TL;DR: You can make custom AI videos for $94–$250 per finished clip with a 7-day turnaround, no shoot, no cast, and revisions included. CarlosVideo18+ handles scripting, generation, editing and sound, delivering a broadcast-ready master built entirely from fictional characters. See [pricing](https://carlos...

Make Custom AI Videos: Pricing, Process & Examples

You can make custom AI videos for $94–$250 per finished clip with a 7-day turnaround, no shoot, no cast, and revisions included. CarlosVideo18+ handles scripting, generation, editing and sound, delivering a broadcast-ready master built entirely from fictional characters. See pricing, portfolio and order.

What "custom" actually means in an AI video

"Custom" is the word doing the most work in this category, and it is worth defining before you spend a dollar. A custom AI video is not a template with your logo dropped in, and it is not a stock clip with a voiceover layered on top. It starts from your brief: your concept, your character description, your color direction, your aspect ratio, your duration and your soundtrack. Every frame is generated for that brief, then edited like a real production — pacing, cuts, motion, levels, grade.

That distinction matters because the failure mode of DIY AI video is recognizability. Prompts pulled from public libraries produce clips that look like everyone else's clips. When you make custom AI videos with a studio, the output is traced back to a written brief and a reference set, so the result reads as one deliberate style rather than a grab bag of generations.

CarlosVideo18+ works exclusively with fictional characters for an 18+ audience. Nothing produced involves real people, and nothing leaves the studio until the character consistency and shot-to-shot continuity hold up across the full cut.

The three questions people ask before they start

How much does it cost? Prices run from $94 for a short social clip $250 for a long, scene-heavy piece. The range is public, published on the pricing page, and quoted before work begins — you never find out the number after the video exists.

How long does it take? Seven days from approved brief to final master, revisions included inside that window. A traditional shoot with crew, location and edit routinely takes three to six weeks and requires all of that scheduling before a single frame exists.

What do you need from me? A brief. Roughly the length of a good email: what the video is for, who appears in it, the mood, the length, where it will be published. You bring the idea, the studio turns it into a finished clip.

Pricing at a glance

All figures are per finished video, delivered within 7 days, with revisions covered by the package.

Package	Price	Length	What you get	Best for
Short clip	from $94	10–15 s	One style, single scene, social-ready vertical cut	Reels, TikTok, quick promo drops
Standard	$150	30–60 s	Custom style, voiceover, 2 revision rounds	Music promos, product intros, campaign spots
Premium	$250	60+ s	Complex multi-scene structure, 2 revision rounds	Long promos, storyline clips, label releases
Traditional shoot (comparison)	$2,000+	Varies	Crew, location, kit, edit — weeks of scheduling	Brands with production budgets and real talent

The last row is there for scale, not as an offer. The three rows above it are what CarlosVideo18+ charges. Payment is crypto only\1 (cards are not accepted).

How the process works, step by step

1. Brief. You submit the concept through the order form: subject, character description, duration, platform, reference style. This is the document everything downstream is measured against, so specificity pays. "80s neon-lit studio, slow dolly, warm grain, 45 seconds, voiceover in English" beats "make it look cool."

2. Direction pass. The studio returns a written direction: scene breakdown, character sheet, visual style reference, sound plan. You approve it before a single frame renders. This step is why the revision count on the Standard package stays at 2–3 instead of climbing into double digits.

3. Generation. Scenes are produced against the approved direction, with character consistency maintained across shots so the person in shot three is the person in shot one.

4. Edit and sound. Assembly, cut pacing, motion, color, voiceover, music bed, levels. This is where AI footage stops looking like AI footage — the edit is done by a human with a timeline, not by an auto-assembler.

5. Delivery. Final master in your chosen format, plus the source-length cut if you want variants. Turnaround is 7 days from brief approval, revisions included.

Examples of what gets made

The portfolio shows the actual range, but the categories that recur:

Vertical social clips — 10–15 seconds, built for the first three seconds of a scroll. Single style, tight loop, caption-safe framing.

Music promos — 30–60 seconds cut to a track, with a character-driven concept and a hook that lands before the halfway mark. Popular with independent artists and small labels.

Campaign and product spots — a stylized product or concept piece where filming the real thing would be expensive or physically impossible.

Storyline clips — multi-scene sequences with a beginning, a turn and an ending. These sit in the Premium range and get 2 revision rounds because the structure needs room to be right.

Every example on the portfolio page is a custom job built from a brief — none of it is stock, none of it is a repurposed template.

Why studios are winning this work

Three structural advantages explain the shift, and none of them are about novelty.

Speed. Seven days versus three to six weeks. For a promotion timed to a release date, a trend or a sale, the calendar difference is the whole decision.

Predictable cost. A published price removes the estimate-then-negotiate loop. You know the number before you commit, and revisions don't reopen it.

No production ceiling. No location limits, no weather, no talent availability, no reshoot day. If a scene needs to be underwater at night with neon reflections, it gets written that way and produced that way.

The honest limitation: this is not a substitute for documentary footage of real events. It is a substitute for stylized, concept-led video — which is what most short promotional clips are anyway.

Who this is for

Independent creators, musicians and labels needing a promo without a production budget. Small brands that want a stylized spot rather than a filmed one. Marketers running frequent social tests who need volume without repeating one template. And anyone who wants to make custom AI videos without learning a prompt engine, a timeline and a sound mix first.

It is not built for anyone requiring real-person likeness, live event coverage or documentary accuracy. The studio works with fictional characters only, for an 18+ audience — that constraint is deliberate and non-negotiable.

How to start

Pick a package from the pricing page, review comparable finished work in the portfolio, then submit a brief on the order page. Payment settles in crypto (USDT, BTC, ETH, USDC) by crypto only. Direction pass comes back first, you approve it, and the clock on the 7-day delivery runs from that approval.

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FAQ

How much does it cost to make custom AI videos?
Finished videos cost $94 for a short 10–15 second clip, $150 for a Standard 30–60 second piece with voiceover and 2 revision rounds, and $250 for a Premium video over 60 seconds with 2 revision rounds. The full breakdown is published on the pricing page, quoted before work starts.

How long does delivery take?
Seven days from brief approval to final master. Revisions are included inside that window, not added on top of it. Traditional production with crew, location and edit typically runs three to six weeks before anything is viewable, which is the main reason creators switch.

What do I need to provide?
A written brief: what the video is for, who appears in it, the mood or style reference, target length and publishing platform. Roughly an email's worth of detail. You bring the idea; the studio writes the direction, generates, edits and delivers the finished file.

Can I request revisions?
Yes. Standard projects include 2 revision rounds, and Premium projects include 2 revision rounds. Revisions are handled against the approved direction pass, so changes to pacing, color, sound levels or scene selection are covered. Requests outside the original brief scope are quoted separately before any work continues.

What formats do I receive?
The final master in your chosen aspect ratio — vertical for social, square or landscape where needed — plus the source-length cut for making platform variants. Files arrive ready to publish, color-graded and mixed, with no further edit required on your side.

Is the content safe and compliant?
CarlosVideo18+ works only with fictional characters for an 18+ audience. No real people appear in any output, and the studio does not produce likeness-based or documentary content. Compliance details and content boundaries are set out in the studio's terms alongside the order process.

How do I pay?
Crypto — USDT, BTC, ETH, USDC — by crypto only through Heleket. Payment confirmation returns you to the order page automatically. Pricing is fixed per package: $94 to $250 per finished video, agreed before the brief is approved.