Illustrative Footage AI video style
Illustrative Footage is an AI video style: Cinematic concept shot of the idea itself. Make a short in it from an idea, a link or a podcast episode.
Illustrative Footage belongs to the Source-backed formats family, a filmed, live-action treatment. The same script can be rendered in any look, so the style changes how a short feels, not what it says.
Make a Illustrative Footage short
- Open the composer with Illustrative Footage selected and describe an idea, or paste a link or a PDF.
- Read the script it writes and change what you like.
- Render it: 1 credit per 5 seconds, and the first 5-second short is free (plans and credits).
You can also start from a podcast episode, from your own YouTube videos or from an X post.
More Source-backed formats styles
- 3D Explainer: The idea staged in 3D: objects, light and a moving camera
- Animated Explainer: Motion-graphics metaphors, diagrams and cut-outs
- Documentary B-roll: Observational B-roll look with a calm narrator
- Explainer Overlay: B-roll look with animated callouts and arrows
- Office Sketch: Workplace comedy sketch with original characters