Put yourself in a movie
You know the daydream: the trailer voice, the title card, and you in the lead role. Scriptly makes it real. Upload a few photos, chat the story, and star in your own movie — a finished short film with a script, scenes, one narrator voiceover, captions, and music, downloaded as a 1080p MP4.
No timeline, no editing skills, no prompting shot by shot. If you can describe the film — “I’m the last person awake in a neon city”, “my daughter is a dragon-riding princess” — Scriptly can shoot it.
How to put your photo in a movie
1. Upload a few photos
A handful of clear shots — the kind already on your phone — is all it takes to put your photo in a movie. Pick a style while you’re at it: cinematic, photoreal, anime, and more.
2. Scriptly builds your character
Your photos become a character with a reference sheet: a canonical version of your face that every scene is generated against. That sheet is the difference between AI video with your face and AI video with a stranger’s — most tools drift to a different person in every clip; the reference sheet holds the same face in every scene.
3. Chat the story, get the film
Describe the movie the way you’d pitch it to a friend. Scriptly writes the script, draws the storyboard, renders every scene, records the voiceover, burns in captions, and lays music under the cut. You download a finished 1080p MP4 — portrait for TikTok and Reels, landscape for YouTube.
AI video with your face — the same face in every scene
This is the claim that matters, so here it is in pictures. The frames below come from one Scriptly film — six scenes, one hero — and the lead keeps the same face in every one of them: on the rooftop, in the street, in the storm. That is what the reference sheet buys you: not one lucky look-alike shot, but a lead actor who survives the whole movie.
Three of the six scenes from one Scriptly film. One hero, every frame.
What people make when they put themselves in a movie
- A birthday movie starring your kid — the five-year-old who tames a dragon, ready in time for the party.
- A film with your best friend — the heist, the road trip, the buddy-cop chase you’ve been joking about for years, with both of you cast from photos.
- An anime version of yourself — your features, held consistently in a style no photo filter can keep.
- The action-hero short — you, walking away from the explosion, score swelling, captions on.
- An anniversary film — how you met, retold as a tiny epic starring the two of you.
Draft freely: free draft credits refresh daily, so you can try an idea tonight — “put myself in a movie” is a two-minute experiment, not a commitment.
What it is — and what it isn’t
Honest expectations before you upload anything. The character Scriptly builds is an AI look-alike generated from your photos: recognizably you, consistently you, but generated — not a photograph, and not a deepfake of somebody else. Only upload photos you have the right to use: yourself, your kids, friends who said yes — never celebrities or strangers. Drafting is free — script, storyboard, and scene stills for your first movie cost nothing, and free draft credits refresh daily. Motion scenes, where stills become real video, are paid, and you always see what a step costs before you run it.
FAQ
Does it really look like me?
Yes — that is what the reference sheet is for. Your photos become one canonical character, and every scene is generated against that sheet, so the resemblance holds from the first frame to the last. It is an AI look-alike rather than a photo filter: in a photoreal style it is strikingly you; in anime it is you the way an animated version of you would be.
How many photos do I need?
A few. One clear, well-lit photo of your face is enough to start; a handful from different angles gives the reference sheet more to work with. Ordinary phone photos are fine — no studio shots needed.
Can I put my kid or a friend in the movie?
Yes. Upload their photos and cast them — solo, or in scenes with you. The rule is simple: only use photos you have the right to use, which means you, your kids, and people who have said yes. Celebrities and strangers are off-limits, and Scriptly's safety checks block them.
Is it free?
Your first movie is free to draft, and free draft credits refresh every day — no card required. Motion scenes, where your film gets real video instead of stills, are paid. Plans and credits are on the pricing page.
How long does it take?
Your first storyboard appears in about two minutes, and a finished film takes minutes, not hours. You watch it come together scene by scene and can change anything by asking in the chat.
Can I post it on TikTok or YouTube?
Yes — the film downloads as a 1080p MP4, portrait for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts, or landscape for YouTube, with captions burned in so it plays well on mute.