Script to video
Script to video, word for word
You wrote the script. Motiongist keeps every word, gives it a voice, and builds the scenes around your lines: titles, diagrams and numbers timed to the narration.
- 500 free credits at sign-up
- Free storyboard review
- 45–180 s, vertical 9:16
- 8 voices, 10 languages
Your script
9:16 · 1080×1920““Every time you tap your card, at least three companies talk to each other before the terminal beeps. Here’s who they are…” (a 1,400-character script)”
- Length
- 90–120 s
- Look
- Light
- Voice
- Daniel
- Rendering
- 2D · English
Storyboard · 6 scenes
- 0–8 sOpening line, as written. A card taps a terminal and the frame freezes on the beep. Title: “Who’s in on this payment?”
- 8–30 s“The shop’s bank asks first.” An arrow runs from the terminal to a bank labelled “acquirer”.
- 30–55 s“Then the card network passes the message on.” The arrow continues through a network hub to a second bank labelled “issuer”.
If you have already done the hard part, the writing, you don’t want a tool that rewrites it. A pasted script is narrated as written. Motiongist takes care of everything after the words: splitting them into scenes, deciding what each scene shows, recording the voice, and animating each visual so it lands on the word it belongs to.
That makes it a good fit for creators who script their shorts carefully, for teams whose wording has already been approved by a client or a legal review, and for anyone reusing a script from a talk, a podcast segment or a presentation.
How it works
How a script becomes a video
- Step 1
Paste your script
Up to 4,000 characters, narrated exactly as written. Add notes on what must appear on screen, what to avoid, and the key moment that should stick.
- Step 2
Pick the voice and the look
Choose one of 8 voices after listening to the samples. Then pick Light, Night or Illustrated, or your brand colors from the Solo plan.
- Step 3
Check the scene breakdown
The storyboard shows each of your lines next to the visual planned for it. Swap a visual, merge two scenes or split a long one. This step is free.
- Step 4
Render at a known price
The quote shows the exact credits, including the final voice, which depends on how many characters are narrated. It can’t go up after you confirm.
Example
Who is involved when you tap your card
What you give: ““Every time you tap your card, at least three companies talk to each other before the terminal beeps. Here’s who they are…” (a 1,400-character script)”
What the video shows, scene by scene
- 0–8 s
Opening line, as written. A card taps a terminal and the frame freezes on the beep. Title: “Who’s in on this payment?”
- 8–30 s
“The shop’s bank asks first.” An arrow runs from the terminal to a bank labelled “acquirer”.
- 30–55 s
“Then the card network passes the message on.” The arrow continues through a network hub to a second bank labelled “issuer”.
- 55–80 s
“Your bank checks the balance and the fraud signals.” A checklist ticks off funds, card status and an unusual location.
- 80–100 s
“The answer travels back the same way.” The arrows reverse, turn green, and the terminal shows “Approved”.
- 100–110 s
Closing line, as written, with the whole path redrawn as one diagram under the final caption.
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
What you get when the words are yours
Your words, a real voice
8 voices with different tones and paces. Paid plans use final voices with a commercial license; the free plan uses a draft voice for testing.
Captions that match exactly
The narration is your script, so the word-by-word captions and the SRT file match your text exactly. No transcription errors to fix.
Scenes built around your lines
Each sentence gets a visual chosen for what it says: a flow for a process, a counter for a number, two panels for a contrast.
Priced by what you wrote
The base price depends on the length you choose, and the final voice adds 1 credit per 10 narrated characters. You see the total before you confirm.
Fix one line, not the whole video
Changed a sentence after rendering? A revision costs 50% of the base price and rebuilds only the scenes that changed.
Two free checks before you paste
Run your script through Words to minutes to see how long it takes to say out loud, then trim it to fit the length you want. A script that is too long for its length option will feel rushed.
Then try the AI storyboard generator. It splits a script into scenes with the visual, the on-screen text and the timing of each, so you can spot lines that have nothing to show before you spend credits.
Writing for a visual narration
Short sentences give the engine clean scene breaks. Concrete nouns (a bank, a card, a terminal) give it something to draw. Numbers, steps and comparisons make the strongest visuals, so if your script has one, keep it.
Write the script in the language you want it narrated in. The voice, the captions and the on-screen text all follow the video language.
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
Will Motiongist change my script?
Not a pasted script: it is narrated as written. The engine only decides how to split it into scenes and what each scene shows, and you can change that in the storyboard.
How long can my script be?
Up to 4,000 characters. The length you pick (45–60 s, 90–120 s or 150–180 s) should match how long the script takes to read, which Words to minutes tells you.
Which languages can the script be in?
English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Turkish and Indonesian. Write the script in the video language; the captions and on-screen text follow it.
Can I use the video commercially?
Paid plans export without a watermark, and final voices come with a commercial license. On the free plan, videos carry a watermark and the draft voice is for testing only.
What if one scene shows the wrong thing?
Fix it in the storyboard before rendering, for free. After a render, edit and run a revision: it costs 50% of the base price and only the changed scenes are rebuilt.
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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