# AI documentary maker

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> Last updated: 2026-11-08

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MythShot's documentary mode splits a topic into chapters, writes the narration, checks the facts against reliable sources, and renders a narrated video with maps, timelines and number cards.

For history, science and mystery channels. Seeing the plan is free: read the script, fix it, drop scenes you don't want; coins are spent only when you approve the plan and render.

![Documentary card: an old map, compass, magnifier and open book](https://www.mythshot.com/landing/s/img/doc-doc-480.webp) Documentary

## How to make a documentary

1. **Type the topic.** “How did Ötzi die?”, “The last day of Pompeii”, “How do planes fly?”. The app also has starter topic cards.
2. **Format, length, orientation.** Documentary (1, 3 or 5 minutes, landscape or vertical), In 60 seconds (vertical, for TikTok, Reels, Shorts) or Top 5 (numbered countdown, 1 or 3 minutes).
3. **Look and voice.** A card theme (Night, Paper or your own description, e.g. “old parchment, ink drawing”), the visuals (Simple: moving-camera stills; Cinematic: animated scenes) and a narrator voice.
4. **Read the plan.** AI writes the script and checks the facts; the plan comes back with chapters, scenes and a source list. Fix the narration, drop a scene, or have the plan rewritten for free.
5. **Render and edit.** Once you approve, the images are drawn, the narration is voiced, and info cards and video are put together. Open it in the editor if you like; switching the theme afterwards is free.

**Documentary formats**

| Format | Length | Orientation |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Documentary | 1, 3 or 5 minutes | Landscape 16:9 or vertical 9:16 |
| In 60 seconds | 1 minute | Vertical 9:16 |
| Top 5 | 1 or 3 minutes | Vertical or landscape |

## The format cards in the app

- ![Documentary card: an old map, compass and book](https://www.mythshot.com/landing/s/img/doc-doc-480.webp) Documentary · chapters, narrated
- ![In 60 seconds card: a shattering hourglass](https://www.mythshot.com/landing/s/img/doc-short-480.webp) In 60 seconds · TikTok, Reels, Shorts
- ![Top 5 card: five museum cases under spotlights](https://www.mythshot.com/landing/s/img/doc-list-480.webp) Top 5 · numbered countdown

## Card types

Besides images and animated scenes, a documentary moves through info cards: title and chapter cards, maps, timelines, number and rank cards, item cards, labeled images and place cards. Cards are drawn in the theme you pick.

## Questions

### How are facts checked?

While the plan is written, reliable sources are searched and the facts are compared against them; the plan shows the source list. The final read is still yours: read the narration before you post.

### Do I pay for the plan?

No. Seeing, editing and rewriting the plan is free; coins are spent only when you approve it and tap Render. If the render fails, the coins are refunded.

### Can I make a landscape documentary for YouTube?

Yes. The Documentary format renders landscape 16:9 or vertical 9:16, at 1, 3 or 5 minutes.

### Will my video have a watermark?

Videos made with gift coins carry a MythShot watermark and end card. Once you buy a coin pack, the videos you make have no watermark.

### Does MythShot post for me?

No. MythShot suggests a title, caption and hashtags for TikTok, YouTube and Instagram; you upload the video from your phone's share sheet with your own account. MythShot never connects to your accounts.

## Related guides

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- [AI explainer video](https://www.mythshot.com/en/guide/ai-explainer-video): Animated explainer videos that answer one question in about a minute: the Explained in a Minute, Notebook Lesson and Rapid-Fire Facts formats.
- [Text to video AI](https://www.mythshot.com/en/guide/text-to-video-ai): Type one line and get a narrated, subtitled vertical video for Reels, Shorts and TikTok. How text to video works in MythShot, step by step.
- [Coin packs](https://www.mythshot.com/en/guide/coin-packs): Three coin packs priced by video time, a first video on us, video costs, refunds and bonus coin rules.