Workflow · AI animation

One prompt in, an animated reel out

How Claude Code turns a story idea into a 37-second 2D animated Instagram reel. Every character is drawn in code, and every scene is timed to the voiceover.

idea + approvalspreview frames + your notesYouAn idea, then two approvals:scene list + character sheet.THE ORCHESTRATORClaude Code> make a 9:16 reel about Sanjeevni▌✓ script✓ voice✓ scenes✓ motion✓ render1ScriptClaude writes ~80 words ofHinglish: hook to moral.ClaudeEk chhoti si booti……poora pahaad utha laaye!Lakshman ko baan laga…Jai Bajrangbali!hook in the first 3 seconds2Voice + timingsPhone recording or TTS.Whisper times every word.KokoroWhisperbooti1.3spahaad4.0sutha25.6severy word gets a timestamp3CharactersPython draws charactersand sets as SVG code.PythonSVGno AI image tools4AnimationEach action lands on itsspoken word, with captions.GSAPHyperFramesvoicehanumanmountaincaptionsmountain lifts on “utha”5Mix + renderFFmpeg mixes voice + SFX.Chrome films each frame.FFmpegHyperFramesvoice + drone + SFX → MP41080×1920 MP4▶ reel37 s · 1080×1920 · MP4 YouAn idea, then two approvals:scene list + character sheet.THE ORCHESTRATORClaude Code> make a 9:16 reel about Sanjeevni▌✓ script✓ voice✓ scenes✓ motion✓ renderhook in the first 3 secondsevery word gets a timestampno AI image toolsmountain lifts on “utha”1080×1920 MP41ScriptClaude writes ~80 words ofHinglish: hook to moral.ClaudeEk chhoti si booti……poora pahaad utha laaye!Lakshman ko baan laga…Jai Bajrangbali!2Voice + timingsPhone recording or TTS.Whisper times every word.KokoroWhisperbooti1.3spahaad4.0sutha25.6s3CharactersPython draws charactersand sets as SVG code.PythonSVG4AnimationEach action lands on itsspoken word, with captions.GSAPHyperFramesvoicehanumanmountaincaptions5Mix + renderFFmpeg mixes voice + SFX.Chrome films each frame.FFmpegHyperFramesvoice + drone + SFX → MP4▶ reel37 s · 1080×1920 · MP4
work moving between stages Claude Code running each tool review loop with your notes
1prompt
2approvals
0AI image tools
8scenes
37sreel

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