AI story video generator
An AI story video generator for fables, bedtime stories and series
Paste a story or upload the manuscript. Scenema casts the characters, draws and animates every scene and narrates it in the story's own language, with the same faces from the first scene to the last.
200 free credits at signup. No credit card required.
Why an animated story usually takes five AI tools
The common recipe for an AI story video has five steps, each in a different tool:
- Chatbot writes the script
- Image tool draws each scene
- Video model animates each scene
- Voice tool reads the narration
- Editor joins it all together
Each tool starts from scratch, so the hero's face, clothes and home can change from one scene to the next. Scenema does all five steps in one place and makes every shot from the same character references. Read why AI characters change between shots and what fixes it.
How Scenema turns a story into a video
- 1
Bring the story
Paste the story or upload the manuscript in PDF, Word or text. If you only have an idea, Scenema can write the story. Your own words are kept as written.
- 2
Meet the cast
Every character, place and prop in the story gets reference images. The fox in scene one is the same fox in the last scene.
- 3
Choose the look and the narrator
Pick a style such as watercolour, claymation or shadow puppet. Then pick a narrator in the story's language, or a voice you cloned.
- 4
Watch it come together
Scenema plans the scenes, draws and animates every shot, and times each one to the narration. Redo any shot you dislike, and the rest of the story stays as it is.
Start with the story you already have
Paste it, upload it or describe it. Scenema keeps your cast the same in every scene.
Art styles for AI story videos
A bedtime story and a myth call for different art. These scenes come from four of the styles Scenema can animate a story in. Each style page shows more scenes and the kinds of stories it suits.
Browse every animation style, or make a custom style from your own artwork.
Stories people make with an AI story video generator
Moral stories and fables
A short tale with a lesson at the end, from Aesop or the Panchatantra or your own family's stories.
Paper and art stylesBedtime stories
A calm narrator, a soft palette and a slow pace. A parent can clone their own voice and narrate every night.
Browse narrator voicesMyths and folk tales
Retell an old story in the art of its culture, such as Chinese ink wash for a river legend.
See Chinese Ink WashSeries with a recurring cast
Keep the same characters across episodes, so viewers come back for them. A whole book can be split into chapters of as long as 30 minutes.
How characters stay the sameAn AI story video narrated in the story's own language
Scenema narrates in more than 75 languages, including Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic and French, with more than 500 narration voices to choose from.
Write the story in its language, or have Scenema write it, and pick a narrator who speaks it. One story can also be retold for a new audience with a narrator in their language. Listen to the narrators on the voices page.
Ways to make an AI story video compared
Story videos come from three kinds of workflow. The difference shows most in whether the characters hold together.
| Compared | Five separate AI tools | Short clip models | Scenema |
|---|---|---|---|
| How it works | Write in a chatbot, draw scenes in an image tool, animate them, add a voice and join it all in an editor | Type a prompt and get one clip of a few seconds | Paste the story, and Scenema plans, draws, animates and narrates every scene |
| Same characters in every scene | Possible if you give every tool the same reference pictures, scene after scene | Each clip is made on its own, so faces and outfits can drift between clips | Built in, from reference images for each character, place and prop |
| Narration | A separate voice tool, which you time to each scene yourself | Added separately | One narrator in the story's language, timed to every shot |
| Best for | Creators who want to control every frame | Single scenes and social clips | Narrated stories from 30 seconds to a full book |
FAQ
Questions about AI story videos
What does an AI story video generator do?+
An AI story video generator turns written text into an animated, narrated video. Scenema splits the story into scenes and shots, draws and animates each one with the same characters throughout, and records the narration.
Can AI turn a story into a video?+
Yes, AI can turn a story into a video. On Scenema you paste the story or upload the manuscript, and one tool handles the scenes, the animation and the narration, which reads your text word for word.
How do I keep the characters looking the same in every scene?+
Use a tool that gives each character reference images and makes every shot from them. Scenema does this for every recurring character, place and prop, so a fox keeps the same face and scarf from start to finish.
Can I make a story video in Hindi, Spanish or another language?+
You can write the story in Hindi, Spanish or any of more than 75 languages and pick a narrator who speaks it. Scenema can also write the story in that language for you.
Can I make an AI story video for free?+
Every new Scenema account starts with 200 credits, once, and no card is asked for. That covers one watermarked story of about 30 seconds from up to 500 characters of text, which is enough to try a short fable. Longer stories need a paid plan.
Can I narrate the story in my own voice?+
You can clone your own voice on Scenema and use it as the narrator. The same voice can then read every episode of a series.
How long can an AI story video be?+
A Scenema story can be as short as about 30 seconds. A longer one is split into chapters, each up to 30 minutes, so a book can become one long video. Make it 16:9 for YouTube or 9:16 for Shorts and Reels.
Make your first AI story video
Bring a fable, a bedtime story or the first chapter of a book. Scenema casts it, animates it and narrates it in the language it was written in.
200 free credits at signup. No credit card required.