To make an AI ad for your product, write a 30 to 60 second story with three beats, a problem, your product and a payoff, and ask Agent Social to film it shot by shot. Attach photos of the product, check every clip, then post the finished video in the shape the platform wants. An ad here is a very short film.
What makes a good 30 to 60 second AI ad?
A good short ad is one small story where the product is the turn, not a slideshow of features. In Agent Social the studio makes films, shorts, image posts and memes in one chat, so the ad is made like a short film: a person, a place, a moment that goes wrong, your product, and a happy change. That is why it holds attention. People stop for a story and scroll past a list. Clips run from 4 to 30 seconds and one clip can cut between several shots, so a 30 to 60 second ad is only two to four clips. If you want the full path for a longer film, how to make AI story videos covers it. The rest of this page is the ad version.
Feature slideshow
- Lists what the product does
- No person, no place, no feeling
- Looks like every other ad
- Viewers scroll past in two seconds
Story ad
- Opens on a person with a real problem
- Your product is the turn of the story
- Ends on the payoff, not a spec sheet
- Viewers watch to see what happens
How do you write the story for an ad?
Write three beats: the problem, the product, the payoff. The problem is one small, real annoyance in one place, shown in a few seconds. The product arrives as the turn, in someone’s hand or on the table, so the viewer sees it before they hear about it. The payoff is how the person feels after, and it should be visible on their face, not told in a caption. Keep it to one continuous place, such as a kitchen, a street corner or a desk, because fewer places means fewer things to keep the same. Describe the scene in your first message and the studio writes it as chapters you read before anything is filmed. Change any line in plain words then, when it costs nothing, and cut every beat that is not the problem, the product or the payoff.
The last scoop
A hot afternoon is the problem, the ice cream is the turn, and a kid’s grin is the payoff. Food reads instantly with no words.
“Make a 45 second ad for my ice cream parlour in one place, the parlour front: a hot, grumpy afternoon, a girl gets a two-scoop cone handed to her, and her whole face changes. Ends on the shop name.”
The tangled desk
A messy desk is the problem, the cable organiser is the turn, and the clean desk is the payoff. A neat before and after is easy to film.
“Make a 30 second ad for my cable organiser, set at one home desk: a man fights a tangle of charger cables, then clips them into the organiser and sits back relieved.”
Ten minutes to the wedding
Time pressure is the problem, the product is the turn and confidence is the payoff. Close shots of one face keep it simple.
“Make a 45 second ad for my face serum, set in one bedroom: a woman is running late for a wedding, uses the serum, and looks in the mirror with a quiet smile.”

How do you keep your product looking the same in every shot?
Attach clear photos of your product to the chat, describe it in plain words, then watch every clip. In Agent Social you can attach a photo of yourself to play a character, or photos of a real place to use as the setting; for a product, attach clear photos, describe it, and check it in every clip. Do the same for people: each recurring person is made once, as pictures you check and approve, and reused in every shot, and a place can come from real photos of it. Then judge each clip with the product in frame. If the label, the colour or the shape drifts in one shot, say so in one sentence and ask for that one clip again. Retakes cost least in the draft, so do the checking there. I cannot promise a pixel-perfect product, so always look.
Which video model should you use for an ad?
Use the default, Seedance 2.5, when your ad has a person who must look the same in every shot, and try MiniMax H3 Max for a single short clip that stands alone. Agent Social offers these two models. Seedance 2.5 films clips from 4 to 30 seconds with voices and scene sound and held a face from shot to shot in my test. MiniMax H3 Max is marked “Fastest”, films shorter clips and suits an ad or a teaser that stands on its own, but it held a face less well across cuts. A story ad with a recurring person is the first case. A single three-second product reveal is the second. You can switch the whole film or just one clip at any time, and switching never deletes a clip you already paid for.
Should your ad be wide or tall?
Make it tall for phone feeds and wide for YouTube and websites, and decide before you start. In Agent Social the studio picks the shape from your brief: wide 16:9 for a TV-style film and tall 9:16 for a phone-first short. Every film is posted in the shape it was made in, and nothing is cropped or recut to fit a platform, so a wide ad stays wide everywhere. If your ad is mostly for phones, say “tall” in your first message, because a film that fills the screen needs to be made that way from the start. If you need both, make two versions of the same story rather than squeezing one into the other. Tall framing also favours one face or one product close up, which suits most ads.
How do you post the finished ad?
Join the clips into one film, then ask the studio to write the post words and publish or schedule it. In Agent Social the studio writes the text for each platform, you read it and change anything by asking, and every post stays a draft until you press Publish or Schedule. Nothing posts on its own. The film also downloads as an MP4, in its original size or in 1080p, so you can post it anywhere else, including as a paid ad in another tool. Turning an AI film into shorts and posts shows how to cut a longer film into pieces. You can also run the whole thing from the AI social media agent page’s chat, and add music and subtitles last, on the final cut.
How much does an AI ad cost to make?
You pay per finished minute, with no subscription. A one-minute ad costs from $25, up to 1080p. Retakes add to that, because a redone clip is filmed again, which is why you do your checking in the draft. There is no free plan and no free trial, and credits you do not use never expire. A shorter ad costs less, and you only upscale the version you decide to post. Every charge is listed in your credit history, so you can see what each retake added. A sensible first ad is one short story in one place: film the draft, fix the clips that drift, and upscale only the cut you will actually post. What an AI episode costs has the longer worked examples.
| Quality | How it is made | One finished minute |
|---|---|---|
| Up to 1080p | Drafted, then upscaled when it is ready | from $25 |
Is your ad ready to film?
- Can you say the problem in one sentence?
- Does the product arrive after the problem, not before it?
- Is the whole ad in one place?
- Do you have clear photos of the product to attach?
- Have you decided wide or tall?
Answer each question for your verdict.
