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Consistent characters. Student-created scenes. Teacher-approved publishing.

The Mystery of the Lost Map

Class Movie - Grade 4. Teacher controls consistency. Students create and vote. Class publishes together.

Students24
Scenes6
Submitted18
Visuals ready9

Project workflow

Approve the Story Bible and character references before final scene visuals are generated. Students may submit candidate images and vote, but the teacher confirms what becomes part of the final class book or movie.

1. Lock the world

Story Bible, visual style, and character references define consistency for the whole project.

Story Bible approvedCharacters pending

2. Students create scenes

Each student writes one scene or chapter, then submits image candidates using the approved characters and visual style.

18 submissions9 visual candidates

3. Teacher publishes

Student votes recommend winners. The teacher chooses final scene covers, book cover, movie cover, and share link.

Publish checks not complete

Story Bible

Keep characters, settings, and visual style consistent across the whole class project.

Project Title

The Mystery of the Lost Map

Story Premise

A group of students discover an old map in the school library and follow clues around the campus.

Main Characters

Mia, Leo, Ava, Noah, and Emma. Students may write actions and dialogue, but not redesign characters.

Main Settings

School library, playground, old garden tree, hidden door, and moonlit classroom finale.

Visual Style

Warm storybook illustration, soft colors, cinematic classroom adventure, no readable text, no logos.

Tone

Curious, safe, mysterious, hopeful, and classroom-friendly.

Do

  • Keep characters consistent.
  • Use school-friendly visuals.
  • Use the approved character reference images.

Don't

  • Do not change character age, clothing, hairstyle, or face style.
  • Do not include real student names in images.
  • Do not add logos or readable text.

Character References

Approve the character designs before students generate scene images.

Mia

Role: Curious student leader

Appearance: 10-year-old Asian girl, long black hair in a ponytail, round glasses, yellow hoodie, blue jeans, white sneakers.

Visual Rule: Always keep the same hairstyle, glasses, yellow hoodie, age, and friendly storybook style.

Generated Front view Full body
Mia reference image mock

Leo

Role: Careful clue reader

Appearance: 10-year-old boy, short curly brown hair, green hoodie, backpack, dark jeans, warm expression.

Visual Rule: Keep the same curly hair, green hoodie, backpack, age, and friendly classroom-adventure style.

Not generated Front view
Character reference pending

Character references must be approved before final scene visuals can be generated.

Student Submissions

Review writing before visual candidates become eligible for the final class project.

Scene 1 - Opening

Student: Ava. The library feels quiet and mysterious. Writing includes setting, action, and sequence.

Writing approvedImage candidate submitted

Scene 2 - The Discovery

Student: Leo. A map appears inside a dusty book. Needs one more descriptive detail.

Writing reviewNo selected cover

Scene Visual Candidates

Student-generated candidates are grouped by scene or chapter. Teacher chooses the final Scene Cover.

Candidate A

Scene 3 - The First Clue
Generated by Ava
12 votes

Top vote

Candidate B

Scene 3 - The First Clue
Generated by Leo
8 votes

Candidate
Candidate C preview

Candidate C

Scene 3 - The First Clue
Generated by Mia
5 votes

Candidate

Prompt builder uses: Story Bible + approved character references + visual style guide + student writing + scene goal. Requirements keep hairstyle, clothing, age, face style, role, classroom safety, no readable text, and 16:9 aspect ratio.

Class Vote

Students can vote for the best visual candidate. The teacher makes the final decision.

Scene 3: The First Clue

Winner: Candidate A
12 votes

Book Cover Candidates

Cover A: 15 votes
Cover B: 9 votes
Cover C: 4 votes

Book Builder

Book Builder strings the project in order. First version keeps one student or group per page.

Cover

Final cover selected by teacher after student voting.

Teacher Introduction

Reading text, project goal, and CCSS skill focus.

Table of Contents

Scene 1, Scene 2, Scene 3, student credits.

Chapter 1: The Discovery

Selected Scene Cover Image
Student Writing
Written by: Ava / Group 1
Skill Focus: setting, action, sequence

Student Credits

Each page keeps its student author or group author.

Reflection Page

Students explain how writing became a class book.

Class book preview mock

Movie Board

Movie Board shows scenes in sequence. First version is a clear review board, not a complex video editor.

Opening Title

Project title, cover image, and class name.

Ready

Scene 1: Opening

Writing approved. Image ready. Video ready.

Scene 2: The Discovery

Writing approved. Image ready. Video queued.

Ending Credits

Student credits and class reflection.

Needs teacher review

Publish Checks

Publish only after writing, selected visuals, final cover, and teacher approval are complete.

All Scene / Chapter writing approved3 chapters still need approval
All Scene Covers selected2 scene covers missing
Book / Movie Cover confirmed1 cover image not confirmed
Teacher final approvalPending