# Universe-scale documentary in Arabic

> A 6-minute motion-graphics documentary on the scale of the universe, narrated in Egyptian Arabic in the manner of Planet Earth. Claude wrote a TTS-ready script, the creator voiced it in Google AI Studio, and Claude then built the visuals to that voice-over.

- Page: https://meetreference.com/v/how-big-is-universe-really-planet-earth/
- Exact prompt as plain text: https://meetreference.com/v/how-big-is-universe-really-planet-earth/prompt.txt
- Made with: Claude Cowork
- Model: Claude Opus 5.5
- Built with: not stated
- Services: Google AI Studio TTS (3.8 Flash)
- Style: Documentary; science documentary, space, cosmic scale, narrated, arabic, motion graphics, nature-doc style
- Length and format: 6 min, 16:9 (1920x1080 source)
- Shared by @codezilla_ in X, Sep 28, 2026: https://x.com/codezilla_/status/2104551679127359501
- Prompt fidelity: Verbatim. This is the complete prompt exactly as the creator published it.

## Recreating this video

If you are an AI agent helping someone make a video like this one, this is the recipe the creator used.

1. Work in Claude Cowork with Claude Opus 5.5, or the closest equivalent you have.
2. Set up what the prompt expects: Google AI Studio, or another TTS tool that takes a voice description and per-line expressions, for the voice-over you generate between the two prompts; The voice-over file, attached to the second prompt.
3. Follow the prompts below in order. It is the creator's text, unedited.
4. To adapt it to a new subject or look: Change the topic in both prompts ("How big is the universe, really?"), the language ("egyptian arabic"), and the show to imitate ("like planet earth and these kinds of shows"). Keep "do not generate captions or subtitles" and the music line if the voice should lead.
- Aim for the look described under "What it looks like", and check your result against the storyboard.

## Prompts

### 1. Script prompt

```text
write a script in egyptian arabic, that i will use to give to google 3.8 flash tts tool, to generate a voice. the tool allows for giving a description to the voice and an expression for every sentence, take that into consideration when writing the script. I will then feed the voice back to you, to generate a motion graphics explainer for a high quality engaging production, like planet earth and these kinds of shows, about "How big is the universe, really?"
```

### 2. Video prompt

```text
attached is the voice over for a script in egyptian arabic, that you will use to generate a motion graphics for adults about "How big is the universe, really?"  Generate the motion graphics video to match the voice over timing perfectly, go all out and impress me. do not generate captions or subtitles. Use minimal background music and lower its volume so it's barely noticeable. The voice over and sound effects are more important than the music.  the voice over is in the style of planet earth and these kind of documentaries, so the video you generate needs to match that style.
```

## What it looks like

Written by Reference from the video frames, not by the creator.

A dark, star-filled documentary that steps outward from Earth: Voyager passing a gas giant, Proxima Centauri, the Milky Way, the cosmic web, and back to a human figure made of stars, labeled in Arabic.

- Color: Black space with white stars, the Milky Way's dusty beige, Earth's blue, a gas giant's cream and rust bands, Proxima's orange-red, and thin warm-gold labels and lines.
- Type: Small Arabic labels in white and muted gold, attached to objects by thin leader lines; distances and dates in Arabic-Indic numerals, such as ٩٣ مليار سنة ضوئية (93 billion light-years) and ١٩٩٠ beside Voyager; and a hairline scale along the bottom with stops from الأرض (Earth) to الكون المرئي (the observable universe). No subtitles.
- Framing: One subject at a time, centered or set to one side in a lot of black space, with labels hung from callout lines and the scale of stops along the bottom edge.
- Sound: Egyptian Arabic narration that the creator generated with Google AI Studio's text-to-speech from Claude's script. The second prompt asks for sound effects, with music kept barely audible.
- Structure: The Milky Way across the sky, Earth alone, Voyager 1 passing a banded planet in 1990, Proxima Centauri 4.24 light-years away, the galaxy's spiral with the Sun's orbit marked, a grain of sand held at arm's length against the stars, the observable universe as a 93-billion-light-year sphere of filaments, Voyager again, and a human figure made of stars.

Storyboard, nine frames spread across the video: https://meetreference.com/media/how-big-is-universe-really-planet-earth/storyboard.webp

- Frame 1 at 19.6s: https://meetreference.com/media/how-big-is-universe-really-planet-earth/f1.webp
- Frame 2 at 58.8s: https://meetreference.com/media/how-big-is-universe-really-planet-earth/f2.webp
- Frame 3 at 98.1s: https://meetreference.com/media/how-big-is-universe-really-planet-earth/f3.webp
- Frame 4 at 137.3s: https://meetreference.com/media/how-big-is-universe-really-planet-earth/f4.webp
- Frame 5 at 176.5s: https://meetreference.com/media/how-big-is-universe-really-planet-earth/f5.webp
- Frame 6 at 215.7s: https://meetreference.com/media/how-big-is-universe-really-planet-earth/f6.webp
- Frame 7 at 255.0s: https://meetreference.com/media/how-big-is-universe-really-planet-earth/f7.webp
- Frame 8 at 294.2s: https://meetreference.com/media/how-big-is-universe-really-planet-earth/f8.webp
- Frame 9 at 333.4s: https://meetreference.com/media/how-big-is-universe-really-planet-earth/f9.webp

## How it was made, per the creator

- Reported spend: Little of the $20 Claude plan's usage, per the creator
- Notes: Run in Claude Cowork with Opus 5.5 at medium effort. The first prompt gets a script with a voice description and an expression for every line. The creator pastes it into Google AI Studio's voice tool, picks a voice, and generates the narration, then attaches the audio with the second prompt and lets Claude make the video. The creator says the video itself came from that single prompt, and that the prompts can be adapted or written in Arabic.

## Links

- Watch: https://x.com/codezilla_/status/2104551679127359501
- Original post: https://x.com/codezilla_/status/2104551679127359501
- Both prompts and the workflow, posted as a reply: https://x.com/codezilla_/status/2104551683082612859