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Master How to Create African Tragedy Folktale AI Videos Step-by-Step

teacher avatar George Steve, Senior Software Developer & AI Content Creator

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    • 1.

      Master How to Create African Tragedy Folktale AI Videos Step-by-Step

      5:13

    • 2.

      Step 1. Create Image and Audio Prompts for Your Video

      4:12

    • 3.

      Step 2. Create Images for Your Video

      8:52

    • 4.

      Step 3. Create a Voice Over for Your Video

      2:32

    • 5.

      Step 4. Edit, Add Caption and Publish Your Video

      7:00

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African folktales are not only full of joy and wisdom but also carry stories of struggle, sacrifice, and tragedy that teach powerful life lessons. In this course, you’ll learn how to use AI to bring African tragedy folktales to life through engaging, emotionally impactful videos that can be shared on TikTok, YouTube, or other storytelling platforms.

This course takes you through every step of the process—from writing prompts and generating striking AI visuals to crafting background music and editing your final video. You’ll learn how to balance the intensity of tragedy with artistic storytelling, making your video both memorable and meaningful.

By the end of the course, you’ll have created your own African tragedy folktale AI video, showcasing the depth of cultural storytelling while building your creative video-making skills.

What You’ll Learn:

  • How to generate effective prompts to shape emotionally charged tragedy stories.

  • How to create AI-generated images that capture the tone and mood of your folktale.

  • How to tailor visuals for specific devices like TikTok or YouTube.

  • How to compose or select background music that enhances the emotional impact of your story.

  • How to assemble your AI-generated elements into a complete video using Veo and other free AI tools.

  • How to edit and publish your video for maximum audience engagement.

Course Requirements / Prerequisites:

  • No prior AI or video editing experience required.

  • A computer with reliable internet access.

  • Openness to learning new AI tools and experimenting with storytelling.

  • (Optional) Interest in African folktales, culture, or creating meaningful narrative-driven content.

Who This Course Is For:

  • Beginners who want to explore AI-powered storytelling.

  • Content creators interested in producing emotionally powerful videos.

  • Educators, storytellers, or cultural enthusiasts who want to preserve and adapt African folktales.

  • Anyone looking to create short-form or long-form tragedy-themed videos for platforms like TikTok, YouTube Shorts, or educational purposes.

Course Flow (What You’ll Do Step-by-Step):

  1. Generate Video and Image Prompts – Learn how to set the tone for tragedy storytelling with AI prompts.

  2. Create Images for Your Videos – Produce AI visuals that reflect the mood of your folktale.

  3. Create Images for Specific Device Choice – Optimize your images for different screen formats.

  4. Create Music Background for Your Video – Add dramatic or somber music to heighten the story’s impact.

  5. Create Videos for Your Project – Compile your visuals and audio into a tragedy folktale video.

  6. Edit and Publish Your Video – Refine, polish, and share your finished video with your audience.

✨ By completing this course, you’ll gain the confidence to use AI not just as a tool but as a creative partner in retelling African tragedy folktales—delivering stories that move, teach, and resonate deeply with viewers.

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George Steve

Senior Software Developer & AI Content Creator

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George Steve is a seasoned full-stack web developer with over a decade of experience in both Front-End and Back-End development. And also someone who loves to share his knowledge with the world and most especially with beginners in the software industry. As a passionate educator and a versatile developer, George has mastered a wide range of technologies and his proficiency extends beyond coding. As a professional committed to staying at the forefront of web technologies, George is adept at delivering cutting-edge solutions in both enterprise and startup environments. His teaching style focuses on practical applications, breaking down complex concepts to make them accessible for beginners and challenging enough for advanced learners. In his courses, students not only gain a d... See full profile

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1. Master How to Create African Tragedy Folktale AI Videos Step-by-Step: Welcome to AI Video creation Mastery. My name is George Steve, and I have very good interest in creating amazing AI videos. I'm a software developer, and today I'll be teaching you how to create amazing AI videos. In this course, we're going to learn how to create African tragedy folk tale video from scratch. I'll teach you how to create your characters and how to animate your characters. Most especially, we're going to learn how to create consistent character for our video. That is one thing that is unique about this cure. So we go ahead and learn how to start creating amazing African tragedy folk tale stories with consistent characters. Let's go ahead and see a quick video and a demo of the video we're going to create in this case. I will never forget the sound of his scream. It cut through the night sharp and desperate, then ended suddenly as if something had swallowed him whole. This happened many years ago. In my village, there was a young prince who was feared more than respected. He was not the kind of man who earned love. He demanded it. And if you did not give it, he took it by force. He beat people for looking him in the eye. He stole from poor families. He laughed when he hurt others. One day, he ordered the men of our village to build him a tall hut away from the rest of us near the forest. He said he wanted to hear the whispers of the spirits at night. Some of the elders begged him not to stay so close to the trees because everyone knew that place was not safe after dark, but he mocked them, saying spirits feared him. I was a boy then, helping carry wood for the builders. I remember how cold I felt just being near that spot. The forest there was too quiet, too still. The prince moved into his hut and made young servants attend to him at all hours. Then strange things started happening. Servants who worked at night would come back shaking. They said they heard voices outside, calling their names in tones that sounded almost human, but not quite. Some said they saw shadows moving, even though no one was there. The prince ignored them, forcing them to keep working. One night, I was nearby with other boys gathering firewood. We heard the prince shouting from inside his hut. At first, it sounded like he was yelling at his servants, but then the shouting turned to fear. His voice broke. He screamed for help. We dropped everything and ran closer, but none of us were brave enough to go inside. Through the cracks of the hut, I saw something that still haunts me. There were dark shapes moving around him, shapes that bent and twisted like smoke, but heavier, more solid. They closed in on him while he swung his spear wildly. His servants had already fled. The scream that followed was not human. It was full of pain and terror. And then silence. When the elders finally went inside the next morning, the prince was gone. The hut was empty. Only his spear lay on the floor, broken clean in half. The elders ordered the hut torn down and the ground left untouched. No one builds there now. We don't even walk close if we can avoid it. Sometimes at night, I think I still hear him a faint cry carried by the wind like he is still trapped begging to be let free. All right. So the video you just saw now is typically what we are going to develop right inside this course. So if you join me, we go ahead and get started with this step by step. If you have interest in starting to create African folk tale stories, this is the right course for you. Let's go ahead and move right into the course and get started right now. Thank you so much and I hope to see you into the course. 2. Step 1. Create Image and Audio Prompts for Your Video: Now that you have seen the video that you actually want to create, I welcome you to this sound video lecture. So head over to Chat GPT, and let's go ahead and create this video step by step. So in this video lecture, we're going to start by generating the prompts for the video, the audio, and then the images. So we're going to be getting the image prompts and the audio prompts for this video. So head over to Chat GPT and want to press this prompt, and it says, write a scary, red style story inspired by an African folk tale about a crew press. You can call that a wicked praise. The story should be told from the perspective of someone who witnessed the event. Now, why do I make it to be from someone who witnessed the event? The present has to tell the story. It shouldn't be like the story wars to say once upon a time. No, we have gone beyond that. We did a story that we always hook someone to get from the beginning to the end and watch the entire video. So someone has to be giving the story or arrective like I am day when is actually happening. So we have to give that from the perspective of someone who is an eyewitness. Keep it grounded in realistic situations. Use very simple straightforward language, no far free description or complicated words. BG it a shot on suling hook that highlights this curious moment. Let's go ahead and get the story. So let's go ahead and sit tight, and chat GPT will actually give us something so amazing. And that is one thing why I like chat GPT. So it gives us tests that actually look good and tastes that are you know, make story to be extraordinary. Now, we have this and it has generated the story. Sees. I will never forget the sound of his screen. It cuts through the night, shop and desperate, then ended suddenly as if something had swallowed him. Whoa. You see how this actually started, and we're like, What actually happened in this story? I want to get to the end of it. So now we have able to get this. Let me go ahead and generate the image prompt. To generate the image prompt, go ahead and add this prompt I've actually give it for you. And I've actually made this prompt up specifically for this video. I say based on this story. Give me ten prompts to generate images to visualize this story. Also, give me prompts describing the features of the main characters in the story. So now we have this ready. You can make that to be like 15 prompts or 15 images. Anyone can go ahead and make that. So I'm going to always leave it at ten, so it would very easier for me. Let's go ahead and hit on generate. One thing is that it's going to give me the prompts for the images, and then it's going to describe the main characters for this story. And now you can see Char UTP is actually doing amazing work. So let's go ahead and get to the end of this, and very soon that will be done for us. So now have the crew price. A young African man, about 20 to 25 years tall and proud with sharp queer eyes. He wears traditional au with gorge and wedge details, decorated with best and jewelries. His expression is arrogant. Often, smking and or frowning always carries spade or staff showing dominance. Then the villagers and the young servants and elders. So you can see if we're going to use this for consistent character creation. Alright, Jo in the next video, we are going to be creating this image step by step, and then we go ahead and guess something amazing. Thank you so much, and I'm going to see you in the next video lecture. 3. Step 2. Create Images for Your Video: I welcome you back again. So right in this video, we are going to be generating images that you're going to use to create a video, right? So now we have the image prompts, and I remember I told JAGUTP to give me the main characters, the officios of the main characters. Now, I'm going to select the very first one is the press, and let's go over to Google and check what is called Wisk AI and click on Wisk, and the very first one that comes out is where I select. And right here, I'll click on Enter two, and I'm going to move over to this, and I'm going to generate the image of the prince. So I'll using this image of the prince anyway the prince is called. So we're going to use the image of the prince, okay? And this is how we're going to continue until we get consistent character throughout this video. So let's go ahead and continue on that. Right, let's check it out. So this is the prince, and you can see a Face prince with a very wicked eye, and that is what we have. Now, let's go ahead and create the villagers and the squova and click on Anna subjects. That is the Villages. So create villages and generate this. So we've now gotten a very nice image of a prince that is very fierce and wicked, and that is what I need. Now, let's go ahead and create the villages and get the village character and check it out. Now I have this. I want to also create another villagers without minors because sometimes Google will not allow you to add these children in your videos. And it's against the policy sometimes. So let's go ahead and click on this, and I'll go ahead and press this prompt again. And I'm going to say they look wary, cautious and avoid eye contact to the prince. Men and women, we are playing raps. Then I'm going to remove children with small clay bed necklace. So that is okay. Let's go ahead and generate this. I don't want children to be present in this. Okay? If it's A it generous children, I'm going to ask it or tell you to remove children. We don't want mines to be generated in the village settings. Okay? Let's go ahead and wait for that. Right, check this out. We now have this and villages there is no minor here, and that is cool. So take these notes, and here I'm going to have two Boys, T and Navios, we are simple quilts wrapper. They're always anxious glancing over the shoulder. One has white eyes of fear. The other places is hands and crushes small two or bow. Let's go ahead and create this. So this is what ChagTV actually give us. And I can go ahead and delete this song with mano or I leap that. Let's go ahead and click on this and generate that. So let's wait for that. Alright, so the health, I want this to actually be black. You know, let's go over and click on this. And let's go back, repeat this. I'm going to see two teenage Nigerian. Right. So I'm going to add that to look to make sure that we have something that looks alike from beginning to end, okay? So now have something cool. This is what I have, and this is okay. Now on the next character, I have the Elders. And let's go ahead and click on Next, and I'm going to enter this the African main with gray hairs and line faces. I'm gonna see order. Or different. So make sure it doesn't generate the same person twice. Different with African men, so that it doesn't generate one person many times. If we check out these two persons, you can see that they almost look alike, and I don't want that. That is why I enter different. So ensure that I have enter something different, check this out. We have this actually almost the same. And I'm going to delete that. The reason why I am doing this step by step is to ensure that we actually get to the end. So different looking or different looking older African Nigeran men with gray hair and light faces wearing plain, but these they carry walkitick and move with authority, though they look wary when dealing with press. I'm going to remove the press and then I'm going to generate this. Now, check this out. I now have different looking men and they are no longer the same wearing different attire. You can see that. So that is what I need. Now we have this. Let's go over here, and all we need to do is we start to create all this one by one. So copy the very first image prompt, head over to this point and click on this. Now, if you want the press to appear, show that this prompt mentioned print, you go ahead and select the pres. If it is the villagers, you go ahead and select any of these villagers. And why I wouldn't be selecting the one with children. And I'm going to delete that is because Google always go against minus, adding minus to your prompt or to your image generation. Let's go ahead and select this and go ahead and generate this image. So in this way, we're going to generate old images step by step. Now, I've generated this, then I with and copy the next one. Now, the prince is mentioned here, go back to this point, delete this one and press. Now, he says, a young African prince wearing fine traditional Royal clothes and jewelry with el expression, he beats, he poll villager with a stuff, while others war helplessly. Now, I'm going to select the villagers and then the prince. So both of them are mentioned, and let's quiet generate that. So it has now started to generate. So now we are able to see this. We can now go ahead and fast forward this video by clicking or creating all this entirely. So without wasting much time, let me go ahead and create everything. So I'll go ahead and copy the third prompt, get over to this point, delete this, and paste that. And that way, I'll create all the ten images step by step. Just go ahead and say villagers carrying wood and building a hot near the edge of the Dens dark forest. The atmosphere if you unsafe. Children and others glance nevers at the tree line. So we have Eldas here, so I'm going to select the elders as well. And now let's go ahead and generate this immediately. So I have been able to generate all the images. The very first one, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten. So these are the ten images I've just generated. So now you go ahead and download all your images because you want to be creating this ps on images alone, we are not going to be animating any of the image. Or if you want to animate images, let's go ahead and animate only the images that are bearing the press. We have the prese, and that is the only one we're going to do. So C ahead and put this one down. In the next video, we'll go ahead and kick start this journey again, and I want to see you in the next video lecture. Thank you so much, and I want to see you in the next video lecture. 4. Step 3. Create a Voice Over for Your Video: I'll call you back again. So in this video, we go ahead and move back to a story on Chart GPT. And right inside Chart GPT. I'll go ahead and copy this. Go ahead and copy this story, and down to this point. Now you can copy this and move over to Google Studio. Go to Google and tap Google AI Studio. You get to this point. So over to Go AI Studio, you can move over to generate Media and go over to demonize Speech generation and choose single Speaker audio and past your story. Then move over to voice and select the type of voice you actually want. Go ahead and select this voice. That is the voice I always use for my videos. Now, you can go ahead and generate your audio. So this is the audio we're going to enter into a video in order to have a voiceover for this video. Right? Now, let's go ahead and run this. Alright, Noon, the audio has fully generated, and you can go ahead and check it out. Let's go ahead and check it out, guys. I will never forget the sound of his scream. It cut through the night sharp and desperate, then ended suddenly as if something had swallowed him whole. This happened many years ago. In my village, there was a young prince who was feared more than respected. He was not the kind of man who earned love. He demanded it. And if you did not give it, he took it by force. He beat people for looking him in the eye. He stole from poor families. He laughed when he hurt others. Right, so I'm going to stop at this point. So all you need to do is to go ahead and hit on these tree dots and download your audio. And audio will actually be downloaded. And now we have that's downloaded. So in the next vigo lecture, we go ahead and get everything together and build a awesome **** story of the Wicked priest, and it's going to be very amazing. So tell me the next vigilectho Well, go ahead and get this done and make sure that everything is okay. So try to download all these images and get them ready because we're going to be using these images in the next video lecture. Thank you, and I'm going to see you then. 5. Step 4. Edit, Add Caption and Publish Your Video: So now we have everything already. We have our image. Then we have our story also generated, and then we have our audio already generated. All we need to do right now is to go over to cup codes. Rights cap codes have already added all the story together. So all you need to do is to add everything together, arrange them according to according to the way you want them to be, and then you head over to caption this caption and generate a caption for this video because that caption will help to hook your audience and get you to the end of this so that people can actually watch a video and get that hooked to the end. Now, let's go ahead and generate our caption immediately. So you can see that is now being generated, and this doesn't actually waste time. Okay? So if your Internet is fast, it will actually be auto generated faster than ever. Or if you have a slow Internet just like me who doesn't have fast Internet, you can go ahead and wait for that. But in a short time, you're going to have this already downloaded, and then the script will be arranged just the way you did, because remember that you use Chad GPT to create this story or the audio, and then you use Google Gemini to put that audio together. So it's going to generate these captions based on what you have actually generated from Google Gemini. And that means it's going to be correct. You don't need any editing. Everything is going to be clean. So you can also go ahead and edit that to your own test the way you want. But if not, you go ahead and just start off immediately and export your video. So let's go ahead and wait for that. It doesn't waste much time again. So it's almost a 65 and we are already getting there. So it doesn't actually waste time. It's something that we be very shot, and that will be done for us. And now we have that already generated. So draw this a little bit. You're going to see your caption right here. So now we can leave that if that is what it wants, but you can select any of this. So in order to change the preset, select any of this, and it will look good. But I always use a template it's much easier for me. So all I do is to get over to template and under template, I use something that looks so good, something that is interesting. So if you are using free cap cut, you already know pedo, you're not going to choose the provisions for this. So choose something that is free. You can guide and click on something like Brown, Fox, and then you have this. Let god and stretch this. Alright. So now let's go ahead and listen to what we have just created. So why it and click on this? I will never forget the sound of his scream. It cut through the night sharp and desperate, then ended suddenly as if something had swallowed him whole. This happened many years ago. In my village, there was a young prince who was feared more than respected. He was not the kind of man who earned love. He demanded it. And if you did not give it, he took it by force. He beat people for looking him in the eye. He stole from poor families. He laughed when he hurt others. One day, he ordered the men of our village to build him a tall hut away from the rest of us near the forest. He said he wanted to hear the whispers of the spirits at night. Some of the elders begged him not to stay so close to the trees because everyone knew that place was not safe after dark. But he mocked them, saying spirits feared him. I was a boy then, helping carry wood for the builders. I remember how cold I felt just being near that spot. The forest there was too quiet, too still. The prince moved into his hut and made young servants attend to him at all hours. Then strange things started happening. Servants who worked at night would come back shaking. They said they heard voices outside, calling their names in tones that sounded almost human, but not quite. Some said they saw shadows moving, even though no one was there. The prince ignored them, forcing them to keep working. One night, I was nearby with other boys gathering firewood. We heard the prince shouting from inside his hut. At first, it sounded like he was yelling at his servants, but then the shouting turned to fear. His voice broke. He screamed for help. We dropped everything and ran closer, but none of us were brave enough to go inside. Through the cracks of the hut, I saw something that still haunts me. There were dark shapes moving around him, shapes that bent and twisted like smoke, but heavier, more solid. They closed in on him while he swung his spear wildly. His servants had already fled. The scream that followed was not human. It was full of pain and terror. And then silence. When the elders finally went inside the next morning, the prince was gone. The hut was empty. Only his spear lay on the floor, broken clean in half. The elders ordered the hut torn down and the ground left untouched. No one builds there now. We don't even walk close if we can avoid it. Sometimes at night, I think I still hear him a faint cry carried by the wind, like he is still trapped begging to be let free. So, you see you have a book to generate an amazing video. And now all you need to do is to head over to Epots and then we go ahead and expot these. I show you explore this using maybe four K, two K or eight Ksion or 1080 pixel and so on. And this is the final stage of this video creation or AI video creation. So pull this down. Try to get your video done and show a phrase. You can write on anything, and they show that they have something so amazing. So thank you so much, and I'm going to see you in the next video lecture.