Sensei & agents · Lesson 2 of 6
How to make an AI video ad with a plan and a price first
Sensei turns one photo into a 15-second film and shows you every step and its price before it spends a credit.
You need: A job big enough to plan, like a 15-second ad.
Step by step
Drop in a photo and describe the video
"Three shots on a coastal road at golden hour, cut together with music."
Read the plan
Sensei studies the photo, reads the video model guide and writes the plan: every still, every clip, the model and the price of each step.
Change it in words
Want it sharper? Ask for 1080p and the plan updates with the new price.
Press Approve
Nothing big is spent until you approve, and Sensei can never approve itself. Approving also sets a ceiling it cannot pass.
Watch it build
Stills, checks, clips, the cut. What it has spent is always under the chat, against your limit.
Why it works
- Ask for changes before you approve. Editing the plan is free; editing finished clips is not.
- Shot lists beat adjectives. "Three shots: wide, tracking, close-up" gives a better plan than "make it epic".
Your practice task
Ask Sensei for a plan for a three-shot video of something you own and change one step before approving.
Read the transcript(2:11)
Bigger jobs need a plan. Today, Sensei turns one photo into a 15-second film and shows you the price before it spends anything. Drop in a photo. Here's our blue Model Y. And describe the video. Three shots on a coastal road at golden hour, cut together with music. Sensei looks at the car, reads the guide for the video model, and then writes the plan. Here it is. Every still and every clip, the model it will use, and what each step costs. About 128 credits at 720p. Want it sharper? Just say so. Ask for 1080p, and the plan updates with the new price. Nothing is spent until you press approve. Anything over 40 credits waits for you, and Sensei can never approve itself. Approving also sets a ceiling. Here, 410 credits. Then it builds the stills, checks them, and starts rendering. What it has spent so far is always down here, against your limit. About 20 minutes later, the cut is done. It tells you plainly what still isn't perfect, instead of going past your budget. And here's the 15-second film, saved to your library. Plan. Price. Approve. Next time, how Sensei checks its own work, and how to steer it while it runs.