New this seasonMake a ghost story
Your kid draws a ghost and a haunted house on paper, plans eight scenes on a storyboard, and decides what the ghost was trying to say. They get a 2-minute animated ghost story, made over a few sittings in one week.
What your kid actually makes
A 2-minute animated ghost story in eight scenes. Your kid draws the ghost, the house, and the kid who goes in. They decide what the ghost wants, and the whole film builds toward that answer. The film ends with a poster, their first name in the credits, and a premiere.
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How a sitting goes
A few sittings over one week. The studio keeps the film between sittings.
- Draw the ghost, the house, and the kid who goes in, and name each one.
- Tell Tek the story, by typing or by talking. Tek sets up an eight-scene storyboard, and your kid fixes it panel by panel or drops in their own drawings.
- Choose the sound. Your kid picks who talks in each scene and gives them one line, typed or said out loud, or lets the film play with music only.
- Shoot the eight scenes. Keep the good takes and shoot the rest again.
- Name the film, make the poster, and press play for the premiere.
What AI does — and what your kid does
Your kid draws the cast, tells the story, fixes every panel, and decides what the ghost was trying to say. Tek, the studio's assistant producer, sets up the storyboard from your kid's story and brings the drawings to life in the season's cartoon look. The AI shoots each scene and adds the title, music, and credits. It never decides the ending.
What they're really learning
A ghost story has a rule: the ghost wants something, and nobody understands until the end. One silent scene comes right before the reveal. Tek plans the storyboard by that rule, and your kid decides what the answer is. They learn how a story holds back its answer, and why a quiet moment makes the reveal land.
Good to know
- A few sittings in one week. You need paper, something to draw with, and a device with a camera. It runs in the browser.
- Ages 6 to 13. Your kid can talk to Tek instead of typing.
- The 2-minute movie opens after your kid finishes a short. The Monster Movie is the season's first short.
- Scary-fun, never gory. The ghost is a character with a reason, not a jump scare.
- When the film premieres, you get an email. Nothing goes on the open web unless you approve a public link.
- Ages
- 6–13
- How long it takes
- A few sittings
- They walk away with
- a 2-minute animated ghost story in eight scenes, with your ghost and your haunted house
There are two kinds of projects for kids. The first kind ends on the fridge door. The second kind ends as a real thing other kids can read, watch, or play: a magazine, a game, a film, an episode. Kubrio makes the second kind. Kids make them by directing the same AI the pros use.
Your kid can start this one today.
Start the membership — a project a week for each kid, with three AI thinking partners in every project and Claire, your family’s AI learning coach.
$29 a week to make.
Playing, watching, reading, and listening are free.
Seven days to change your mind — one click, full refund.