How to turn a poem into a video

To turn a poem into a video, paste your own poem or a public-domain one into the box below, pick a visual style, a voice and a length, and turn on Approve each script first so every line is read exactly. Faceless adds word-timed captions and a picture for every scene, and renders a vertical video for 20 credits.

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What should I know before turning a poem into a video?

A poem is the one source where the words must not change. By default Faceless writes narration from what you paste, which is right for notes and articles and wrong for a poem. So turn on Approve each script first: you paste the poem as the script and it is read exactly as written. Short poems fit best: about 150 words make 60 seconds and 225 make 90, the longest video, so a sonnet fits easily and a long ballad needs splitting. Use your own poems or ones in the public domain. Each video in the Storyboard style costs 20 credits, and plans start at $29/month on the Starter plan.

How do I turn a poem into a spoken poetry video?

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Choose a poem you have the right to use

Your own poems, or poems old enough to be in the public domain, such as most published before 1930 in the US. A modern poem by a living poet needs the poet's or publisher's permission.

2

Check its length against the clock

About 150 spoken words make 60 seconds and 225 make 90 seconds, the longest video. Poetry is read slower than prose, so a 14 line sonnet of about 110 words suits a 60 to 90 second video.

3

Paste it and pick a voice and style

Paste the poem into the box on this page, sign in, and choose a visual style, a narrator voice, the language and the length. A calm, slower voice usually suits poetry better than an energetic one.

4

Turn on Approve each script first

On the Posting step, turn on Approve each script first. Faceless drafts a script ahead of time; replace it with the poem exactly, check every line, then approve. An approved script is narrated as written, and nothing is charged before you approve.

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Check the captions, then post

In the editor, check that the captions match each line and change any picture that misreads the poem. Download it or post it to a connected YouTube, TikTok or Instagram account. Pause the series after one, or keep it going with new poems.

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By default it writes narration from what you paste, so it could. To keep every line exact, turn on Approve each script first and paste the poem as the script before approving. An approved script is narrated exactly as written.
Poems you wrote, and poems in the public domain: in the US, generally those published before 1930, such as works by Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman or Robert Frost's early poems. A modern poem needs the rights holder's permission before you post it.
Faceless generates an illustration for each scene from the text, so a line about a red wheelbarrow gets a picture of one. Pictures are illustrations, not photos. Swap any that miss the mood in the editor before you post.
Yes. Faceless narrates in more than 90 languages and the captions follow in the same language. Pick the poem's language in the wizard and approve the script so the original lines are kept rather than rewritten.
A video in the Storyboard style costs 20 credits, charged only after you approve the script. Plans start at $29/month with credits every month, and one-off credit packs start at $10 for 100 credits.

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