Make a real movie with your kid.
A plain wall instead of a green screen. TV-style titles, a news intro with the pips, a villain's voice and credits. And every creative choice is made by the kid.
The demo film: drawn toy robots, keyed off a painted wall. No real people were filmed.
Three jobs, one team
Every choice is theirs
The title style, the channel name, the cut-out, the villain's voice, the ending, the poster, the running order. They watch real previews on a tablet and tap Pick.
What to do next, and what to say
kms next tells you the step, who does it, and how to keep the kid in charge. "You say Action! and Cut! That's the director's job."
Keying, graphics, sound
It cuts the kid out of the wall, makes every graphic, levels the screams and the whispers, and builds the film from the picks.
How a film gets made
- Plan it: the title, the cast, the villain🤝 together
- Filming day, with a shot list made for you🤝 together
- Green-screen the plain-wall shots👤 grown-up
- Render a real preview of every option👤 grown-up
- Pick the look of the film on a tablet⭐ the director
- Put it together from the picks👤 grown-up
- The premiere. Then re-pick anything and go again🤝 together
No green screen? No problem.
Any plain painted wall works. Film your scene, then keep filming the empty wall for five seconds. That "clean plate" lets the studio relight every frame and tell wall from hair, even when the sun goes in.
Wear colours that aren't the wall's. A green jumper on a green wall is an invisible jumper.
Make your first film
You need Python 3.10+ and ffmpeg. Everything runs on your computer; no footage is uploaded anywhere.
pipx install git+https://github.com/jhammant/kid-movie-studio
kms demo robot-demo --film # try it: a toy-robot film, no real people
kms init my-film --director Robin
cd my-film && kms next # the guide takes it from hereUsing Claude Code? kms skill --install adds an assistant director that coaches you through it and never makes a choice for the kid.