🎥 How to Make SpongeBob Talking Fish News Videos
Are you looking for a new way to make money online? Look no further than TikTok's creativity program. Creators are earning up to $1 per 1,000 views for videos longer than 1 minute. With faceless videos getting millions of views, it's no surprise that people are earning tens of thousands of dollars. In this article, we'll dive deep into TikTok and explore a faceless niche that is getting millions of views. We'll show you how to make SpongeBob talking fish news videos that are sure to go viral.
🐟 What is the Faceless Niche?
The faceless niche is a TikTok trend where creators use AI to create scripts, voiceovers, and captions. They create videos without showing their faces, which allows them to remain anonymous. One account in this niche got over 16 million views last month, earning around $116,000 in a single month. Another account creating the exact same videos got a video with 4 million views just a couple of days ago. They posted their first video only 15 days ago and already managed to get 2 million views in total.
🎬 How to Make SpongeBob Talking Fish News Videos
To make SpongeBob talking fish news videos, you'll need a video of the talking SpongeBob news fish. There are two methods to achieve this. The first one is to simply go to YouTube and search for "SpongeBob news fish green screen." Then, look for a green screen version video of the news fish. You then want to download this video with a YouTube to MP4 converter.
For the editing of these videos, we'll be using CapCut. This is a great free editing software. However, the exact same steps apply to every other video editing software. Simply upload the video and drag it onto the timeline. In this video, there are multiple versions of the news fish, so choose the version of the news fish you like and trim the video so you will only be left with that one.
The next step is to remove the green background from this video. To do this, you want to go to cutout in the top right corner and enable the chroma key function. Then, use the color picker to select the green background color. Increase the strength until the green color disappears, and you will be left with only the talking fish animation. Simply copy and paste this video a couple of times so it's long enough.
However, there's an even better way to make these videos. Start by searching for an image of the character you want to animate. In this case, the news fish. Now, download this image. For the next step, you want to use a program like Photoshop. However, if you don't have Photoshop, you could also use Photopea. This is a free version of Photoshop you can use in your browser. Here, you want to upload the image.
Now, we are going to cut out the character from this image. You have a couple of different methods, but the easiest is to use the magic wand tool. Simply select the areas you want to remove and delete them from the image. When you have most parts deleted, you want to switch to the select tool and roughly trace around your character to delete the rest of the image you are not going to use. I always recommend manually cleaning up the image a little bit after this step.
Now, the fun part begins. You now want to make a separate element of the part of the image you want to animate. In this case, the mouth of the fish. To do this, you simply trace around the mouth of the fish with the lasso select tool. Then, simply press Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V, and on the right side, you will then see this part of the image appear as a separate element, also known as a layer.
Now, search for the rotate tool and place this element in its closed position. Then, use the transform warp tool to enlarge this part a bit so it fits nicely onto your character. For the last step, you will need to remove the original mouth from the fish in the background layer. Again, use the lasso select tool for this and press backspace. You now have two separate elements you can start to animate.
Simply export each element separately by disabling the visibility of one and export it as a PNG file. Now, upload these images into your editing software. Again, drag them onto the timeline and place them on top of each other. We are going to make short-form content for either TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube shorts. So, you will have to set the aspect ratio to 9x16. Now, enlarge these images and place them at the bottom of the screen.
Next, you want to crop the image you are going to animate. Now, resize this image so it fits nicely onto your character again. So, now we are going to add movement to this element, and I'm going to use the rotate function for this. Drag the timing bar to the start of the video and add a keyframe at position and size. This will lock the position of this element at this place in the video. Now, move the timing bar a little bit further onto the timeline. Now, you can change the placement of this element, and CapCut is automatically going to add another keyframe and therefore save this position at this point in the video. You simply want to repeat these steps a couple of times. Just play the video and open or close the mouth. Once you have done this a couple of times, you can then again copy this element and paste it until it covers the entire video, and you will be left with your own animated talking character.
🎤 How to Clone The Voice Using AI
The next step and probably the most important one is the voice. We are going to call in the news fish voice. For this, we are going to need a sound sample of the fish speaking. Let's go to YouTube and search for "SpongeBob news fish voice." Let's download this video. However, this time, we only need the sound, so we will use an MP3 converter instead of an MP4 converter.
For the voice cloning, I highly recommend you use 15.ai. I have put the link to 15.ai in the description of this video. If you use this link, you can sign up for a free plan, which gives you 20 minutes of voice generation each month. Now, select voice and use the instant voice cloning feature. With this feature, you will only need a 1-minute example of a voice, and 15.ai is able to instantly clone this. Absolutely mind-blowing.
So, upload the MP3 file you just downloaded, give the voice a name, and select a voice. Within a few seconds, you have a perfect clone of the SpongeBob news fish voice. Now, you will input the script. To generate the script, we are going to use chat GPT and Google News. With Google News, you can search for the latest news worldwide. You can also categorize it, making it perfect for this application.
My guess is that these videos are mostly watched by people that have grown up with SpongeBob. Therefore, I would look for topics that this kind of audience would be interested in. For instance, in the entertainment category, these are also topics with a lot of drama, which always has great potential to go viral. For instance, this one about someone who murdered her mother. These topics are exactly like my ex. It's very dark and sad, but it sells.
That was the last my ex joke, I promise. Next, you want to simply scroll to this page and look for articles that match your criteria. Just like how my ex scrolled through Tinder for someone who matched her criteria for just a friend. Alright, alright, that really was the last one. This one about Kevin Hart, who is suing some YouTuber, definitely sounds like something my audience would be interested in. So, let's open this article.
Next, go back to chat GPT and insert this prompt. This prompt instructs chat GPT to summarize the article so it's between 1,000 and 1,300 characters long. This way, the video will be just over 1 minute, which is the exact length you want to pursue. It's also instructing it to write a powerful hook to grab the attention of the viewers and to write it in simple English so it's easy to understand.
Next, you want to go back to the article and start copy and pasting the text in the chat GPT prompt. Once you have the entire article in the prompt, hit enter, and chat GPT will produce a perfect script you can input in 15.ai to create the voiceover. So, let's copy the script, paste it in 15.ai, and hit generate. Once the voiceover is generated, select download.
You then want to upload this voiceover into CapCut. For these particular videos, you also want to have the breaking news part at the beginning of every video. So, I will also upload the original source audio. Let's place this one first on the timeline and cut off the breaking news part. Now, place the generated voiceover on the timeline as well, and let's have a listen.
Breaking news, comedian Kevin Hart is suing YouTuber Tasha k for extortion.
That's perfect. Next, you want to add a couple of relevant images to the story. Just imagine you are making a lovely collage. This actually reminds me of the time when I made a collage for my mom in elementary school. Except this time, she would probably want to see it. Simply go to the article and see if there are images in that article or search on Google for relevant images related to the story. Once you have gathered a couple of relevant images, go back to CapCut and upload them.
Drag one image on top of the other layers, make it a bit smaller, and place it a little bit more towards the top of the screen. I recommend you also use an animation effect for the image to make the video even more engaging. To do this, you want to go to animation in the top right corner and select one you like. Simply repeat these steps until you have all images incorporated in your video.
Once you are done, select export in the top right corner, give the video a name, and hit export. For the last step, we will have to add these engaging captions. This is extremely important because a lot of people watch short-form content with the sound off. When you hit captions, these people will also continue watching. Besides that, captions also add more motion to the video, making it even more engaging, which will result in more views.
For these videos, you will need to add these SpongeBob style captions. I'm going to use Subly for this. Subly is an editing software specialized in editing short-form content, and they have an AI-powered caption generator built-in. Here, you can also upload your own fonts, which is exactly what we need because there is no program with SpongeBob captions built-in. What a surprise.
I have put a link to Subly in the description of this video. If you use this link, you can try Subly out for free, and I even managed to get a discount code, which will give you 10% off for the paid plans. Simply upload your video, select one of the 50 languages, and select upload. Within a couple of seconds, Subly has generated very impressive captions.
However, I want to have them in SpongeBob style. To do this, I'm going to select one of the pre-made themes that matches most with the style that I'm going for. In this case, the LA captions. And select edit. Here, you can then upload your own font. So, I'm simply going to Google and search for SpongeBob font. This one looks about right, so let's download this one and go back to Subly.
I'm now going to select upload your own font and upload the font I just downloaded. That's beginning to look more like it. I'm also going to change the color to something that suits this font better. I will disable the shadow effect and put the stroke, which is the outline, to medium. I'm also going to change the stroke color to something that matches the green color of the captions a little bit better.
Lastly, I will put the display of the words to one word. This will display the words one by one and place the captions a little bit more towards the center. Now, let's give these caption settings a name and select create theme. And I'm done.
🌟 Highlights
- TikTok's creativity program allows creators to earn up to $1 per 1,000 views for videos longer than 1 minute.
- The faceless niche is a TikTok trend where creators use AI to create scripts, voiceovers, and captions.
- To make SpongeBob talking fish news videos, you'll need a video of the talking SpongeBob news fish.
- For the voice cloning, we highly recommend you use 15.ai.
- Captions are extremely important because a lot of people watch short-form content with the sound off.
❓ FAQ
Q: How much money can I make with TikTok's creativity program?
A: Creators are earning up to $1 per 1,000 views for videos longer than 1 minute.
Q: What is the faceless niche?
A: The faceless niche is a TikTok trend where creators use AI to create scripts, voiceovers, and captions.
Q: How do I make SpongeBob talking fish news videos?
A: To make SpongeBob talking fish news videos, you'll need a video of the talking SpongeBob news fish.
Q: How do I clone the voice using AI?
A: For the voice cloning, we highly recommend you use 15.ai.
Q: Why are captions important?
A: Captions are extremely important because a lot of people watch short-form content with the sound off.
