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Set Up Your Film

Every film is built from specific settings. Choose them one at a time with Walk me through it, or all on one page with Set it up myself. Each one starts on a sensible default, so you change only what you care about.

  1. Pick how to set it up

    On New production, Walk me through it asks one question at a time with a default already picked, Start from a preset begins from a ready-made setup, and Set it up myself opens the page with every setting.

    The three ways to start: Walk me through it, Start from a preset, and Set it up myself.

  2. Set it up myself

    Prefer to see everything at once? Set it up myself opens the page with your prompt and every setting. Press Set it up for the setup window: a section for each setting down the left, in the same order as Walk me through it, and the estimated cost of the whole film at the top. Every change applies as you make it, so there’s nothing to save.

    The setup window: a section for every setting down the left, and the estimated cost at the top.

  3. How it’s made

    Moving stills: every shot is a still picture brought to life with camera movement and small moving details, like rain or firelight. Full motion: every scene plays out in motion, and people can speak on camera. Mixed: both in one film, where the action moves and places and quiet moments are held. In Mixed, Amount of motion sets how much of the film is in motion.

    The three ways a film can be made, each with its price a minute.

    Sign in to try it in the studio

  4. Length

    Pick a range, from under 30 seconds up to 35–40 minutes, and the film will land inside it. To ask for an exact length, say it in your prompt.

    Choosing the film’s length in Walk me through it.

  5. Frame and resolution

    The frame is the picture’s shape: wide for YouTube, tall for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, or square for feed posts. It can’t change once the film starts. The resolution is how sharp it is: Moving stills goes up to 4K, and Mixed and Full motion are made at 720p or 1080p. Every resolution is the real one, never stretched.

    Choosing the frame in Walk me through it: wide, tall or square.

  6. Genre and real footage

    A genre sets how the film looks, sounds and moves. Our library has 18 genres, and 15 of them are made in Moving stills. Leave it on Choose for me and we pick the one that fits your prompt, or choose one from the library (About this genre shows what it makes), or Not in our library to have a style made for your prompt. Real footage lets some shots use real public-domain film instead of being made for you.

    The genres in Walk me through it, each with its picture.

  7. Sound, voices and language

    Score is original music; Voice is the narration, and it sets the timing of everything else. Choose which voices may be cast and the film’s language: Voices and Languages has more.

    The voices you can choose from, each with a sample to listen to.

  8. Subtitles

    Show the spoken words on screen, in the look you choose, and add caption files in other languages. Subtitles and Caption Files explains both.

  9. Cut points

    Choose where the film stops and waits for you: at the script, the cast or the storyboard. None are on to start. Review Your Film at a Cut Point shows what you can do at each one.

  10. Models

    Our pick uses the models we use for every film, chosen for quality and price. Shot by shot, within a budget lets the studio pick the best model for each shot, inside a budget you set. I’ll choose lets you pick them yourself. A different model changes the film, not just its cost.

    Who makes the film: the studio’s pick, shot by shot within a budget, or your own choice.

  11. Save it as a preset

    Like this setup? Save it as a preset, and next time pick it under Start from a preset to go straight to your prompt.