Write what happens and ClipNova makes the whole reel: a vertical scene for every line, a narrator or characters who talk on screen, music under the voice and captions burned in, exported as a 9:16 MP4. The same characters come back in part 2, part 3 and every reel after.
Below, one story reel goes from a typed idea to the exported file: Priya, a cake baker, and the wedding cake nobody came to pick up. The settings cards and the reel frames are illustrations of what you choose in ClipNova and the kind of reel you get.
Open Prompt to Video and describe the reel in a few lines, or paste your own script, or upload it as a document. It starts on 9:16, the Reels format; 1:1 and 16:9 are there too, picked before you generate. Leave the length on Auto or set it yourself, anywhere up to 5 minutes. The Prompt Enhancer can sharpen your opening line before you start.
Choose a style such as Cinematic, Realism, Disney / Pixar 3D or Anime, and it holds for every scene. The narration is written from your idea and read by a voice from the library, or upload your own recording. Add music, lowered under the voice. Turn captions on and they are burned in, with the spoken word lighting up, so the reel still works with the sound off.
Each line of the story becomes its own scene, framed for a phone. Add your characters in the Characters card (optional) and Priya keeps the same face, bun and yellow apron from the first scene to the last; skip it and ClipNova makes the people from your script. Use AI Video for full motion, or Moving AI Images for a cheaper version.
Comedy and drama reels land better when the characters talk to each other. Switch from Voiceover to Talking characters, give each character a voice, and they say their lines on screen with lip sync, like Uncle Bao asking who ate the last mango and Pepper the parrot denying everything. Talking characters run on Base and Pro; a narrator also runs on Ultra.
Open the reel in Studio to change a single scene: rewrite its line, make it shorter or longer, or regenerate just that scene. Restyle the captions in Hormozi, Karaoke or about 20 other styles, swap the voice or the music, then export again in the same format.
The reel comes back as one 9:16 MP4 with no watermark and commercial rights. End part 1 on a question so people come back, then make part 2 with the same cast. Save the characters once in Series and every new episode keeps their faces, with story memory of the last episodes.
The frames are illustrations of the kind of reels you can make.
A tool that turns an idea or a script into a finished vertical reel. In ClipNova the script, the 9:16 scenes, the voiceover or talking characters, the music and the captions are made in one job and exported as one MP4.
Yes. Reels start on 9:16 with captions burned in, so they play well with the sound off. You download the MP4 and upload it in the Instagram app, where you add the caption, the hashtags and the cover. ClipNova does not post or schedule to Instagram for you.
ClipNova renders from a few seconds up to 5 minutes per video. Pick the length that fits your account and the story: a short hook-and-twist part, or a full episode when the story needs it.
Yes. With AI Video, switch from Voiceover to Talking characters: each character gets a voice and speaks their lines on screen with lip sync. Add them in the Characters card with a face and a name so they look the same in every scene. Talking characters run on Base and Pro; a narrator also runs on Ultra.
This page covers reels of every kind, with or without characters on screen. For faceless channels (facts, motivation, stories with no one on camera), see the faceless reels generator.
The format is chosen per video before you generate: 9:16, 1:1 or 16:9. A finished video is not re-exported into another format, so make a second version in the format you need.
Plans start at $39/mo and every plan can make reels, with narration in 18 languages and commercial rights. The cost of each reel depends on its length and the quality you pick, and the app shows the price in credits before you generate.
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