Director Mode inside OpenArt lets you make a whole video by chatting. Add your photos and an idea, and it writes the story, plans the shots and makes the clips, voiceover and music.
Then you keep shaping the same video by chat, and it redoes only the part you ask about. Videos run up to five minutes, and OpenArt says faces, voices and products stay the same from scene to scene.
Make Your Vision-Board Movie
Open Director Mode. Go to Director Mode inside OpenArt and sign in. You need at least 100 credits to start a video.
Attach your board and photos. Add a clear photo of your vision board, then 3 or 4 photos of you. Straight on, from the side and full body. Adding them first keeps you looking like you in every shot.
Pick Guide me. In the run mode menu by the chat box, Guide me stops for your OK at the story, the shots, the images and then the video.
Paste the prompt below. The one sentence from my video, built out with length, style and sound.
Fix it by chatting. Check the storyboard in the Scene tab. To change one shot, type @, pick the shot and say what to change.
Finish and export. Check music and captions in the Timeline tab, set 9:16, and export an MP4 at 1080p.
Starting Prompt: Vision-Board Movie
Show me a day in my life if all my goals for next year came true.
Use the vision board I attached as the plan for that day. Every goal on it should show up as a real moment I'm living, never as a picture on a wall. The person in my reference photos is me. Keep my face, hair, skin tone and build exactly the same in every shot.
Make it a 60-second vertical (9:16) film in a warm, cinematic live-action style with soft golden light. Follow one full day in order, from waking up through the morning, the work I love, the people I love, and the evening. Open on me waking up already living this life. End on one quiet, earned moment, like me looking out at the view with a smile.
Pacing: short shots of 2 to 4 seconds, then hold the final shot for about 5 seconds.
For sound, use gentle music that slowly builds with a short first-person voiceover (four or five lines) in a calm, grateful voice. Skip dialogue. Add captions for the voiceover.
Before you make any video, show me the story and the shot list. If there's anything on my board you can't read or aren't sure about, guess first, then ask me about it one question at a time.
Then Say
Make the morning feel slower. Hold each morning shot a beat longer.
Swap the shot of the house for a wide drone-style shot that pulls back to show the whole place.
Keep my face exactly like my reference photos in every shot, especially the close-ups.
10 Things Worth Making
Swap anything in [brackets].
1. Your vision-board movie, the long cut. Your goals as a real year, one chapter per season, in 3 minutes. The film you rewatch on hard days. Upload your board and 3 or 4 photos of you.
Starting Prompt
Turn my vision board into a 3-minute "my next year" film with one short chapter per season.
The person in my reference photos is me. Keep my face, hair and style the same the whole way through, and let my clothes change with the seasons.
Each chapter starts with a title card (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall) and shows two or three goals from my vision board coming true in that season. Start small and grow: winter is quiet effort, fall is the payoff. Use 16:9, warm cinematic live-action, natural light, and the same color grade across all four chapters so it feels like one film.
Use one music track that builds across the chapters, and a first-person voiceover of two lines per chapter, written like a letter to my future self. Captions on.
Show me the chapter plan and shot list first. Ask me one question at a time if you need to know which goals belong in which season.
Then Say
Chapter 2 drags. Cut it to its two strongest shots.
Make the fall chapter the emotional peak: slower shots and the music at its fullest.
Add a final shot after the fall chapter: me writing next year's vision board.
2. B-roll for your content. Stop filming the same desk shot. Get a set of clips in your look, ready to cut under your talking. Upload photos of your workspace, your style and you. Export with Download Assets to get each shot as its own file.
Starting Prompt
Make me a set of B-roll clips I can cut into my own videos. My content is about [your topic] for [who you make it for].
Use my reference photos for the look of my workspace, style and colors. If I'm in the shots, keep my face and hair the same every time, and show me mostly from behind, from the side, or as hands only, the way real B-roll looks.
Make 12 separate shots, 3 to 5 seconds each, vertical (9:16), live-action, natural light, and no text or captions. Cover what I talk about most: [three things your videos are about]. Mix them up with 4 close-up detail shots, 4 medium shots of me doing something, and 4 wide shots of the setting. Give every shot one simple camera move, like a slow push in or a slide to the side.
Leave out music and voiceover. I'll add my own audio.
Show me the shot list first so I can cut or swap shots before you make anything.
Then Say
Make shots 3 and 7 look like the same day as the others: same light, same outfit.
Give me two more versions of the close-up shots with a slower push in.
Make 6 more shots in the same style for a video about [next topic].
3. Your product idea as a pitch video. Show the idea working before you spend money making it. Upload your sketches, mockups or renders.
Starting Prompt
Turn my product idea into a 90-second pitch video.
The idea: [one sentence on what it is]. Who it's for: [the person]. The problem it fixes: [the pain, in their words]. I attached my sketches and mockups. Treat them as the real product and keep its shape, colors and details the same in every shot.
Structure:
1. 15 seconds: a real person hitting the problem in an everyday moment.
2. 20 seconds: the product appears and we see what it is.
3. 35 seconds: three short scenes of it working in real life, one benefit per scene.
4. 20 seconds: the person's life after, then a clean end card with the product name and one line.
Make it bright, modern live-action in 16:9. Use a confident, friendly voiceover that sounds like a founder, not an ad. Upbeat music under it. Captions on. Keep the person the same in every scene.
Show me the script and storyboard first. If my idea is missing something an investor or customer would ask, guess first, then ask me one question at a time.
Then Say
The first 15 seconds should hurt more. Make the problem scene feel frustrating.
Show the product closer up in scene 3. I want to see the details from my mockup.
Make a 30-second vertical cut of this for social.
4. A family memory as a short film. The story Grandpa tells every holiday, turned into something the whole family can keep. Upload old photos of the people and the place. You can also upload a recording of your own voice to narrate it.
Starting Prompt
Turn a family memory into a 2-minute short film.
The memory is [what happened, who was there, where and roughly when]. I attached old photos of the people and the place. Keep every person looking like their photo, at the age they were then, in every shot.
Make it feel like a gentle period film from that era. Live-action in 16:9 with soft film grain and warm faded color. Start with an establishing shot of the place, then tell the story in four or five scenes in the order it happened. End on a slow push in to the moment everyone remembers, then fade to an old photo from my uploads.
For narration, use a warm, older voice telling it like a story at the dinner table, in first person as [who is telling it]. Soft piano or acoustic music. Captions on.
Before you write anything, guess the story from the photos, then ask me one question at a time to fill in what you can't see, like names and the small details that made it ours.
Then Say
Make Grandma's scene longer and let her laugh in it.
The kitchen should look more like the photo: same wallpaper, same table.
Replace the narration with my own voice. I'm uploading a recording now.
5. Your love story as a movie trailer. An anniversary, wedding or proposal gift nobody else can give. Upload photos of you both, alone and together.
Starting Prompt
Make a 90-second movie trailer about our love story, as a gift for [occasion].
The two people in my reference photos are us. Keep both of our faces and looks the same in every shot, and keep the two of us clearly different from each other. Here's our story in a few lines. [How you met, one hard or funny moment, the moment you knew, and where you are now.]
Make it look like a classic romantic film trailer in live-action 16:9, with rich color and shallow focus. Build it like a real trailer. Start with a quiet opening and the meet, then a funny beat and a tense beat, then the big emotional moment. Use title cards between beats, written like trailer lines ("This summer..."). End on a title card with our names and the date.
A deep trailer-style voiceover, music that swells near the end, and one short spoken line from each of us with lip sync.
Show me the trailer script first, and ask me one question at a time about any part of the story you need.
Then Say
Make the funny beat land harder. Give it a pause before the punchline.
Change the end card to "Coming soon: our next ten years."
Make the music swell earlier, right as the big moment starts.
6. Your kid's drawing as a bedtime story. The character they drew comes to life and stars in its own story. Upload a flat, well-lit photo of the drawing.
Starting Prompt
Turn my kid's drawing into a 2-minute animated bedtime story starring the character they drew.
I attached the drawing. The main character is [what they drew and its name]. Keep it looking exactly like the drawing, crayon lines and colors included, in every shot. If my child is in the story, use the photo I attached and keep them the same throughout.
The story is [one line, or "you pick something kind and a little brave"]. Make it simple enough for a [age]-year-old. Give it one small problem and one friend, then a happy ending and a sleepy final scene.
Use soft hand-drawn animation with gentle colors in 16:9. Slow pacing, no fast cuts, nothing scary. A warm, calm narrator voice that sounds like reading at bedtime, quiet lullaby music, and captions on so they can follow the words.
Show me the story first. Ask me one question at a time if you need to know my kid's favorite things.
Then Say
Make the narrator slower and softer in the last scene.
Make the character's colors brighter, like fresh crayon.
Make a part two where the character goes to the beach.
7. A creator-style product ad. Test new ads without booking a shoot. Upload product photos from every angle, plus your logo and brand colors.
Starting Prompt
Make a 30-second creator-style ad for my product.
I attached product photos from several angles. Keep the product's shape, color, logo and label exactly the same in every shot. I also attached my brand colors and logo. Use them on the end card.
The product: [what it is]. The one thing customers love most: [benefit]. The thing people doubt before they buy: [objection].
Make it vertical (9:16), live-action, filmed like a real person on their phone in a real home. One presenter, the same person the whole time, talking to camera with lip sync.
0 to 3 seconds: a hook line that names the problem.
3 to 20 seconds: they use the product and show the benefit up close.
20 to 27 seconds: they answer the doubt.
27 to 30 seconds: end card with my logo and "[call to action]".
Natural voice, no music under the talking, captions on. Show me the script and shots first.
Then Say
Give me 3 different hooks for the first 3 seconds, same rest of the ad.
Make the presenter more casual, like they're telling a friend.
Make a 16:9 version of this ad for my website.
8. Your brand story film. The About page video most small businesses never get around to making. Upload photos of you, your team, your space and your products, plus your logo and fonts.
Starting Prompt
Make a 60-second brand story film for my business's About page.
My business: [what you sell and who for]. How it started: [the real origin, a few lines]. What we believe: [one sentence]. I attached photos of me, my team, our space and our products. Keep every person, the space and the products looking like the photos in every shot. I also attached my logo, colors and fonts. Use them on every title card.
Style: documentary-style live-action, 16:9, natural light, handheld feel, the brand colors showing up in the set and wardrobe.
Open on the moment it started and the hard early days. Then show the team at work today and a customer's moment with the product. End on the logo.
A first-person voiceover from me as the founder, warm and plain-spoken. Soft music that lifts at the end. Captions on.
Show me the script first, and ask me one question at a time about anything in our story you need.
Then Say
Cut it to 30 seconds for social and keep the ending.
Make the early-days scene feel smaller and scrappier.
Make the customer moment the emotional peak and hold it longer.
9. A lesson that sticks. People remember a character solving a problem long after they forget a list of facts. Upload your notes or slides, so the facts come from you.
Starting Prompt
Turn this lesson into a 2-minute story that makes it stick.
The topic: [what you're teaching]. Who's watching: [age or grade, or "adults new to this"]. The three things they must remember: [three points]. I attached [my notes or slides], so use them as the facts. Don't add facts that aren't in my notes.
Tell it as a short story with one main character who has to figure this out to solve a problem. Each of the three points becomes one scene where they learn it. End with the character using all three points to win, then a quick recap card with the three points on screen.
Use [bright 3D animation or documentary live-action] in 16:9. Keep the main character the same in every scene. A clear, friendly narrator, light music, captions on, and short on-screen labels for key words.
Show me the story and the shot list first, and check every fact against my notes.
Then Say
Make scene 2 simpler. A [age]-year-old should get it the first time.
Add a short pause and a question on screen before the recap, so viewers can guess first.
Make a Spanish version with lip sync.
10. A music video for your song. Director Mode cuts the visuals to the mood and beat of a track you upload. Upload the song (one you wrote or own) and photos of you.
Starting Prompt
Make a music video for the song I attached. [I wrote it / I own the rights to it.]
The song is about [what it's about]. Match the cuts to the beat. Keep shots short in the fast parts and let them breathe in the slow parts. Build to the biggest visual moment at the final chorus.
The performer in my reference photos is me. Keep my face and look the same in every shot, with lip sync on the lines I sing on camera. Mix shots of me performing in one main location with story scenes that act out the lyrics and close-up mood shots.
Style: [moody night-time live-action / dreamy anime / bold 3D], 16:9, one consistent color palette all the way through.
Show me the shot list, matched to the song's sections (verse, chorus, bridge), before you make anything.
Then Say
The second verse feels flat. Add a story scene where the character finally leaves.
Make the final chorus brighter and faster, with more cuts.
Make a 9:16 cut of just the chorus for social.
Directing By Chat Cheat Sheet
Say it like you'd say it to a person, about one shot or the whole video.
Directing By Chat
PACING
Make this whole video feel slower and calmer.
Shots in this scene are too long. Cut each one to 2 seconds.
Hold the last shot for 5 seconds before it ends.
Cut the video down to 30 seconds and keep the best moments.
CAMERA
Make this a slow push in on her face.
Start wide on the whole room, then cut to a close-up.
Film it from behind her as she walks, like we're following.
Make this shot handheld, like someone filmed it on their phone.
CONSISTENCY
Keep her face exactly like my reference photos in every shot.
The product changed color in this shot. Match it to my photos.
Use the same outfit in every scene of this day.
Keep the same color grade across the whole video.
MOOD AND LOOK
Make it golden hour, warm and soft.
Make this scene feel tense. Darker and quieter, with slower cuts.
Make it look like an old home movie, with grain and faded color.
Switch the whole video to soft hand-drawn animation.
SOUND AND WORDS
Swap the music for something sadder and slower.
Make the voiceover warmer and slower, and cut the last line.
Add captions, big and easy to read.
Make a version of this video in Spanish with lip sync.
FIXING ONE THING
Type @, pick the shot, then say the change: "she should be smiling here."
Only change this shot. Leave everything else the same.
Redo just the ending. The rest is perfect.
Good To Know
Credits. Every image, clip, voice and track costs credits, so longer films cost more. If you run short, it pauses and picks up after you top up.
Plans. Every OpenArt plan includes Director Mode, starting at $14 a month for 4,000 credits. Commercial use rights start on the Plus plan, so pick Plus or higher for ads, pitch videos, brand films and B-roll for paid work.
Long films. For anything over a minute, use Guide me and approve each scene before it makes the full video.
Your uploads. Only use photos, songs and voices that are yours or that you have permission to use.