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MovieToons

Turning real moments & memories into animated mini-films that can be shared with friends and family.
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https://www.movietoons.co/
About this idea
MovieToons wants to be the “Lovable, but for films.” At its core, it’s an interface that removes friction from cinematic storytelling. A user uploads a few photos, optionally a voice note, and describes a memory or story in plain language. Behind the scenes, an AI workflow handles everything—story structure, visuals, pacing, music, and animation—to automatically generate a short, cinematic film. No technical skill. No editing timelines. Just memory → movie. There are two paths by design. One is fully self-serve: fast, affordable, and accessible to anyone. The second is deeply human: a premium option where I personally help craft the story with care—shaping the narrative, refining emotional beats, and ensuring the film does justice to the memory. This hybrid model keeps MovieToons scalable while preserving soul. The inspiration is deeply personal. I recently attended the funeral of a lovely older woman who taught me Irish. The funeral home site was outdated, and impersonal. There were almost no photos of her anywhere. Yet when people spoke about her, the room filled with rich, vivid stories—kindness, humor, impact, love. I remember thinking: how can someone be remembered so beautifully in words, yet leave behind almost nothing tangible? That moment stayed with me. I was determined not to let memories like hers disappear when people who remember them are gone. MovieToons exists to capture those stories while they’re still alive—to turn spoken memories into lasting, housed artifacts that families can return to forever.
Impact
MovieToons is about preserving human memory and legacy at scale. It enables families to transform personal moments—stories, photos, voices, and memories—into cinematic, animated narratives that can be experienced by future generations. The goal is simple but profound: to allow grandchildren and great-grandchildren to feel like they knew their grandparents, not just through names or photos, but through stories, emotion, and voice. Historically, creating animated or cinematic legacy content required professional studios, technical expertise, and budgets exceeding $50,000, making it inaccessible to nearly everyone. MovieToons fundamentally changes that. By leveraging AI, it makes high-quality, emotionally rich storytelling affordable, intuitive, and accessible to people without money, time, or technical know-how. MovieToons introduces a new form of digital memory infrastructure—lasting, housed memories that are preserved indefinitely and passed down across generations. These are not disposable videos or static photos, but curated, narrative experiences designed to endure. They serve as living legacy pages that capture identity, values, and lived experience, helping families preserve what is otherwise lost to time. At its core, MovieToons shifts AI from a productivity tool to a meaning-making technology, democratizing storytelling and ensuring that deeply human stories are no longer limited to those with privilege, resources, or technical skill.
What I'll do with $5,000
AI, Automation & Creative Tools: CapCut Pro (Annual) — $179.99 ElevenLabs Creator (Annual) — $219.99 Wan Video Premium (Annual) — $239.99 n8n Pro (Annual) — $599.99 Claude Code / Claude Pro (Annual) — $240.00 Windsurf AI Credits (Annual) — $200.00—$500.00 API costs — $500.00 Cloud, Data & Infrastructure: AWS (compute, storage, inference credits) — $750.00 Supabase Pro (DB, auth, edge functions) — $300.00 Hostinger (Annual) — $59.99 Hardware: Synology DS925+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure — $639.99 Apple - MacBook Pro 14-inch Laptop - Apple M4 Pro chip Built for Apple Intelligence - 24GB Memory - 1TB SSD — $2,399.00
Quick Bio
Built Pi-Squared, Ireland's 30u30, National Checkers Champion, Current Daniels Fund National AI & Ethics Champion, Former D1 Athlete, Director of Innovation @ AEBetancourt, Irish living in America.
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