Lopez | Assistants: Clo Ryan & Scarlett Fulbright | Retoucher: Victoria Lord | Editor: Kristyna Archer | Shot at Fourteen Studios LA

PROCESS

20% Live-Action 80% AI
Select Toolstack: Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, Kling 3.0, Higgsfield, LTX Studio, Eleven Labs.

This hybrid AI workflow starts with my AI worldbuilding, crafting visually compelling frames composited with real actors, with heightened narrative tension for a strong storytelling foundation. Then I direct that into a full scene with continuity, fidelity, human-in-the-loop refinements over performance, comedic timing, and story beats.

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©Kristyna Archer, 2026
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