Make a telenovela: secret twins, a contested will and a slap per Episode
A will read aloud, a twin nobody mentioned, a housekeeper who knows everything. Big feelings, bigger reveals, and the same faces gasping at every one of them.
Free: make your Character and its Story as picture-only Slideshows. Real video comes with a plan.
How to make a telenovela with AI
Make the family as Characters from words, or yourself from a photo (17+), in the Drama or Painted Art style. Ask the AI Director for the Episode where the will is read and it writes the Scenes, ending on a cliffhanger. Free, it is a picture-only Slideshow. With a plan, film the Scenes as Clips in 9:16 or 16:9.
Updated November 2026 · Free to start · Web and iPhone
Sample Clips
Real Clips from fictional sample series. Same Cast from shot to shot; tap a Clip for sound.
One More Thing The envelope
Example from our house series One More Thing, not a telenovela Story. Made with H3 Turbo, the default Clip model in Character App.
The telenovela toolkit
The format runs on a few beloved devices. Use all of them.
The secret twin
Same face, different intentions. Two Characters made from the same description.
The will
Read it in Episode 1. Contest it until the finale.
The amnesia
Somebody forgets the one thing everybody needs them to remember.
The slap
One per Episode, earned.
A family that keeps its faces
A telenovela can run a long time, and the twist only works if everyone is recognisable. Every family member is a saved Character, the hacienda and the ballroom live in your World, and the Director remembers who knows which secret.
Long or short Episodes
Make it a phone-first 9:16 serial or a wider 16:9 melodrama. For fruit families and soap operas, see fruit drama; for a fated romance, see K-drama.
What you get, in counts
A telenovela is one family, one house and a reveal per Episode. Every price is on the button before you press it.
Free, every day
One new Character a day and 4 pictures a day. Your Story comes as a picture-only Slideshow, so you can read the whole thing before you pay for anything.
40 Credits: a narrated Slideshow
Up to 5 slides with narration and music, on the web, with a plan.
25 Credits: a 5-second Clip
Filmed on H3 Turbo from your Characters. Five Clips put together as an Episode (0:25) come to 125 Credits, plus any Scene pictures the Story draws.
$39.99 a month: Creator
1,600 Credits: 64 HD H3 videos or 40 Slideshow Stories, from the same Credits. Starter is $19.99 for 800.
6 telenovela ideas to start from
Press one and it lands in the idea box. Change a word or keep it; the Director takes it from there.
- 01The WillThe will is read, and the dog inherits the hacienda.Use this idea
- 02The TwinThe twin she never knew she had is now engaged to her husband.Use this idea
- 03The InvoiceThe housekeeper has known the family's secret for thirty years and finally sends an invoice.Use this idea
- 04The Morning OfHe forgets her on the morning of the wedding and remembers only his ex.Use this idea
- 05Flower MarketTwo rival flower-market families agree to one wedding to end the feud.Use this idea
- 06The PortraitA portrait in the hallway has been watching the family for forty years, and it starts talking.Use this idea
From one line to Episode 01
- 1
Make the family
The heir, the twin, the housekeeper, from words or your own photo (17+). Pick Drama or Painted.
- 2
Read the will
Ask the AI Director for Episode 1. It writes the Scenes and ends on the cliffhanger.
- 3
Read it, then film it
Free as a picture-only Slideshow. With a plan, film the Scenes as Clips and put them together.
Questions, answered
Still curious? The guides go deeper.
Can I make a telenovela with AI?
Yes, an original one. Make the family as Characters, ask the Director for the Episode, and film the Scenes as Clips with a plan.
Can the twins have the same face?
Yes. Make two Characters from the same description and give each a different name and manner. They are two saved Characters, so each one keeps its own face in every Scene.
Can it be in Spanish?
Write the lines in the language you want. The Director writes in your language unless you ask for another.
Can I put my family in it?
Yes, from their own photos and only with their OK. Everyone in it is an adult.
What does it cost?
Free: your Characters and the Story as a picture-only Slideshow. With a plan, a narrated Slideshow is 40 Credits, a 5-second H3 Turbo Clip is 25, and a 5-Clip Episode (0:25) is 125, plus any Scene pictures the Story draws. Creator is $39.99 a month for 1,600 Credits.
More genres
Every genre- A chaebol heir loses his memory and wakes up as a delivery driver for his own company.K-dramaA fated meeting, a contract, and the look that ends every Episode.
Fruit dramaReality-TV melodrama, except everyone is produce.
Vertical dramaGlossy 9:16 drama built on cliffhangers.
Cast for this genre
Plan it as a full season with the AI series maker.
Guides for this genre
- Write a vertical drama cliffhangerA cliffhanger is a promise: one image that makes the next episode necessary.
- Cast a vertical drama villainA vertical-drama villain isn’t a monster — they’re the person who wants the same thing as your lead and is willing to pay a price your lead won’t.
- Build a running gagA running gag is a contract with the viewer: the same small thing, arriving on schedule, getting funnier each time it almost repeats.
Your telenovela starts with one line.
Free: make your Character and its Story as picture-only Slideshows. Real video comes with a plan.