Explainer Video – How a Film Is Made Template

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How It’s MadeMade with the Whiteboard Animation template

About this template

A hand-drawn mascot shows how a film is made: sketch a storyboard, animate it with an agent, watch it.

Download a hand-drawn making-of explainer: a mascot walks through sketching a storyboard, animating it with an agent and the film. Edit it in CoAnimator.

How to use this template

  1. Download the project. The .coa file is the whole editable project (10.3 MB).

  2. Open it in CoAnimator. Double-click the file, or choose Open .coa in the launcher. You need the desktop app: Download CoAnimator.

  3. Pick a starting point. It has 3 timelines. Start from the one closest to what you need.

  4. Ask your agent. Open the agent chat in CoAnimator and describe the change, or paste the prompt below.

  5. Export. Pick the size and frame rate, then export your MP4.

A prompt to start with

I'm editing the “How It’s Made” template in CoAnimator: A hand-drawn mascot shows how a film is made: sketch a storyboard, animate it with an agent, watch it. Change the text to your words, use our brand colors hex codes, and keep the motion and timing as they are. Then export it as a 16:9 MP4.

More ideas

  • “Rewrite the script for our product and re-time the scenes to it”
  • “Recolor every scene in our brand palette”
  • “Make a 9:16 version for Reels and TikTok”
  • “Cut a 6-second version for ads”

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FAQs

What is the How It’s Made template?

How It’s Made is a free explainer video template from CoAnimator. A hand-drawn mascot shows how a film is made: sketch a storyboard, animate it with an agent, watch it. It runs 30 s at 60 fps in 16:9 (1920×1080), and downloads as an editable .coa project at coanimator.com/templates/how-its-made.

How do I edit How It’s Made with AI?

Download the How It’s Made .coa project, open it in CoAnimator and ask your coding agent (Claude Code, Codex or Antigravity) for the change in plain words: new text, your brand colors or a different length. It has 3 timelines, so start from the one closest to what you need. CoAnimator renders the result as an MP4 on your own machine.

What can I change in How It’s Made?

Anything in the How It’s Made project: the words, colors, fonts, images, timing, length and format. It is built in code, so a coding agent can change any part of it.

Can I add my own voiceover to an explainer video template?

Yes. Put your recording on the CoAnimator timeline's audio track and ask your agent to re-time the scenes to your words. CoAnimator can also voice your script with its built-in text-to-speech.

Does How It’s Made have sound?

Yes. The How It’s Made project includes its sound; ask your agent to swap it for your own music or voiceover, or to remove it.

What is a .coa file and how do I open it?

A .coa file is a complete CoAnimator project in one package: the code, assets and timeline. Double-click it, or choose Open .coa in the CoAnimator launcher. CoAnimator is a desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux, free to download.

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