What we learn making short-form video with AI models - how they actually behave, what they cost, and how to get what you pictured without generating it ten times.
A cheap clip that takes six tries costs more than a good one that takes two. The arithmetic of retries in AI video, the four places a cheap model quietly gets expensive, and nine habits that cut the bill.
Seedance, Kling, MiniMax H3 and Veo each read prompts differently. A short per-model guide to the prompt each one wants - and to paying for fewer retries.
