# AI Video for Podcasters & show hosts: Deliverables, Pricing and Workflow

Podcasters and show hosts get three repeatable formats: a 15-30 second episode teaser, a 30 second quote clip, and a 60 second preview with cover art. CarlosVideo18+ delivers each in 7 days with 2 revision rounds, flat pricing at $94, $150 or $250, paid in crypto.

## What a weekly show actually needs

The audience for this page is hosts of podcasts and YouTube shows and authors of serial episodes. One release triggers the same set of assets every single week, and the set rarely changes: something to announce the episode, something to quote it, and something to act as the video cover. CarlosVideo18+ produces exactly those three formats, on a repeating schedule, so a show can plan a quarter of promotion in one sitting.

The **episode teaser** runs 15-30 seconds. Its job is to make someone stop scrolling before the episode lands, so it carries the hook line, the show's title graphics and the release date. The **quote clip** runs 30 seconds and turns the sharpest exchange from the recording into a standalone short for YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels and TikTok. The **episode preview with cover art** runs 60 seconds and works as a video cover on podcast platforms and as the trailer on a channel page.

The style brief for this vertical stays fixed: show graphics, titles and visual accents taken from the topic of the episode. That means no crew call, no studio booking and no location scouting. The episode recording is already finished; the video work starts after it.

## What fits where: deliverable to tier

Every tier shares the same 7-day delivery and the same 2 revision rounds. The only difference is length. That makes tier selection a length decision rather than a quality decision, which is the honest way to read the table below.

| Deliverable | Length | Tier | Price | Why this tier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Episode teaser, short cut | 10-15 s | Base | $94 | Fits the 15 second announcement cut for Stories and Shorts. |
| Episode teaser, full cut | 30 s | Standard | $150 | Base is specified at 10-15 s, so a teaser above 15 s sits in Standard's 30-60 s range. |
| Quote clip from the episode | 30 s | Standard | $150 | 30 seconds is the lower edge of the Standard range; the quote keeps its setup and payoff. |
| Episode preview with cover art | 60 s | Standard | $150 | 60 seconds is the top of the Standard range and the usual platform cover length. |
| Episode preview, extended cut | 60+ s | Premium | $250 | Premium starts where Standard stops, for previews that run past a minute. |
| Recut after feedback | Within the original length | Any tier | Included | 2 revision rounds are part of every tier and of the same 7-day cycle. |

One gap is worth stating plainly: a 20 second teaser falls between the Base range of 10-15 s and the Standard range of 30-60 s. In that case the choice is Base with a shorter cut or Standard with the full 30 second cut. Full pricing sits on the [pricing page](https://carlosvideo18.shop/pricing).

## Why fictional generated characters suit this vertical

A serial show has a scheduling problem before it has a visual one. Booking a presenter, a host or a guest for a reshoot takes days, and every reshoot resets the calendar. Fictional generated characters remove that dependency: the same on-screen character can introduce episode 12, episode 13 and episode 40 without availability, travel or release paperwork. For a show that ships weekly, that is the practical advantage.

They also solve continuity. A generated character is drawn from the same description every time, so the guide who opens the teaser is the guide who closes the preview, even when the episode topic changes. Cover art follows the same logic: one template, one set of titles, one accent treatment per episode theme, so covers in a series read as a series rather than as unrelated images.

The constraint is deliberate. All characters are fictional and 18 or older, never real people, which fits a vertical where the real hosts already appear in the audio and do not need to appear on camera again. Every video comes with full commercial rights, so the clips can run on the show's own channels, on paid promotion and on platform video covers without a second licence step.

## The 7-day workflow

The key rhythm of this vertical is simple: an episode publishes once a week, and the preview is needed on the day it publishes. The studio's 7-day cycle covers that schedule without hiring an editor, as long as the order is placed when the recording is locked rather than the morning the episode goes live.

* **Day 0 - brief and handoff.** Send the locked episode recording, the episode topic, the hook line you want in the teaser, and your cover art or brand colours. Confirm the tier by length.
* **Day 1-2 - structure.** The deliverable is broken into beats: hook, title graphics, visual accents on the episode topic, closing call to action with the release date.
* **Day 3-4 - generation and assembly.** Characters, graphics and titles are produced and cut together against the beats, formatted for YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, TikTok and platform video covers.
* **Day 5-7 - delivery and revisions.** The cut is delivered inside the 7-day window, feedback comes back, and the 2 revision rounds are worked inside the same cycle.

Because the window is fixed and not rushed on request, the workable habit for a weekly show is to submit the recording immediately after it is locked. A show that releases on Thursday submits the previous Thursday, and the preview arrives with a day to spare for a final look. Same-day turnaround is not part of any tier, and no tier advertises it.

## Compared with the usual alternatives

Most shows evaluate two options before they evaluate a studio: an agency shoot or a self-serve editing tool. Both are legitimate, and both have a cost that shows up somewhere other than the invoice.

| Option | Cost model | Speed | Consistency across a series | Editing skill needed |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CarlosVideo18+ (Base / Standard / Premium) | Flat $94, $150 or $250 per video, crypto only | 7 days, 2 revision rounds | Fixed style brief: show graphics, titles, topic accents, one cover template | None |
| Agency shoot | Quoted per project, plus crew, studio and schedule time | Days to book, then production and edit | Depends on crew availability per episode | None, but you manage the project |
| Self-serve editing tools | Subscription or per-export fees | Same day, if you do the work | Only as consistent as your own template discipline | Full editor workload on every episode |

The agency route buys faces and locations a weekly show does not need, because the episode recording already exists. It also adds a booking step that collides with a fixed release day. The self-serve route is fast but moves the labour onto the host: cutting three formats, titling them, matching covers and exporting for four platforms, every week, forever. For a solo host that is the reason clips for social networks get assembled by hand and then stop being assembled at all.

The studio sits between the two: a defined deliverable list, a defined price, a defined date. It is the option that does not require the host to become an editor and does not require a shoot to be scheduled against a release calendar. See finished examples of the three formats on the [portfolio page](https://carlosvideo18.shop/portfolio).

## Keeping a series looking the same

The pain point here is not one bad clip, it is drift. Episode 4 looks different from episode 11, and a channel page stops reading as one show. The fix is structural rather than creative: the style brief is written once per show and reused, covers are built from one template with only the topic accent changing, and the same character description is passed to every order. Since every tier includes 2 revision rounds, alignment notes go back as revisions in the first cycle and then hold for the rest of the season.

Process notes, payment details and the crypto checkout flow are covered in [how to pay for AI video with crypto](https://carlosvideo18.shop/blog/pay-for-ai-video-with-crypto), and wider production notes live on the [SEO hub](https://carlosvideo18.shop/seo).

## Frequently asked questions

### Can you make a clip from a finished recording?

Yes. That is the normal input for this vertical. Send the locked episode recording together with the topic and the hook line, and the 15-30 second teaser, the 30 second quote clip and the 60 second preview are all cut from it.

### Will the series be in one style?

Yes. The style brief for podcast and show work is fixed: show graphics, titles and visual accents based on the topic of the episode. Episode covers use a single template, so a series of covers stays visually identical apart from the topic accent.

### How long do I wait for a video for today's release?

Delivery is 7 days on Base, Standard and Premium, with 2 revision rounds inside that cycle. Same-day delivery is not offered on any tier. To have the preview ready on release day, submit the locked recording at least 7 days before the episode publishes.

### Which tier fits my deliverable?

Base at $94 covers 10-15 seconds and fits the short teaser cut. Standard at $150 covers 30-60 seconds and fits the full 30 second teaser, the 30 second quote clip and the 60 second preview. Premium at $250 covers 60 seconds and above for extended previews. The full mapping is in the table above.

### Do I get full commercial rights, and who appears on screen?

Every tier includes full commercial rights. All characters are fictional, 18 or older, and never real people, so the clips can run on your channels, in paid promotion and as platform video covers without a separate likeness release.

### How is payment handled?

Pricing is flat: $94, $150 or $250 per video, with no subscriptions and no per-export fees. Payment is crypto only, USDT, BTC or ETH via Heleket.

### What do you need from me to start?

The locked episode recording, the episode topic, the hook line for the teaser, your cover art or brand colours, and the target platforms. From there the studio works the same 7-day cycle for every episode of the season.