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Born with taste
01From a product-UI walkthrough to a pop-comic quarterly recap, each one a full art direction, not a filter. Pick one, or let the director choose for the topic.
Any topic.Now a film.
Describe it in a sentence. Get a narrated, animated film for your launch, your onboarding or your next all-hands.
Fieldline Comics #Q3: The Quarter in Panels
Pop comic book34s
9:16
Three Steps Back
Bold flat vector
Fieldline — Take the whiteboard off the wall
Isometric low-poly47s
{Watch}
Real briefs.
Real films.
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Fieldline’s Q3 in 30 seconds, for the company all-hands.
Three wins: 120 new customers, drive time down 24% across all crews, and the Denver launch. One miss: the mobile app slipped to November. One bet for Q4: AI dispatch that re-plans the day on its own. Fast, punchy, fun, like a comic-book recap. End on the Fieldline logo and ‘On to Q4.’
Watch with transcriptTalks & presentations -
Watch with transcriptProduct explainersMake a promotional video for this app, must feel energetic and premium
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Pitch film for Fieldline, a field-service scheduling startup, for a seed-round investor deck.
Problem: dispatchers for plumbers and electricians juggle 40 jobs a day on a whiteboard and crews lose hours driving across town. Fieldline routes every crew automatically and re-plans the day when an urgent job comes in, cutting drive time by 24%. Market: 300,000 small trade businesses in the US. End on the ask: raising $3M to launch in 10 cities, with the Fieldline logo.
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Got a topic? One sentence is enough. Add detail if you have it.
Get started{The idea}
Explaining something well used to take a studio: a writer, an illustrator, a narrator, a composer and an animator. Now it takes a sentence.
- from one sentence to a finished film
- ~15min
- your first film, up to 45 seconds
- Free
- narrator voices
- 11
- languages, English to Korean
- 24
{Why it works}
Not a template. A crew with taste, and you calling the shots.
Ready for your review. Edit any scene, then approve.Approve
Your call at every step
02The director stops with the story, the look and every scene. Nothing is animated until you press Approve.
Slow down on Tuesday.
Hold on the buddy a beat longer0:11
Say it, it changes
03Ask the director in chat, or click anywhere on the video to leave a note at that exact moment. Every version is kept.
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Below the barRed circle covers the headline · fixing
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PassesFixed, rendered and checked again
A critic in the room
04Every film is checked before you see it. If a cut isn’t good enough, the director fixes it and renders again. It won’t hand over less.
{How it actually works}
From one sentence to a finished film.
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Just describe it
Type the question. Here: “How does a rainbow form?” in Risograph print, 30 seconds, narrated by Will.
Good afternoon. What should we explain?
16:9
Create
Risograph print30s16:9Narrator: WillReview before animating
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Review the storyboard
The director stops with a one-line story, the look, a cast of one (Dot the raindrop) and eight scenes. Edit any of it, then approve.
How does a rainbow form?ReviewApprove
Your turn. Edit any scene below, or ask for bigger changes in the chat. When it looks right, press Approve at the top.
How does a rainbow form?
A single raindrop named Dot catches a white sunbeam, bends it, bounces it and hands you one colour — and millions of Dots together paint the arc.
CastDot the raindrop
Scenes
01
Hook: a white beam cuts across the sky
“Sunlight looks white. But it’s hiding something.”
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The beam is every colour
“It’s every colour, travelling together.”
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Dot floats in — the beam bends
“Slip it into a raindrop, and it bends.”
+ 5 more scenes
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The crew gets to work
The scenes are painted, Will records the narration, a score is composed to the eight scenes, then it’s animated and mixed.
How does a rainbow form?In production
67%
Concept and script
Key art and character sheets
Storyboard approvedby you
Painting the scenes8 of 8
Recording narrationWill
Composing the scoretimed to the 8 scenes
Animating
Sound mix
Critic review
Director
Animating the scenes to Will’s narration
Painted scenes8 of 8
Score composed to the 8 scene cuts
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Watch, then say what to change
Reply in the chat, or pin a note on the video at 0:05. The director makes v2 and keeps v1.
How does a rainbow form?v1v2Export
Director
If you want tweaks, I’d tighten the opening to bring the film closer to 30 seconds.
Yes — tighten the opening.Note at 0:05 · This zoom feels abrupt.
Trimming the opening and easing the 0:05 zoom. v2 keeps v1.
Making v2
Ask the director to change something
FilmStoryboardScript
This zoom feels abrupt0:05
0:050:33
v1 · 33sRisograph print · 16:9
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Export and share
A 1080p MP4, captions, subtitles and a poster. This film cost $6.88 to make. Need it vertical? Make a 9:16 take.
How does a rainbow form?Ready
Make more9:16 take1:1 take
video.mp4
1920×1080 · 33s
Small copy
720p for Slack, email and phones
Captions
poster.jpg
Burned-in captions
Subtitles drawn into the picture
Render MP4
That’s the whole process. Your turn.
Get started{The looks}
Twenty-seven looks. Or let the director choose.
+Auto stylethe director picks
Every style ships with its own palette, type and motion rules. See every style in detailDrag, swipe or use the arrows
{Series}
Make one. Then make it a series.
Any finished film can become the pilot. Every new episode keeps its look, voice and characters, so the whole series matches.
PilotFrom pick to earEp 1 · Blueprint / technical
Ep 2The pickupEp 2 · Blueprint / technical
Ep 3Pedals: analog vs digitalEp 3 · Blueprint / technical- Next episodeSame look, same voice
Start with the pilot. The series follows.
Get started{FAQ}
Fair questions.
01What do I actually get?
A finished, narrated, animated film. The director writes the concept and script, paints the art, records the narration, composes a score timed to the scenes, adds sound effects, animates, mixes and hands you something you can play and export.
02How long does a film take?
About 15 minutes from one sentence to a finished film. It pauses once along the way so you can review the storyboard before anything is animated.
03Can I change it?
Before and after. Before: edit any scene in the storyboard, then approve. After: ask the director in chat, or click anywhere on the video to leave a note at that moment. Each change makes a new version (v1, v2…) and the old ones are kept.
04Which styles, voices and languages?
27 art styles plus Auto, where the director picks. 79 narrator voices, native speakers for 16 languages, or let the director cast one for each film. 24 languages, from English and Lithuanian to Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Four audiences: general adults, professionals, students, and children aged 6–11. Frames: 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1.
05Can it use my brand?
Yes, on a paid plan. A brand kit holds your colours, fonts, logo, tagline and end card. You can also upload your own characters, products or logo and the director will use them.
06How do you keep the quality up?
A second model watches the cut and scores it out of 10. It has to reach 8. Below that, the director fixes what the critic found and renders again.
07What does it cost?
Your first film is free, up to 45 seconds, with a small “Made with explain.film” mark. After that, paid plans come with monthly credits, and a 45-second film uses about 40. For comparison, typical agency quotes for 2D animated explainers run $1,500–$5,000 per finished minute.1
08How do I get in?
Sign in and make your first film. It’s free. When we’re at capacity, new sign-ups wait a little; an invite code gets you in right away.
1 Estimate based on typical agency quotes, not a quote from any agency. How much does an explainer video cost? Studio, DIY or AI
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