How to make AI story videos
Brief for AI Create: A five-minute story for a YouTube channel: a night-bus driver finds a lost violin on the last run and decides whether to return it; one bus, one bridge, three scenes, a quiet ending.
Pick a story that fits a video
- One want, one obstacle, one turn. If you can say it in a sentence, it fits.
- Two or three characters. Each extra one is another drawing and another voice.
- One to three places. A place drawn once is steady and cheap to reuse.
- Something to hear. Dialogue or a narrator; silence only where you mean it.
AI story video generator · AI long story video generator.
Narrator or dialogue
A story told in the third person can keep its narrator as voice-over lines, or you can turn the key moments into speech. Most good story videos use both: a voice-over to cover time and place, dialogue for the turn. Both are written in the storyboard and are editable. Writing dialogue so it is picked up.
Plan the length before you render
Each segment is up to 15 or 30 seconds and an episode holds up to 60 segments. Decide how long the story is, then how many segments that is, then what it costs: seconds at 10 credits a second on the default tier, plus 1 credit a second to join. Choosing script length and cost · How length is built.
Make a first cut of the opening
Render the first scene only and watch it with the sound on. Check three things: do the faces match the drawings, does the place look like the place, does the voice sound like the person. Fix the cast, not the shots, if the answer is no. The free preview · Edit one shot and regenerate.
Post it
For a channel, 16:9 Landscape. For Shorts, a 9:16 Portrait cut of the best minute. Videos on a free account carry a small AI label; a paid membership turns it off by default. Posting to TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Reels · A faceless YouTube channel.
Make it in SceneMixer, start to finish
- Script: paste your own on Upload Script, or write the brief above in AI Create and let it draft the episodes.
- Step 1: Type Film; Scene Style Pastoral Healing, Urban Opulence; Costume Style Soft Everyday, Smart Casual; Visual Style Digital HD, Soft Glow; Target Region; dialogue language; 16:9 Landscape. Then read the script.
- Step 2: Draw the two or three people and the one or two places the story needs; the voice-over narrator needs no drawing. The first 15 setup images on an account are free.
- Storyboard: generate episode 1 first (free on your first drama) and read it before you render anything. One place per segment.
- Video: render on the default tier at 10 credits a second, fix single shots instead of whole episodes, then put the episode together and post.
| Story length | Segments (15 s / 30 s) | How to build it |
|---|---|---|
| 3 minutes | 12 / 6 | One episode |
| 5 minutes | 20 / 10 | One TV Series episode |
| 10 minutes | 40 / 20 | Two TV Series episodes with the same cast |
| 15 minutes | 60 / 30 | Three episodes; post as parts |
FAQ
How do I make an AI story video?
Write or generate a story, draw the cast once, read the storyboard, then render the segments and join them into one video.
How long can a story video be?
One episode holds up to 60 segments of up to 15 or 30 seconds; longer stories are several episodes with the same cast.
Can it narrate the story?
Yes. The narrator is kept as voice-over lines in the storyboard.
Do I need a script?
No. Prose works, or type one line in AI Create and let it draft the story.
Can I make it for YouTube?
Yes. Choose 16:9 Landscape in Step 1; 9:16 for Shorts.
How much does it cost?
Video is 10 credits a second on the default tier plus 1 credit a second to join.
Is there a free try?
New accounts start with 50 credits; the first 15 setup images, the first storyboard and a 5-second preview are free.
Updated November 2, 2026