Data storytelling
Make a data story video where the numbers move
Drop your report, survey results or research note. Motiongist picks the key findings and turns them into counters, bars and lines that build in step with a narrated voice.
- 500 free credits at sign-up
- Free storyboard review
- 45–180 s, vertical 9:16
- 8 voices, 10 languages
Your document
9:16 · 1080×1920“customer-survey-results.pdf: a survey write-up with its headline figure, sample, and results by year and by customer group.”
- Length
- 90–120 s
- Look
- Light
- Voice
- George
- Rendering
- 2D · English
Storyboard · 6 scenes
- 0–6 sHook. The headline figure from the report counts up from zero in big type, with what it measures underneath.
- 6–30 sContext. A simple card states who was asked and when, using the sample size and dates exactly as the document gives them.
- 30–55 sFinding one. A bar chart builds one bar per answer; the leading answer lights up as the narration names it.
A good chart in a report gets a glance. The same chart, built bar by bar while someone explains why the third bar matters, gets understood. That is the whole idea of a data story: one finding at a time, in an order that makes sense, with the number on screen at the moment the voice says it.
Motiongist builds that from the document you already have. It reads the findings, writes a script around the three or four that matter, and animates them as counters, bar charts, line charts and side-by-side comparisons, with each figure taken from your source.
How it works
From a report to a data story
- Step 1
Drop the document
A PDF, DOCX, TXT or Markdown file: an annual report, a survey write-up, a research summary. Or link to a page that publishes the results.
- Step 2
Point at the findings
Add notes like “must show: the year-on-year change” and set the key moment, the number people should remember. Choose the decision-maker audience for stakeholders.
- Step 3
Check every figure
In the free storyboard step, compare each number and label against the document. Fix, reorder or drop a scene before anything renders.
- Step 4
Share it with the report
Post the video with the report link, embed it on the results page, or send stakeholders a share link that plays in any browser.
Example
Key findings of a customer survey
What you give: “customer-survey-results.pdf: a survey write-up with its headline figure, sample, and results by year and by customer group.”
What the video shows, scene by scene
- 0–6 s
Hook. The headline figure from the report counts up from zero in big type, with what it measures underneath.
- 6–30 s
Context. A simple card states who was asked and when, using the sample size and dates exactly as the document gives them.
- 30–55 s
Finding one. A bar chart builds one bar per answer; the leading answer lights up as the narration names it.
- 55–80 s
Finding two. A line draws across the years covered by the survey, and the turning point gets a marker and a label.
- 80–100 s
Comparison. A split screen puts two customer groups side by side, each with its own figure.
- 100–112 s
Takeaway. One sentence on what it means, and where to read the full report.
An illustrative storyboard for this brief (Light look, 2D). Motiongist writes its own scenes from your input, and you can edit them for free before rendering.
Why Motiongist
Why numbers land better in motion
Charts built on the word
Counters, bars and lines animate in step with the narration, so each number appears exactly when it is said.
Figures from your source
With a document as input, the script sticks to it, and a fact review runs before rendering.
Checked before it renders
The storyboard is free to review: every figure and label is in front of you before a credit is spent.
In your report’s colors
Apply your brand colors and logo from the Solo plan, so the video matches the document it comes from.
A long report, several videos
On the Team plan, split a long report into a series of short episodes, one finding per video.
Every number should come from your source
Motiongist works from text: a report, a summary, or a table pasted as text or Markdown. It doesn’t analyse a spreadsheet or compute new statistics, so give it the findings, not the raw data.
Even with a source, read every figure in the storyboard before you render. A misplaced decimal in a chart travels further than one in a PDF, and you are the one publishing it.
Charts that read on a phone
Vertical video leaves little room for a dense chart. The best data stories show one chart per scene, few bars, big labels and one highlighted value. If a finding needs a table with twenty rows, link to the report instead of squeezing it in.
Start faster
Templates that fit
Each template is a ready-made brief: an example subject, a target length, a look and notes. Open one and change the subject.
What it costs
One credit balance. A short video is 400 credits, a standard one 700, a long one 1,000, plus 1 credit per 10 narrated characters for the final voice.
Free
$0
500 credits at sign-up
To try it out: a first video, draft voice, discreet watermark.
Solo
$19 / month
3,000 credits / month
To post every week: final voice, clean exports, your brand.
StudioMost popular
$49 / month
30,000 credits / month
To produce at volume: priority rendering, custom looks, API and MCP.
Team
$149 / month
100,000 credits / month
For teams and agencies: 5 seats, 4 renders in parallel, one invoice.
Prices before tax, in US dollars. Yearly billing is 35% cheaper. Failed renders are refunded automatically.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Can I upload a spreadsheet?
Not as a spreadsheet file. Documents can be PDF, DOCX, TXT or Markdown; a table pasted as text works. Give it the findings you want shown rather than raw data to analyse.
Will it invent numbers?
With a document as the source, the script sticks to it and a fact review runs before rendering. Still, check every figure in the storyboard step: that is what it is for.
What kinds of charts can it show?
Animated counters, bar charts, line charts and side-by-side comparisons are the usual ones, drawn as clean vector graphics in the look you choose.
How long should a data story be?
A standard video (90–120 s) fits a headline figure plus two or three findings. For a single striking number, a short one (45–60 s) is enough.
Can I try it on our last report?
Yes. Sign-up gives 500 free credits, enough for a short video with the draft voice and a watermark. Want only the outline first? Try the free PDF to video plan.
Ready to make your first one?
500 free credits at sign-up. Review the storyboard for free, see the exact price, then render.
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