AI documentary maker
Write what the video is about, or start from a transcript made here. You get a script of scenes to edit, free; then a voice reads it over a picture for each scene, with slow camera moves and captions, as an MP4.
1. What is the video about?
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In 1940, German troops occupied Norway. Flags, songs and badges that showed loyalty to the Norwegian king were soon forbidden. So people looked for something smaller, something no soldier could easily call a crime.
They chose the paperclip. Pinned to a coat lapel, a plain wire clip meant: we stick together. It was ordinary enough to deny, and everybody who saw it understood.
The symbol grew from a story Norwegians liked to tell: that a Norwegian, Johan Vaaler, invented the paperclip. He did patent a clip around 1900, but the familiar double loop, the Gem design, came from Britain.
The occupiers eventually banned the paperclip too. After the war, Norway kept the story. A small piece of office wire had carried a whole country's quiet refusal.
Read the script
An octopus has three hearts. Two of them sit beside the gills and do one job only: push blood through the gills, where it picks up oxygen from the water.
The third heart, the systemic heart, sends that fresh blood to the rest of the body: the arms, the brain, the skin that changes colour in a fraction of a second.
Their blood is blue. Instead of iron-based haemoglobin, it carries oxygen with hemocyanin, which is built around copper. It works well in cold water with little oxygen.
And when an octopus swims, its systemic heart stops beating. Swimming tires it out quickly, which may be why most octopuses would rather crawl along the sea floor.
How does this AI documentary maker work?
A language model turns your topic, notes, article or a transcript from this site into a script of scenes: a few sentences of narration and one picture each. The script is free and every line is editable. Press Make and a voice reads each scene over a picture an image model paints, moving slowly while the voice speaks; the scenes are joined with captions into an MP4. 40 credits per started minute of narration, worked out from the script first.
- Script
- Free, editable, any language
- Video
- 40 credits a minute, up to 10 minutes
- Look
- Documentary photo, illustration, cinematic, watercolour
- Out
- MP4, 1920×1080 or 1080×1920
From idea to video
Give it the material
A topic, notes, an article, or a transcript from the YouTube or upload tools here. Pick a length and the narration language.
Edit the script
Every scene shows what the narrator says and what the picture should show. Rewrite lines, fix facts, cut scenes, add your own. The price updates with the word count.
Make it
Choose the picture style, the voice, 16:9 or 9:16 and captions. The render takes a few minutes; download the MP4 within 48 hours.
What to know before you make one
Pictures, not footage
Each scene is one still picture made by an image model, with a slow zoom. It suits explainers, history, essays and storytelling; it is not stock footage or AI video clips.
Check every fact
The script is written only from what you give it and told not to invent; models still slip. Read it before you render. The voice reads exactly what the script says.
Your channel, your rules
YouTube does not pay for mass-produced or repetitive content (its July 2025 "inauthentic content" update). Use this for videos you write and stand behind, not for templated uploads in bulk.
Refunded if it fails
The price is charged when the render starts and returned automatically if it fails. A video that renders but that you would change is not refunded; edit the script first.
AI documentary questions
What does a video cost?
40 credits per started minute of narration, from the script at 150 words a minute: a 3-minute script is 120 credits, a 10-minute one 400. 1,500 credits are $15. Writing and rewriting the script is free.
Can I make faceless YouTube videos with it?
Yes: a voice over pictures, no camera. Write or edit the script yourself; YouTube's monetisation rules exclude mass-produced, repetitive videos, and a generic script read over generic pictures is exactly that.
Which voices are there?
Six narrator voices, named alloy, echo, fable, onyx, nova and shimmer, three lower and three higher. They read many languages; we have not rated their accents.
How long can a video be?
Up to 10 minutes of narration, 60 scenes. For a longer film, make it in parts and join them in your editor.
Can I start from a YouTube video or a podcast?
Yes: get its transcript on the YouTube transcript or audio page, then use "make a video from it". Rewrite it in your own words before you publish someone else's ideas.
How long does it take?
A few minutes for a short video; it grows with the number of scenes. We have not timed production renders yet and will publish the figure when we have.
Make your first video
Write a topic, edit the free script, pay only for the minutes you render.
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