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Notes from the machine room of an AI music video studio: real model prices, working methods, honest limits.
What an AI Music Video Actually Costs: Per-Scene Numbers for 8 Video Models
A three-minute AI music video is about 30 scenes, not one video. Here is what a scene costs on Seedance, Kling, MiniMax and Grok — in dollars, with the arithmetic shown.
Read →First and Last Frame: The Control Trick Behind Every Clip That Holds Together
Give the model where a shot starts and where it ends, and it has to arrive. Here is why first-and-last-frame generation is the difference between 30 pretty clips and one music video.
Read →How to Make a Music Video From Your Own Track for Free
A step-by-step walkthrough of turning an mp3 into a vertical 9:16 music video with AI — what the free plan actually covers, what it costs per step, and where it stops.
Read →Seedance 2.5 vs Kling 3.0 vs Grok: Which Engine Should Animate Your Frames
Not a leaderboard. A working comparison of the video models we run in production — what each one does to a pair of frames, where it breaks, and what it costs per scene.
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