I've been putting off making video content for months. Not because I don't want to, but because the whole process felt like too much. Camera setup, lighting, editing software, export settings. It's a lot when you're running a business.
Then I found Remotion. It's a React framework that lets you create videos with code instead of a traditional editor. And when you pair it with Claude Code, you can describe what you want and it builds the video for you.
I was skeptical. But I tried it anyway.
What happened
I opened Claude Code, told it I wanted a 30-second explainer video about how AI saves time for small businesses, and it wrote the entire Remotion project. Scenes, animations, text, transitions. All of it.
I ran the render command. A fully animated MP4 appeared in my folder. It looked like something a motion designer made.
The whole thing took about 8 minutes from start to finish.
The high-level steps
- Install Remotion with one terminal command
- Open Claude Code and describe the video you want
- Preview it in the Remotion Studio (it runs in your browser)
- Tweak anything by asking Claude to change colours, timing, or text
- Render it to MP4 with one command
That's it. No timeline dragging. No keyframes. No After Effects tutorials. You describe, it builds, you render.
The first video won't be perfect. But it'll be done. And "done" beats "still planning" every single time.
What surprised me
The animations were smooth. Like, actually smooth. Remotion uses React's component model, so everything is precise down to the frame. Claude Code knows the API well enough to create clean, professional-looking motion without you touching any code.
I've now made five videos this way. Each one takes less time than the last because I'm building up a library of scenes I can reuse.
If you've been wanting to create video content but the production side has been stopping you, this is worth trying. It's free to use and you don't need to know React or code at all.