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title: "Let it direct an explainer"
description: "Lesson 8.4 of Creator Terminal's lesson films (Make it with AI): Give the copilot a story to tell with an existing solar-power diagram."
canonical: "https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/direct-an-explainer/"
last_updated: 2026-10-28
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# Let it direct an explainer

> Lesson 8.4 of Creator Terminal's lesson films (Make it with AI): Give the copilot a story to tell with an existing solar-power diagram.

- The film (1:27): https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/media/8.4-direct-an-explainer/c66a2f554c61/8.4-direct-an-explainer.mp4
- Vertical cut: https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/media/8.4-direct-an-explainer/581988dc6230/8.4-direct-an-explainer-vertical.mp4
- Captions: https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/media/8.4-direct-an-explainer/4caccff03bbf/8.4-direct-an-explainer.vtt
- The page: https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/direct-an-explainer/

## In this lesson

### Give it direction (0:09)

The drawing already gives us the parts. Our job is to say what should lead the eye: sunlight, the panel, the inverter, then the battery and home. That sequence is the brief.

### Write the brief (0:23)

Let's ask for that story. Press slash, widen the panel, then focus the message box again. Type the brief, naming each part in the order we want to understand it.

### Follow its direction (0:40)

Now send it, and watch how it tells the story. It says its idea first: one chain of cause and effect, left to right. The heading rises, and each part comes up in reading order. The sun's ray draws onto the panel, and each arrow draws on like a current, waking the next part. It reviews its own cut, checks the frames, and then the whole explainer plays.

### Read the story (1:03)

Let's judge it as a viewer. Press Escape, then space to pause. Return to zero, and press space to play from the start. Can we follow the power without hunting for the next part? Press space to pause.