Lexicon: source text
Source text is whatever a writer brings to the tool to be turned into video: a script, a novel or a chapter of one, a story written as prose, an outline. The register uses the term for the thing that goes in, as opposed to the prompts, frames and clips the tool makes from it. From 9 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.
Vendors name their sources differently and the names are not interchangeable. A tool that takes a story idea has promised less than one that takes a novel chapter, and one that takes a chapter has not said how long a chapter may be.
Where a vendor names several kinds of source in one line, each is recorded; where it names one, the record does not widen it.
1On the vendors' pages
| Tool | What the vendor says | Checkpoint |
|---|---|---|
| AI Drama Generator | Story ideas, scripts, novel chapters or outlines go into a story box | Formats |
| Arcloop | A script can be uploaded or pasted, or a story idea described | Formats |
| Crreo AI | A topic can be dropped in or a script pasted | Formats |
| DramaSo | Scripts are pasted; a trending link or uploaded video can be broken down instead | Formats |
| Drawstory | Screenplays are uploaded or pasted; a shot list can be imported | Formats |
| Elser AI | A story idea is typed or a script uploaded through an Upload Text button | Formats |
| Frameo.AI | Any script, scene or story idea is pasted in | Formats |
| Katalist | A script is written in Katalist or imported | Formats |
| MagicLight | A drama script or an idea is pasted in | Formats |
Inclusion rule. Tools on the register whose recorded wording uses the term or a plain equivalent; one line per tool. Order. Alphabetical by tool name.
Start with a story idea, script, novel chapter, or plot outline.
AI Drama Generator, home page
Paste a script or describe your story idea.
Arcloop, AI Short Drama Generator page
- Formats, step 1: import your storyStory ideas, scripts, novel chapters or outlines go into a story box
- Formats, share your storyA script can be uploaded or pasted, or a story idea described
- Formats, step 1: share your ideaA topic can be dropped in or a script pasted
- Formats, already have a scriptScripts are pasted; a trending link or uploaded video can be broken down instead
- Formats, script into storyboardsScreenplays are uploaded or pasted; a shot list can be imported
- Formats, step 1A story idea is typed or a script uploaded through an Upload Text button
- Formats, step 1Any script, scene or story idea is pasted in
- Formats, FAQ: how does Katalist workA script is written in Katalist or imported
- Formats, step 1: input scriptA drama script or an idea is pasted in
2One intake, followed through
After the intake question in “Source text”, SceneMixer describes what it does with the text:
SceneMixer separates the script language from the production language: the output (episode outlines, storyboards, on-screen text) follows your interface language, and target-region localization adapts character names, casting, and scenery for Western, East Asian, Southeast Asian, or Latin American audiences.
SceneMixer, Turn a Novel into a Video Series with AI — “Can I turn a Chinese web novel into an English-language drama?” (read 2026-10-13)
Paste a scene or a short script and SceneMixer gives you a storyboard — numbered shots with framing and seconds — and then a moving version of each segment, which you can join into a rough cut of the scene.
SceneMixer, Using SceneMixer for Previs and Animatics Before a Live-Action Shoot (read 2026-10-13)