Turn a Script into a Stickman Video (Your Words, Said Word for Word)

Why use your own script

Most AI stickman tools rewrite whatever you give them. That's fine for a quick idea, but not when you've researched a story, have a voice your audience knows, or a client signed off the words. My script is for those cases: the narrator says your script word for word, and the AI only decides what to show.

• You already write and want the visuals done for you.
• You run a true story channel and need the facts exactly as you checked them.
• You have a client or brand script that can't change.
• You want a consistent voice across a series, in your own phrasing.

How to turn a script into a stickman video

1. 1

   Open Stickman and switch on My script

   In Autoclips, open Stickman, pick You Decide or True Story, then switch on My script at the top right of the box. The box changes to "Paste your script. Every word is said exactly as you write it."

2. 2

   Paste your script

   Paste up to about 2 minutes of words. As you paste, a line under the box shows how long it will run, so you know if you need to cut.

   If the script looks like another language, it offers to read it in that language. Pick the one you want before planning.

   

3. 3

   Pick Made-up story or True story

   These two pills only pick the look, the music and the plan's label. Your words stay exactly as they are either way.

4. 4

   Add photos and set the options (optional)

   Drop in photos of the people, logos or places in your script; they're labelled and drawn in the stickman style. Then pick the narrator (press Hear it), the language, how much moves (Stills, Key moments or Full motion), the look, captions and on-screen text.

5. 5

   End on a vote (optional)

   Press End on a vote, type a short question (up to 40 characters, like "Keep it or sell it?") and two one-word answers. The narrator still says only your words; the card at the end shows the question and answers.

   

6. 6

   Plan, check the pictures, then make it

   Press Plan my video. The AI reads your script, casts it and plans every picture, and you see the whole plan with the price before anything is made. Ask for picture changes ("Make it night in the shop"). To change a spoken word, edit the line in Your script instead; that's free.

How to format your script

Plain paragraphs work best. A few things the app understands:

A script example you can copy

In 1975, a man named Gary Dahl was sitting in a bar, listening to his friends complain about their pets. Dogs need walks. Cats scratch the sofa. Fish die. So Gary made a joke: what if your pet was a rock? No food. No vet. No mess. His friends laughed. Gary went home and wrote a training manual. Six months later, he had sold over a million of them.

Notice the shape: a number and a place in the first line, short sentences, one turn ("So Gary made a joke"), and an ending with a big number. That's the pattern most true story animation videos use.

Continue your script as a series

When the video is done, make the next part from it and paste what happens next. Every word is said as you write it, with the same cast, places and narrator as the part before. The length comes from your words, up to 120 seconds. If Part 1 ended on a vote, write Part 2 for the answer that won. More on votes in You Decide stickman videos.

When not to use My script

• You only have an idea. Leave My script off and type one line. The planner researches and writes the script for you.
• You want the characters to talk. Character Speaks writes the dialogue itself and doesn't take a pasted script yet. It's English only for now.
• You're on the free plan. My script is on the paid plans.

Not sure which format fits your script? The AI stickman video generator guide compares all five, and the AI story video generator page covers story videos beyond stickman.