Custom and professional mind movies: your options
You can pay a freelancer on a site like Fiverr, fill in a template from a shop like Etsy yourself, or use an app. A freelancer puts your photos, lines and music together into one movie for you. The best way to get custom mind movies made is Solulu. It is an iPhone app that makes them from your own photos, with you in every scene. There is no editing, and you get new ones as your goals grow.
Your options for a custom mind movie
There are four ways to get a mind movie made for you. They differ most in how much of you ends up in it.
- A freelancer. You find a video editor who makes mind movies, usually on a site like Fiverr. You send them your goals, photos and lines, and they edit one movie for you.
- A template. You buy a ready-made layout, usually a Canva file from a shop on Etsy, and fill it in yourself. It is “custom” because you add your own photos and words. But you do the work.
- A friend who edits. Maybe someone you know loves editing in CapCut. A movie made by them can be the most personal of all, because they know you.
- An app. You describe what you want and the app makes the movie. Apps differ a lot. Some turn a board you build into a slideshow. Some make AI images from your goals. Solulu makes scenes of you living the life you describe.
All four can give you a mind movie. The question is what “custom” means in each case, and what you have to do to get it.
What “custom” really means
In most custom mind movies, “custom” means your words and your old photos in someone else’s edit. That is worth knowing before you pay.
A freelancer or a template can only work with what you give them. Say you send photos from last summer and a list of goals. You get last summer’s photos, plus stock pictures for everything else.
A stranger’s kitchen stands in for your dream home. A model on a beach stands in for your trip. A stock couple stands in for you and your SP, the specific person you want to be with.
The edit can be beautiful. It can still feel like someone else’s life.
The most personal mind movie shows you in the scenes you want. You are at the window of your apartment, on the trip, or at dinner with your person and your friends. Keep that in mind as you read the options.
How hiring a freelancer works
Hiring a freelancer is simple once you know the steps.
- Find two or three sellers. Search Fiverr for “mind movie” and read each seller’s page. Look at the sample videos, the reviews and what each package includes. Custom mind movies start at £20 to £37 for the smallest package.
- Message before you order. Ask the questions in the checklist below. A good seller answers clearly and does not rush you.
- Write your brief. This is one page that tells them your goals, your scenes, your lines and the feeling you want. There is a template below.
- Send your photos. Send photos of you, your people, and the exact places and things you want. Use the best quality you have.
- Choose your music. Name a song or a mood. If you might ever post the movie, ask whether the music is licensed.
- Review the draft. Watch it the way you will really use it, on your phone, with headphones, in bed. Note anything that pulls you out of the scene.
- Ask for changes. Use the rounds of changes your package includes. Be specific, for example “swap the beach photo for the Lisbon street at 0:48.”
- Get the final file. Ask for a vertical video if you will watch on your phone. It should be full quality, with the music and text exactly right.
A brief you can copy
Send this to any freelancer, or use it to plan your own movie. Fill in each line.
| Brief line | What to write | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | One to three goals, love first if that is yours | My relationship with Sam, my first apartment, a promotion |
| Length | Two to five minutes | About three minutes |
| Opener | How you want to settle in | A slow gold kaleidoscope, music only, 25 seconds |
| Scenes | Eight to twelve scenes, first person, present tense | “Sam and I cook pasta in our kitchen, laughing.” |
| Lines on screen | One short line per scene | “Sam chooses me every day.” |
| Photos | Which photo goes with which scene | “Photo 4 (me at the café) for scene 2” |
| Music | A song or a mood | Soft piano, no lyrics |
| Voice | Text only, or spoken lines | Text only |
| Close | How it ends | The kaleidoscope again, one last line: “It is done.” |
| Format | Shape and file | Vertical, for my phone |
| Privacy | What happens to your files | Please delete my photos after delivery and do not use my movie as a sample |
The scene line is where most briefs go wrong. “Love” or “money” tells an editor nothing. They need a scene they can picture, like the first example below. A scene they can picture is a scene they can build.
I unlock the door of my apartment and drop my keys in the little dish by the window.
Sam brings me coffee in bed on a slow Sunday and says, “Morning, you.”
I walk out of my new office with my team, laughing, the city gold behind us.
Questions to ask a freelancer before you pay
- Will you use only my photos, or stock photos too? Ask to see which scenes will use stock.
- How many scenes, and how long will it be?
- Can I choose the music, and is it licensed? This is fine for private watching. It matters if you ever post it.
- How many rounds of changes are included?
- When will I get the draft, and when the final?
- What format do I get? You want vertical, full quality, and a file you can keep.
- What happens to my photos afterwards? Ask them to delete your photos when the job is done.
- Will you post my movie as a sample? Say no if it shows your face or anyone else’s.
Warning signs: a seller who puts a date on your results, like “you will get your ex back in 30 days.” The movie shows you the scenes. Your manifesting is what brings them. Also watch for a seller who asks for your passwords or social media logins. And avoid anyone who will not show you a sample of their work.
Templates and kits: custom, but you do the work
A template is the cheapest way to get a custom-looking mind movie. It is still a movie you make yourself. Mind movie templates on Etsy cost £3 to £14.
You get a layout, and sometimes music and an opener. You find every photo and type every line. Kits like the Mind Movies Platinum Creation Kit work the same way, with their own builder app.
Templates suit you if you enjoy editing and already have the photos. But you may be missing photos of you in the life you want. A template cannot fix that. Our page on what a mind movie costs compares every option side by side.
The options compared
| You in every scene | Your part | Changes as your goals grow | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solulu | Yes, new scenes of you living the life you describe | Describe your life, add photos | Yes, new movies as your goals grow |
| Freelancer | Only in photos you send | Brief, photos, changes, a wait | No, each new movie is a new order |
| Template or kit | Only in photos you add | All the editing | Only if you redo it |
| Friend who edits | Only in photos you have | Their time, and asking again | Only if they remake it |
| AI image and slideshow apps | Mostly not. You build it, or it shows AI strangers | Building or describing | Sometimes |
We make Solulu, so read our pick with that in mind. We have described every option as fairly as we can.
Why Solulu is the best way to get a custom mind movie
Solulu is an iPhone app. You describe the life you want and add your photos. If you like, you can also add photos of your SP, places, outfits, pets and things you want.
It makes personalized mind movies with you in the scenes. Each one has a calm kaleidoscope opening, scenes of you living that life, affirmations and music. It is the best way to get a custom mind movie, for four reasons.
1. You see yourself living it. A freelancer and a template can only use the photos you already have. So every scene you have not lived yet becomes a stock photo of a stranger. Slideshow apps work the same way. AI apps that make pictures from your goals usually make pictures of someone else.
Solulu makes new scenes of you living the life you describe. You are in the apartment, on the trip, with your person. You see your own face already there, so it feels like a memory, not a wish.
2. It does not depend on your imagination. When your custom movie is full of strangers, you are back to imagining yourself in the picture. That is the hardest part of manifesting. It is also the part a mind movie is meant to do for you.
With Solulu you look at yourself in the scene. You also skip the brief, the messages back and forth, and the editing. You just describe the life and add your photos.
3. It never goes stale. Most practices repeat the same words, audio or pictures every day. After a few weeks, your mind gets used to them and the feeling fades. The Solulu method makes refreshing part of the practice, and Solulu keeps making new mind movies of you as your story moves on. So what you watch never goes stale.
4. It is easy to keep doing. A freelancer makes one movie. When a scene comes true or the movie starts to feel old, you write a new brief and order again. Or you open the template and start over.
Solulu keeps making new mind movies as your goals grow. So you always have a movie that matches your life, morning and night.
Which should you choose?
- You want to see yourself in the life you are manifesting: Solulu.
- You want one special movie, edited by a person, maybe as a gift: a freelancer, with the brief above.
- You love editing and have the photos: a template, or make it yourself for free.
Whichever you pick, the movie only works if you watch it. Watch it every morning when you wake up and every night before you sleep. Let it become the most normal thing in your day. As the scenes start to feel normal, they start to show up in your real life.