How an AI music video works
The AI generates short shots of 5 to 15 seconds (Seedance 2.5 up to 30). A music video is 10 to 30 such shots edited to the music. So the work splits into four parts:
- Concept: what the video is about, what the visual style is.
- Storyboard: which scenes go to which parts of the track.
- Generation of each scene.
- Editing to the beat.
Step 1. Concept and style
Choose one of three:
- A story video: a story with a character.
- An atmospheric one: mood scenes without a plot: the city at night, nature, abstraction.
- A performance: the artist in different locations.
Decide on the style right away: «90s film», «neon night city», «soft 3D animation». Write it the same way in every prompt, and the scenes will look like one video.
Step 2. A storyboard for the track
Mark up the track by timecodes: intro, verse, chorus, bridge, ending. Each part gets its own scenes.
| Part of the track | Length | Scenes | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intro | 0:00 to 0:15 | 2 to 3 | slow, wide shots |
| Verse | 0:15 to 0:45 | 5 to 6 | the character, details, the story |
| Chorus | 0:45 to 1:05 | 4 to 5 | dynamics, bright shots |
| Verse 2 | 1:05 to 1:35 | 5 to 6 | development |
| Ending | 1:35 to 2:00 | 2 to 3 | slowing down, the final shot |
Rule: in the chorus the scenes are shorter and more dynamic; in the intro and the ending they are longer and calmer.
Step 3. The artist in the frame
If the video needs the artist:
- Make reference portraits from their photo in Nano Banana Pro in the style of the video: an AI photoshoot from your photo.
- Use them as the first frame (image-to-video) for scenes with the artist.
- For close-ups of the face, take Kling v3: it holds facial expressions better.
- To make the artist sing on camera to your vocals, upload their photo and a piece of the track to OmniHuman 1.5 (up to 30 seconds at a time). To make them repeat a dance or movements from your video, use Kling Motion Control.
How to keep the same appearance in every scene: character consistency.
Step 4. Scene prompts
A shared style line plus a specific scene. An example for a «neon night city» video, 9:16 format:
- Intro: «Neon night city, rain, a top-down view of a wet street with reflections of signs, a slow camera fly-through forward, synthwave aesthetic».
- Verse: «A guy in a black jacket walks down a wet street under neon signs, the camera moves in front of him, rain, synthwave aesthetic».
- Chorus: «Close-up: the guy raises his head to the rain, drops fly into the camera, neon flashes, a fast camera orbit, synthwave aesthetic».
Sound from the model is usually not needed for a music video: your track goes on top. Turn sound off, on many models it is noticeably cheaper. How to write prompts: how to write prompts for video, for long scenes: prompts for Seedance 2.5.
Step 5. Editing to the beat
- Place markers on the strong beats of the track.
- Cut the scenes so that the cuts land on the markers.
- Cut more often in the chorus, less often in the intro.
- One 6-second scene often gives 2 or 3 pieces of 2 seconds: use them in different places.
Which model to choose
| Scenes | Model |
|---|---|
| Story, style, one character throughout the video | Seedance 2.0 |
| A long continuous shot up to 30 s | Seedance 2.5 |
| Close-ups of the artist, facial expressions, motion | Kling v3 |
| The artist sings to your vocals from a photo | OmniHuman 1.5 |
| The artist repeats a dance from your video | Kling Motion Control |
| Atmosphere, light, nature, the city | Veo 3.1 Fast or Lite |
How much it costs
A 2-minute video, 20 scenes of 6 seconds, 1080p:
| Model | Scene | 20 scenes | With attempts ×2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veo 3.1 Lite | ~84 rub. | ~1680 rub. | ~3360 rub. |
| Veo 3.1 Fast | ~126 rub. | ~2520 rub. | ~5040 rub. |
| Kling v3 | ~168 rub. | ~3360 rub. | ~6720 rub. |
KADR prices with sound, October 2026; without sound many models are cheaper. This is not a public offer. The most cost-effective approach is to combine: atmospheric scenes on Veo 3.1 Lite, close-ups of the artist on Kling v3.
Rights
- Music: your own track is fine. Someone else’s only with the rights holder’s permission.
- Faces: the artist and other people in the video only with their consent.
- The style of someone else’s video can be repeated, specific characters and logos cannot: someone else’s brand, logo or character.
In short
An AI music video is a storyboard following the structure of the track, 10 to 30 short scenes in one style and editing to the beat. Put the artist in the frame from a photo with Nano Banana Pro and Kling v3, make the atmospheric scenes on Veo 3.1 or Seedance. A 2-minute video costs from 1700 rubles in generations.
