# How to Make a POV History Video, Step by Step > The exact Korpi workflow for first-person "you are there" history shorts: pick the Ice Age, Viking or Roman era, set the day and the threat, generate ten photoreal action-camera scenes, and render. Canonical page: https://korpi.ai/blog/how-to-make-pov-history-videos Published: October 20, 2026 · 6 min read · Korpi AI Team ## Quick answer Open [POV Survival Vlog](/create/pov-survival-vlog). On the **Script** tab, click **Generate w/ AI** and pick an era: **Ice Age Caveman**, **Viking Raider** or **Roman Legionary**. Choose an idea from the **Idea List** or fill in **Custom Setup** (the day, the threat and the audience choice) and generate the narration. On the **Scenes** tab, Korpi makes ten photoreal first-person scenes of six seconds each. Check the music on the **Audio** tab and click **Generate video**. --- ## What a POV history video looks like The viewer is the vlogger. Everything is filmed from a head-mounted action camera with a slight fisheye, so you only ever see the narrator's hands, forearms and feet, never his face. He talks to camera as he survives one day in the past: tracking prey, crossing ice, facing a predator. The footage is photoreal, not cartoon, and there is no gore. The [example video](/best-ai/pov-history) is an Ice Age day. It starts in a cave beside a fire, follows fresh tracks through the snow with a white wolf pup, faces a sabre-tooth cat and ends at a carved standing stone, asking the audience which way to go next. --- ## Step 1: Pick an era Open [POV Survival Vlog](/create/pov-survival-vlog). The first tab is **Script**, with a **One-off** / **Series** switch and a **Narration Script** box. Click **Generate w/ AI**. Under **Script Type**, pick the era: - **Ice Age Caveman** (the default): "Survive the Ice Age first-person with a tribe tracker, a white wolf pup, and megafauna on every trail." - **Viking Raider**: "Survive storms, frozen fjords, bears, and a rival raid captain from behind a round shield." - **Roman Legionary**: "Survive frontier ambushes, river floods, and wild boar from behind a legionary shield." ![Korpi Generate POV Survival Vlog Script dialog with Ice Age Caveman, Viking Raider and Roman Legionary script types](https://korpi.ai/blog/pov-history/step-1-pick-era.webp "Step 1: Pick an era: Ice Age, Viking or Roman") **Duration** is fixed at 60s for this format. ## Step 2: Set the day, the threat and the choice Pick a source: 1. **Idea List.** Click **Generate Ideas** and choose one. 2. **Custom Setup.** Fill in **Day & Setting** (for example "Day 14 of surviving the Ice Age — snowy pass") and **Threat & Audience Choice** (for example "a sabre-tooth cat on the trail; choice: follow the tracks or go back to the cave"). Add **Extra Direction** if you want. For the Ice Age era, the helper line reminds you the recurring cast is Enna, Frost and the rival Karg. 3. **Remix Video.** Paste a TikTok, YouTube or Instagram link to write a new script from it. ![Korpi Custom Setup tab with Day and Setting, Threat and Audience Choice and Extra Direction fields](https://korpi.ai/blog/pov-history/step-2-custom-setup.webp "Step 2: Set the day, the threat and the audience choice") Click **Generate Script**. The narration lands in the Narration Script box, written as one vlogger talking to camera. ## Step 3: Generate the first-person scenes On the **Scenes** tab, Korpi builds the episode as exactly ten scenes of six seconds each, in photoreal first-person action-camera footage with a locked survival cast. The same companions and the same gear appear in every scene. ![First-person view of fur-wrapped hands holding a stone spear at a cave mouth over a campfire](https://korpi.ai/blog/pov-history/step-3-scene-cave.webp "Step 3: A first-person scene: only the hands are ever on camera") Check each scene against its line. The threat scene should feel close and physical. Regenerate any scene that breaks the point of view, then animate the scenes. ![First-person view of a spear raised as a sabre-tooth cat leaps from rocks above](https://korpi.ai/blog/pov-history/step-3-scene-sabertooth.webp "Step 3: The threat scene from the Ice Age example") ## Step 4: Audio and render On the **Audio** tab, **Select Background Music** starts with no background music, so the vlogger's voice and the scene sound carry the video. Add a track if you want one. Captions are burned in. Click **Generate video** and download the finished file. ![First-person hand pointing at a spiral carved into a standing stone beside paw tracks in the snow](https://korpi.ai/blog/pov-history/step-4-scene-carved-stone.webp "Step 4: The final scene sets up the audience choice") --- ## Plan it for free first (optional) If you work inside Claude or ChatGPT, connect [Korpi MCP](/mcp). Its script and storyboard planning tools are free on every account, no plan needed. Plan the day and the cliffhanger choice in chat, then make the episode in the creator. --- ## What makes a POV history video work - **One day, one threat.** "Day 14, a sabre-tooth on the pass" beats "life in the Ice Age". - **Talk to the viewer.** The vlogger explains what he is doing and why, so the history comes through the action. - **Use real period details.** Fur wraps, stone spears, round shields and legionary kit make the era readable in one frame. - **End on a choice.** Ask the audience what to do next. It drives comments and sets up part two. --- ## POV History FAQ ### Which eras can I choose? Ice Age Caveman, Viking Raider and Roman Legionary. Each has its own setting, threats and recurring cast. ### How long is a POV history video? 60 seconds: ten first-person scenes of six seconds each. ### Will the narrator's face ever be shown? No. The camera is head-mounted, so only the hands, forearms and feet are on screen. The vlogger speaks from off camera. ### Is it free? You can watch the example free, and planning through Korpi MCP is free on any account. Generating and exporting your own POV Survival Vlog video needs a paid Korpi plan. See [pricing](/pricing) for current plans. --- ## Related - [AI POV history video generator](/best-ai/pov-history) - [How to make a stickman history video](/blog/how-to-make-stickman-history-videos) - [How to make Bible story videos](/blog/how-to-make-bible-story-videos)