How to Create a Kids Animation Story Channel: A Step-by-Step Guide
Are you interested in creating a kids animation story channel but don't know where to start? Look no further! In this article, we will guide you through the process of creating your own channel from scratch. We will cover everything from generating scripts to animating your characters and adding voiceovers. So, let's get started!
🎬 Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Generating Scripts
3. Creating Characters
4. Animating Your Characters
5. Adding Voiceovers
6. Adding Background Music
7. Editing Your Video
8. Uploading Your Video
9. Promoting Your Channel
10. Conclusion
1. Introduction
In the past 30 days, a kids animation story channel has earned anywhere from $4,000 to $66,000 with their faceless videos. Getting started with this type of channel is actually easier than you may think. In this article, we will show you exactly how you can do so.
2. Generating Scripts
The first thing you need to do is generate the scripts for your kids animation. You can go about doing this in two different ways. The first way is by using Chat GPT to assist us. Once on Chat GPT, you want to ask it this prompt which says "write me a short kids animation about" and then you give an explanation of what your story would be about. It can be a brief explanation or a very specific one, the choice is up to you. Then it continues, "the character should be" and then you say the type of characters you want in your story.
Now, note well, this is a kid's story, so you typically will see characters like humans, animals, sometimes even furniture, and other types of inanimate objects. So, what you want to do is go ahead and fill in this prompt. Once you have your prompts in, all you need to do is click enter, and now as you can see, Chat GPT has gone ahead and generated us a very nice short little story that we could use for our animation.
The second way you can go about generating this kids animation is by coming to Notepad or Google Docs and then writing out your own story by yourself. This is if you want to use your complete creativity in this process, then you can do that and go ahead to generate your own story.
3. Creating Characters
Once you have your story done, it's time to move on to the next step. The next thing you want to do is generate the voiceovers for your characters. In order to do this, you would want to be using 11 LS. You can find a link for 11 LS in the description of this video. Before you can actually go about generating the voices, you need to know exactly what characters are in your story.
So, just by looking at your story, you can see the different characters you have. Once you know this, you want to come ahead and write it in a notepad so that you know which type of characters you'll need to be generating. Now that you know this, you can come on over back to 11 Labs and ensure that you are in speech synthesis. What you want to do is come on over to where it says settings and then you want to click on this small drop-down arrow. Then you want to simply go through the different voices that it's given you and listen to all of them and then see which one would work best for each of your different characters within your story.
4. Animating Your Characters
Now that you have your characters and voiceovers ready, it's time to start generating the animation. The main tool we'll be using is Canva. Once on Canva, in the search bar, you want to search for a YouTube video and hit enter. Then, once you've done that, what you want to do is click on the one which says blank YouTube video, and then it's going to take you to this scene.
The first scene you need for your animation is the background of your video. Based upon our story, we know this is taking place on a farmland. So, in order to get this background, what you'd want to do is click onto where it says elements and then search for exactly what it is that you want. In our case, we want "farm." Then, once you've done that, you can go ahead and click where it says graphics and then scroll through the options it gave you and choose the one you think would work best for your video.
Now that you have your background ready, it's time to move on to the next step. We need to actually generate the scenes of our video. In order to do this, you want to come back to Chat GPT, read what it says, and then generate that for your image. So, the first thing is where the narrator comes in and is introducing our characters, Clucky the chicken and Daisy the cow. So, in order to have this done, you need to come back over to Canva and search for your characters.
The first character we want is a chicken, so we would go ahead and search for this within the element section, click where it says graphics, and scroll through the options it gave us and choose the chicken which we think would work best for our animation. Then, we'll do the same thing for the cow. Now that our characters are in our scenery, we need to animate them. We need to make them move.
In order to do this, it's very, very simple. What we would first want to do is click on our first character, which is Daisy the cow. Now that we've clicked onto her, as you can see, this option called animate is now popped up at the top. We want to click onto this. What you want to do is click over here where it says create an animation, and now animating the cow is just as simple as moving it around.
5. Adding Voiceovers
You can't have an animation without the voiceovers. In order to do this, it's super easy. You want to come over to the upload section and upload all the voiceovers for your characters that you downloaded from 11 Labs. All you want to do is simply put your playhead where you want the voiceover to start, and then in the section over here, you want to click onto it, and just like that, it's going to be added into your scene.
6. Adding Background Music
The last thing you need to do is add background music. In order to do this, what you want to do is come on over to Pixabay.com. Once on Pixabay, what you want to do in the search bar is search for what you're looking for. In my case, I want some music to do with children, so I'm simply going to search in the word "children." Then, in this corner here, ensure that I have music selected.
As you can see, there are over 1,000 songs that I could choose from. What you want to do here is play the different songs and find one that you like. Once you do, you simply want to download it to your computer. Once you've downloaded the background music to your computer, you want to come back over here and upload it onto Canva.
Once uploaded onto Canva, you want to ensure that your playhead is at the beginning of your scene. Then, once your playhead is at the start, you simply want to click on the sound that you want into your video. Once it's in there, you need to click onto it and then click onto this volume and reduce the sound because you don't want this to be too loud.
7. Editing Your Video
Now that you have your animation, voiceovers, and background music, it's time to edit your video. You can edit this even further by adding text, sound effects, more icons, the choice is yours. But keeping it this way is more than enough to create a good video.
8. Uploading Your Video
Once you're done with your video, you need to upload it. You can upload it to YouTube or any other video-sharing platform. Make sure to add a catchy title and description to your video.
9. Promoting Your Channel
Now that you have your first video up, it's time to promote your channel. Share your video on social media platforms, collaborate with other YouTubers, and engage with your audience.
10. Conclusion
Creating a kids animation story channel is a fun and rewarding experience. With the right tools and techniques, you can create high-quality videos that will entertain and educate children. So, what are you waiting for? Start creating your own channel today!
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Easy to get started
- Can be a fun and rewarding experience
- Can earn a significant amount of money
Cons:
- Requires creativity and effort
- Can be time-consuming
- May require some investment in equipment and software
Highlights
- Generating scripts using Chat GPT or writing your own story
- Creating characters using Canva
- Animating characters by moving them around
- Adding voiceovers and background music
- Editing and uploading your video
- Promoting your channel to gain more views and subscribers
FAQ
Q: Do I need to have prior experience in animation to create a kids animation story channel?
A: No, you don't need to have prior experience in animation. With the right tools and techniques, anyone can create a kids animation story channel.
Q: How much money can I earn from a kids animation story channel?
A: The amount of money you can earn from a kids animation story channel varies depending on the number of views and subscribers you have. Some channels earn thousands of dollars per month.
Q: What equipment and software do I need to create a kids animation story channel?
A: You will need a computer, a microphone, and animation software such as Canva. You may also need a camera and video editing software.
Resources:
- Chat GPT
- 11 LS
- Canva
- Pixabay
