AI Video Remake

Quick answer: Upload an MP4 or MOV and SceneMixer reads it shot by shot: where the cuts fall, who is on screen, what they do and what they say. That becomes a cast, a set of locations, a prop list and a finished storyboard. Then you pick a visual style, a wardrobe and a region, and every shot is generated again with your own characters. The source clip is never shown to the video model, so the result is a new picture, not a filter over the old one. The read is priced by the clip's length in minutes; everything after it is priced like any drama.

Still from “The Veil at Dawn”, an AI short drama generated end-to-end by SceneMixer (6 characters, 1 episode) — Sample: “The Veil at Dawn” — Digital HD, 1 episode, produced end-to-end by SceneMixer from the script · watch the episodes

Try it: a one-minute scene you shot on a phone, read into a storyboard, then rendered as Anime with the two leads moved to Tokyo and speaking Japanese. The beats are yours; the people, the streets and the language are new.

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	An MP4 or MOV you upload, read shot by shot and re-shot with your own cast, look and language; the source clip never reaches the video model

What a remake is, and what it is not

Searches for “remake video AI”, “recast” and “reimagine video” mean different things to different people, so here is the plain version. A remake in SceneMixer keeps the structure of the clip: the order of shots, how long each holds, who is in frame, the camera move, the spoken lines. It replaces the picture: faces come from your character sheets, rooms from your location plates, clothes from the wardrobe you choose. It is closer to re-shooting a scene with a new cast than to running a style filter over footage.

Two things it therefore cannot do. It will not turn you into an anime character: your face is not kept, a drawn character stands where you stood. And it will not preserve a real actor's likeness from the source: the read produces a written description of each person, and the sheet drawn from it is a new face. How a remake works, step by step · Where your uploaded clip goes.

Who this is for

If you are…	What you make here	Start with
A creator who wants the same beat in a new skin	The clip's timing and staging, re-shot as anime, 3D cartoon or film	Pick the look in Step 1 after the read
A team localising a scene	The same scene with the cast moved to another region and speaking another language	Target region
A writer studying a scene's blocking	A full storyboard of a clip you admire, to learn from or build on	Previs and animatics
Someone with old footage and a new idea	A remake of your own clip with a different cast, then new episodes that continue it	Add episodes

Use material you have the rights to. Reading a clip is not a licence to its story, and the result is a new picture that you then own. What you get to keep.

Video to anime, video to cartoon: how it works here

If what you want is a live-action clip turned into anime or a cartoon, a remake does it with one difference from a converter: the people are redrawn as new characters, not traced. Choose Anime, Painterly Anime, Korean Webcomic, Family 3D Animation or Claymation in Step 1 and the whole clip is shot in that look, with the cast, sets and props drawn once so they match from shot to shot. Anime video generator · Cartoon video generator.

The Anime card under Visual Style in SceneMixer's project setup — The cards as they appear in step 1, *Set Up Your Project*. Pick one in each row before the script is read; the visual style is fixed once you continue.

The Painterly Anime card under Visual Style in SceneMixer's project setup — The cards as they appear in step 1, *Set Up Your Project*. Pick one in each row before the script is read; the visual style is fixed once you continue.

The read, in four passes

Find the cuts. The clip is split into shots.
Identify the cast, scenes and props. Every person who appears becomes a character with a written appearance and a voice description; every place becomes a location; every prop that matters becomes an item.
Read each shot. Framing, camera move, who is in frame, what is said. Dialogue is transcribed and attributed to the speaker, in the language it was spoken.
Check and lay out the storyboard. Numbered shots with seconds inside segments, ready for the editor.

A fast-cut clip has more shots to read than a slow one, so it takes longer, but it does not cost more: the read is priced by length alone, rounded up to the next minute, and the price is on the button before you press it. Limits, read time and price · How dialogue and music are read.

Then it is a normal project

After the read you are in the same editor as every drama: Step 1 for the look, the format and the dialogue language; Step 2 for the cast and locations (the first 15 setup images on an account are free); the storyboard, which you can edit line by line; then video segment by segment at 10 credits a second on the default tier, and a join at 1 credit a second. Members can swap one character for another after the fact, or replace a voice. Recast a remake · Swap a character in a clip · Change a voice.

Limits worth knowing

One clip per remake, MP4 or MOV, within the length and size the composer shows (the length cap is 300 seconds on the default setting).
Dialogue is read in the language spoken; to change the language, set it in Step 1 and the lines are performed in the new one.
Real people's faces, famous characters and brand mascots are refused by the IP check, whether they came from the clip or from a photo. IP check.
Music is written for the remake; the source's soundtrack is read for mood, not copied.

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.

See all 15 languages

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
Reading the source	Upload an MP4 or MOV: it is read shot by shot into a cast, locations, props and a storyboard; the clip itself never reaches the video model	Watch the clip, write the shot list and character descriptions yourself
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

FAQ

Can AI remake a video?

Yes. SceneMixer reads a clip shot by shot into a cast, locations and a storyboard, then generates every shot again with new characters in the look you choose.

Is this a video-to-anime filter?

No. The people are redrawn as new characters and the whole clip is re-shot in an anime look; your own face is not kept.

Can I keep the actors' faces from the original?

No. The read writes a description of each person; the character sheet drawn from it is a new face. Real people's likenesses are refused.

What does a remake cost?

The read is priced by the clip's length in minutes, rounded up, shown on the button. Images, storyboards and video afterwards are priced like any drama.

Can the remake be in another language?

Yes. Choose the dialogue language in Step 1; the lines are performed in it. Any of 15 languages.

Can I change who plays whom afterwards?

Members can recast a character or replace a voice in a finished clip without re-reading the source.

What clips are allowed?

Clips you shot or have the rights to, within the length and size shown on the upload box. Reading a clip is not a licence to its story.

Does it keep the music?

No. The soundtrack is read for mood; new music is written for the remake.

Read a clip. Shoot it again.

The price of the read is on the button before you start.

Remake a video

Updated November 2, 2026