Video trend
Both slots of the Island Boy template accept a photo of a person, a pet or a character, so you can have your dog sit on the pool edge while you gesture from the water, or cast two cats as the island boys. This is a descriptive guide, not a separate trend: it uses the same 14-second pool template and explains what changes when one or both performers are not human.
The Man on the edge looks toward the lens at the start and then mostly sits and watches, so a pet that is happy to just sit there is the easiest cast: put the dog or cat in that slot and yourself in the pool. A pet in the pool slot has to stand in water and make larger gestures, which is funnier but less predictable.
A pet keeps its own species, coat, colours and face, is scaled to roughly the size of the person it replaces and follows the same movements with its own body. Its mouth moves where the reference mouth moves. Results vary more than with people, so plan on reviewing the video closely.
A sharp photo with the whole head and the front of the body visible, eyes open, in good light, with no other animals or people in the frame. Avoid photos where the pet is curled up or seen from above.
A drawing, toy or mascot photo also works in either slot; the template keeps it the character it is rather than turning it into a person. Use characters you own or have the right to use, and do not upload other people's copyrighted artwork for public posts.
The price is the same whatever is in the photos: both preparations are included in the quote on the template page. Label the clip as AI-made when you share it.
Add a photo for each role shown below. All roles need a photo.
Upload a clear photo for the Man on the edge and the Man in the pool. Upper-body or full-body photos in the outfit you want work best; everyone pictured should have agreed to appear.
Pick 480p, 720p or 1080p and review the quote, which covers the full 14-second video and both photo preparations.
Watch that each person keeps their own face and outfit for the whole shot and that each mouth follows the reference movement, then download your 9:16 MP4 with the original sound.
Each person takes the face, hair, build and complete outfit from their own photo. Nothing of the reference clothing is kept, so the one in the water stays in whatever they wear in their photo, soaked where it meets the pool.
One continuous handheld phone shot: a glance toward the camera from the edge, then larger gestures from the one in the pool, while the camera drifts around the two of them.
The bright blue water, the stone edge and the wall of banana plants stay as they are in the reference. Only the two people change.
The video keeps the reference's soundtrack: the I'm an island boy vocal hook, the line of the 2021 Island Boy meme, with no backing track.
It is a 14-second vertical AI clip that restages the 2021 I'm an Island Boy meme in a small backyard pool: one man sits on the pool edge with his legs in the water while another stands waist-deep in the pool fully dressed, and the island boy vocal hook plays over their movements on a handheld phone shot. Oakgen's template puts your own two people in it and keeps the pool, the camera and the sound.
The version that spread online cast look-alikes of the two leads of The Walking Dead, which is why some people call it the Walking Dead island boy clip. Oakgen is not affiliated with the show or its actors, and the template never keeps either face: both people in your video come from your photos.
Yes. The Man on the edge and the Man in the pool each need a photo, because the template replaces both reference men with grey silhouettes, so neither of them is kept in your video.
The reference has an Island Boy vocal soundtrack, but its visible mouth movements do not line up with every word. The template follows each visible face rather than assigning every vocal line to one person; review the result with sound before sharing.
Yes. Either slot accepts a photo of a person, a pet or a character. A pet keeps its own species and is scaled to sit or stand in the same place; results vary more than with people, so check the finished video.
Yes. Each person wears the outfit in their own photo, not the reference clothing. The one in the pool stays dressed in the water, so whatever they wear gets wet.
No backing track. The sound is the reference's own: the I'm an island boy vocal hook, and your video keeps it unchanged.
Your own, or people who agreed to appear. Do not upload photos of celebrities, public figures or anyone who has not consented, and label AI videos clearly when you share them.
About 14 seconds in vertical 9:16, one continuous shot.
No. It is the AI reference clip the trend comes from, used as the motion and timing reference, not an Oakgen result. Review both faces, the outfits and the mouth movement before sharing.
2,829 credits per 720p video. The quote includes both photo preparations and the complete video. Check it before generating.
Plan a story, keep your character recognizable, and make the finished clip your own.
Make the Island Boy AI pool video step by step: choose who sits on the edge and who stands in the water, pick the photos, read the quote, check the movement and post.
Where I'm an island boy comes from, how the AI pool parody with two TV-style tough guys works, and who to cast and caption in your own version.
Upload 2 photos. Everything else is set.