How to Make a Movie on Google Slides

Quick summary

Google Slides can be used to create simple movie-like presentations by combining stickers, callouts, animations, and auto-play slideshows. This guide walks through every step needed to build and play a fully animated story in Google Slides.

Steps

1. Click Media and select Stickers to open the sticker panel.
2. Choose and click stickers to add them to the slide.
3. Add a dialogue using Callouts to give characters speech or text.
4. Select an object and click Animate to open the animation panel.
5. Set animations for each object to build out your story sequence.
6. Set the start condition for each subsequent animation to After previous so animations progress automatically.
7. Set the animation speed for each object to ensure timing is correct.
8. Make new slides and add transitions to connect scenes.
9. Open Slideshow and open the option menu for Auto-play.
10. Finish setup then click Play to run your movie-style presentation.
11. Note that Google Slides can only handle simple movie-like presentations.