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How AI video generation works, from one line to a film

Five stages turn one line into a finished film — one for you, four for Cinefables. The exact price is shown before any of them starts.

180 free credits to start · no card needed

Short film · 30 s

  • 3D cartoon · 45 s

  • Realistic film · a single shot

How it works

The five stages

What happens between your sentence and your film, in order.

  1. You write the idea

    One line, a full script or an ad brief, in any of 21 languages. It is checked against the content rules before anything is charged, so an idea that is refused costs nothing.

  2. Cinefables writes the script

    Your idea becomes a story with characters, scenes, dialogue, narration and shot direction, following your brief. Past about two minutes it is planned in acts and chapters. Want to read it first? Ask for the plan before paying — who is in it, every scene and every line — change any line for free, then make the film from it.

  3. It casts your characters

    Each character gets a reference sheet — the anchor that keeps their face the same in every scene — saved to your library, so they come back the same in your next film.

  4. It animates every scene

    Each scene is drawn from your cast, places and chosen look, then brought to life.

  5. It voices, scores and delivers

    A narrator you pick and a voice for each character, music and subtitles, cut in 16:9 and 9:16 and ready to post. Prefer no voices? Make it silent, with subtitles.

While it is being made

  • Watch it happen

    The page shows each stage as it runs and each scene as it arrives.

  • Leave any time

    Close the page and come back — it keeps going, and we email you when it's done.

  • Fix one scene

    Redo a scene's picture, animation or voice, or describe the change in your own words and see it, with its price, before you pay.

Questions

Questions people ask

  • Most films finish in well under an hour — a 30-second Lite film takes about half an hour today, and longer or higher-quality films take more. You can close the page while it runs; we email you when it's done.

Watch it happen on your own idea

Your first 10-second film is free and it moves, with its characters speaking and music: confirm your email and 180 free credits land (one welcome grant per inbox) — the film takes 175 of them, leaving 5.