Make motion-graphics explainer videos in Claude with a storyboard-first prompt

Futurepedia picks one of 86 explainer styles, adds a topic, and pastes the copied prompt into Claude. Claude shows a storyboard first, then generates the whole explainer in code with sound effects.

Futurepedia · YouTube · published Oct 27, 2026 · Content & Creative

Make motion-graphics explainer videos in Claude with a storyboard-first prompt — video by Futurepedia▶ Watch on YouTube
Prompt
[Paste the prompt copied from the style gallery, which includes the style recipe plus your topic.] Topic: how noise-cancelling headphones work. First show me a visual storyboard of each major beat, then generate the full explainer video with sound effects.

Visual breakdown

Futurepedia had Claude generate 86 explainer-video styles. You pick one, add a topic, copy the prompt, and paste it into Claude. It can show a storyboard first, then builds the full video in code with sound effects.

The problem: AI-made videos often look obviously AI-made, and generating blind means you only see the result after the full run.

From style gallery to finished explainer

  1. Style gallery86 styles Claude generated, each with an explainer example and sound effects
  2. Pick style, add topicOptionally open a shorter clip showing how the style builds a scene
  3. Copy promptIncludes the full style recipe plus the topic you added
  4. Claude storyboardOn by default: images of each major beat, so you can request changes
    Dropped: Storyboard can be switched off
  5. Claude generates videoThe whole explainer is produced as code, with sound effects
  6. Explainer videoMotion-graphics explainer; easy to edit precisely afterwards
InputsSetup / manualAI agentResult

Options in the prompt

  1. Storyboard on (default) or off
  2. Topic as simple or detailed as you like
  3. Longer explainer or shorter style clip

By the numbers

86explainer styles

Do it yourself

Use the style gallery from the video and paste the prompt into Claude.

  1. Browse the styles and pick one
  2. Type your topic, e.g. how noise-cancelling headphones work
  3. Choose whether to keep the storyboard step
  4. Click copy prompt
  5. Paste into Claude and hit send
  6. Review the storyboard and ask for changes, then let it generate

Because the output is code, later edits are easy for Claude to make precisely.

Tips from the video

  • Aimed at motion-graphics explainers and videos that don't look made with AI.
  • The storyboard lets you see the look before the full generation.
  • Skip the storyboard when you already know the style, then ask for edits afterwards.
  • Since it's all code, most changes are quick to fix.

Distilled from the video’s captions

How to try it

  1. Open Claude.
  2. Copy the prompt and fill in the [placeholders].
  3. Watch Futurepedia's video for the full walkthrough and setup.

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