5-Minute AI Video Generator
Brief for AI Create: A five-minute TV Series pilot: two estranged sisters inherit a failing seaside hotel and have one season to turn it round; three scenes, one hotel, a cliffhanger.
| SceneMixer at a glance | What you get |
|---|---|
| Video price | From $0.06 a second (10 credits) on the default tier, up to $0.47 a second on the top tier; every price is shown before you press the button |
| Clip length | Up to 30 seconds per generated segment; an episode is composited from its segments at 1 credit a second |
| One episode, worked out | A 60-second episode on the default tier is about 660 credits (video plus compositing), about $4.11 at the lowest credit price; a 10-episode series of 90-second episodes from a 30,000-character novel is about 10,026 credits, about $62 |
| Dialogue | Spoken in the video itself, one voice per character, in any of 15 languages |
| Formats | 9:16 vertical or 16:9 landscape; 480P to 1080P, plus a 2K tier |
| Free to start | 50 credits on signup, 15 free setup images, a free storyboard for the first episode and a free 5-second video preview |
| Who uses it | 2,900+ creators have generated with SceneMixer (accounts with at least one generation, counted November 2026) |
| Input | A script, a novel or a one-line idea; .txt, .docx and .md uploads |
How five minutes is built
| Target | Long-take segments (30 s) | Standard segments (15 s) | Type to choose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 minutes | 6 | 12 | Short Drama (cap 240 s) |
| 4 minutes | 8 | 16 | Short Drama |
| 5 minutes | 10 | 20 | TV Series (cap 300 s) or Film |
Each segment opens where the last one ended: the system tracks who stands where, what they hold and what has changed, so a five-minute scene does not reset at every cut. What is tracked between segments · Why the next segment opens like the last one ended.
Who this is for
| If you are… | What you make here | Start with |
|---|---|---|
| Running a YouTube story channel | A three- to five-minute acted or narrated story per upload | AI story video generator |
| Writing a series | A pilot episode of about five minutes, then the next ones from the same cast | AI TV show generator |
| Teaching | A five-minute lesson as a small drama or an explainer with a recurring guide | Videos for your classroom |
| Pitching | A five-minute proof of a longer idea, watched before anyone commits | A TV pilot or pitch |
What five minutes costs
Video is 10 credits a second on the default tier, so 300 seconds is three hundred times that, plus 1 credit a second for the join, before retakes. At the lowest credit price that is about $0.06 a second. The honest advice for a first five-minute piece: draft it at 480P, watch it, fix the two or three shots that missed, then raise the keepers. Draft at 480P, finish at 1080P · Spend fewer credits.
Generate it without babysitting
Press Generate all and the segments queue in order; you can close the tab and come back to a finished episode. The storyboard is the place to spend your attention: read all twenty segments before rendering any, because a fix there costs nothing and a fix after costs a segment. Generate all segments at once · Checklist before you generate.
Time, and what to do with it
A five-minute episode takes longer than the sum of its segments because they render in a queue shared with everyone; expect something between a coffee and a meal, longer on the higher tiers. Look around the set while a shot renders, or read the next episode's outline. Why a generation takes time.
Other lengths: 30 to 60 seconds: one or two segments · 10 minutes and beyond: a series.
Languages
Native dialogue in 15 languages
Every series below was produced by the same pipeline with the cast speaking that language natively: the interface, the working documents and the spoken lines are all in one language, and nothing is dubbed. Open one to hear it.
A Carta de LisboaPortuguêsNative dialogue
윈터 프라미스한국어Native dialogue
El Secreto de CostaEspañolNative dialogue
浪人の誓い日本語Native dialogue
Ikrar JakartaBahasa IndonesiaNative dialogue
Зимняя коронаРусскийNative dialogue
L’Héritier du DéfiléFrançaisNative dialogue
Il Tavolo dell'OlivaItalianoNative dialogue
De Vuurtoren van de FjordNederlandsNative dialogue
العهد الصحراويالعربيةNative dialogue
Çantasındaki SözleşmeTürkçeNative dialogue
Die Istanbul-TäuschungDeutschNative dialogue
Останній сигналУкраїнськаNative dialogue
問劍青雲繁體中文Native dialogue
The Last EnvelopeEnglishIn your language
In SceneMixer vs. stitching tools together
Most AI drama workflows are five or six tools in a row. This is where each step happens here, and what it replaces.
| Step | In SceneMixer | Doing it by hand with separate tools |
|---|---|---|
| Script and episode plan | Paste a script or a novel, or type one line: it is read into a cast, locations, props and an episode outline you can edit | A chat model writes the script; you split it into episodes and carry the text from tool to tool |
| Character faces and places | Every character, location and prop is drawn once as a reference sheet and attached to every shot it appears in | An image model, one sheet at a time; you upload the right reference to every clip yourself |
| Shots | A storyboard per episode with numbered shots and seconds; video is generated segment by segment in 9:16 or 16:9 against the same sheets | A video model, one clip per prompt, describing the same people again each time |
| Voices and dialogue | Lines are performed in the video itself, one voice per character, in any of 15 languages | A text-to-speech tool for each line, then a lip-sync pass on every clip |
| Fixing one shot | Edit that shot's text and regenerate the segment alone; the rest of the episode is untouched | Regenerate the clip, then re-cut the timeline |
| Finishing | Segments are composited into one episode file with its score; members download without the AI badge | A video editor to join the clips, add music and captions, then export |
| Publishing | You upload the finished episode to TikTok, YouTube, Instagram or anywhere else; nothing is posted for you | Upload by hand, the same as here |
Can you make money with AI dramas on TikTok and YouTube?
Yes, within each platform's rules, and the rules are about the account and the video, not about how the video was made. TikTok's Creator Rewards Program (checked November 2, 2026) is open to personal accounts aged 18+ in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, South Korea, France, Mexico and Brazil with at least 10,000 followers and 100,000 video views in the last 30 days; a rewarded video must be original, longer than one minute and reach 1,000 views on the For You feed. YouTube's Partner Program needs 1,000 subscribers plus either 4,000 watch hours in the last 12 months or 10 million Shorts views in the last 90 days.
Both platforms require realistic AI-generated content to be labelled, and YouTube states that disclosing AI use alone does not limit a video's audience or its eligibility to earn. SceneMixer episodes are longer than a minute by design, carry an AI badge by default (members can switch it off and add the platform's own label instead), and are yours to publish. The full answer, with sources.
FAQ
Can AI make a 5-minute video?
Yes, as one episode of up to 60 segments joined into one file. Choose TV Series or Film type for the 300-second cap or no cap.
How many segments is five minutes?
Ten long-take segments of 30 seconds, or twenty standard segments of 15.
Will the characters stay the same for five minutes?
Yes. Each character is drawn once and every segment is rendered against that sheet; positions and props are tracked between segments.
How much does a 5-minute AI video cost?
Three hundred seconds at 10 credits a second on the default tier plus the join, before retakes; at the lowest credit price about $0.06 a second for the video alone.
How long does it take?
Segments render in a shared queue; a five-minute episode usually takes a good part of an hour, longer on the top tiers.
Can I make it longer than five minutes?
Yes. Film type has no episode cap, and a project can hold many episodes; see the long video page.
Can it be 3 minutes instead?
Yes. Six long-take segments or twelve standard ones; Short Drama type caps an episode at 240 seconds.
Is there a free part?
The first setup images, the first episode's storyboard and a short preview are free; video is paid by the second.
Is SceneMixer like ReelShort or DramaBox?
No. ReelShort and DramaBox are apps for watching short dramas. SceneMixer is for making them: it turns your script or novel into episodes with a consistent cast and spoken dialogue, and you publish the episodes wherever you like, including those platforms' creator programmes where they exist.
Updated November 2, 2026