Client order
What the client is asking for and paying.
Generation pipeline per approved video
Each delivered video = still shots → 480p drafts → final render, plus retries and client revisions.
keyframe candidates for image-to-video
prompt and voice iterations before the final
finals rejected in QC and re-rendered
each revision = 1 draft + 1 final
LLM script, Seed 2.1 video check, speech-to-text
Pre-production once per project
Casting, locations and voice tests that every video reuses.
options, turnarounds, outfits
15 s, 480p, same video model
contingency on all model spend
People & overhead
Human time is usually the second-largest cost after video renders.
VPS, Publer, storage, software