🎥 AI Video Generators

What to Use, How to Prompt, and How to Get Paid

Author

Phil Franco
May 29, 2025

You don’t need a studio. You don’t even need to speak.

AI video tools are now so advanced, you can generate cinematic content, talking-head explainers, and full ad sequences from a prompt.

Some even add synced sound now.

Let’s break down the best ones — and how you can use them to create, pitch, and profit.

The 4 Best AI Video Tools Right Now

🥇 Google Veo 3

The first AI video model with synchronized audio — including speech, ambient sound, and music.

Insanely high quality. Still limited access (U.S. only), and $249/month. But a big step toward full AI film-making.

🎬 Kling 2.1

Just launched — improved realism and motion consistency.

Two render modes:

  • 2.1 Exception Value & Efficiency (35 credits) = ~$0.53 for 5 seconds

  • 2.1 Master (100 credits) = ~$1.52 for 5 seconds

    ($1 = 66 credits)

Great for cinematic b-roll, product shots, music visuals, and concept storytelling.

👤 HeyGen

This tool helped me grow to 30K Instagram followers in 4 months using AI avatars.

  • $29/month for unlimited content with one ultra-realistic avatar

  • Train it once (2.5 minutes of video)

  • Add voice: either clone it or just record in Voice Memos, clean it in ElevenLabs Voice Isolator, and upload

📢 And — big news — HeyGen has a huge announcement coming next week.

🎥 RunwayML Gen-4

Still one of the most accessible and creative tools out there.

  • $15/mo = 52 seconds of Gen-4 or 125 seconds of Gen-4 Turbo

  • $95/mo Unlimited Plan = slower generations after quota, but no hard cap

🔥 Also: Runway Act One is incredible

You can record yourself acting into the camera, upload the video, and transform into any character, in any setting, with your same movements.

🎯 How to Write Great Prompts (Using ChatGPT)

Most failed generations aren’t the tool’s fault — it’s the prompt.

Here’s the foolproof workflow:

1. Ask ChatGPT to write your video prompt

Give it a role like: 

You are a professional video director and prompt engineer. Help me write a cinematic prompt for an AI video generator. Here’s what I want:

- [Describe the scene]

- [Any camera movement, mood, style, action]

- [Reference image or style inspiration if needed]

2. Paste that prompt into your video generator (Kling, Runway, etc.)

3. Not what you expected?

Upload the result back into ChatGPT (video upload now works on desktop), and say:

“Here’s what I got. I was going for [X]. How should I tweak the prompt to get closer?”

4. Repeat until it slaps.

This loop saves you hours of trial and error — and levels up your results fast.

💰 Use Cases & Monetization Ideas

📺 Faceless YouTube Channels

HeyGen + stock b-roll = daily uploads

🧃 Product mockups & ads

Use Kling or Runway to pitch scroll-stopping visuals

📈 Pitch decks, landing pages, course trailers

AI-generated explainer content

💼 Freelance packages for small biz

Sell branded video ads to cafés, ecom shops, service pros

🧠 Motion design agency (solo edition)

You don’t need a team — you just need prompts

Let’s Be Real for a Second

If you can generate 5 seconds of content for $1.50…

and it makes a product look like a $10K ad spot…

You’re not just playing with AI.

You’re building something people will pay for.

Phil

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