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Kalshi hired me to make the most unhinged NBA Finals commercial possible.

Network TV actually approved this GTA-style madness 🤣

High-dopamine Veo 3 videos will be the ad trend of 2025.

Here’s how I made it in just TWO DAYS 👇🏼 (Prompt included)

My Veo 3 viral video process is very simple.

I’ve generated 30M+ views in 3 weeks using this exact workflow: Image
Concept:

Kalshi asked me to create a spot about people betting on various markets, including the NBA Finals.

I said the best Veo 3 content is crazy people doing crazy things while showcasing your brand.

They love GTA VI. I grew up in Florida.
This idea wrote itself 😂
Script:

I asked their team for a few dialogue bits they wanted to include.

Then I came up with 10 wild characters in unhinged situations to say them.

I co-write with Gemini (or ChatGPT) asking it for ideas, picking the best ones, and shaping them into a simple script. Image
Prompting:

I then ask Gemini to take the script and convert every shot into a detailed Veo 3 prompt. I always tell it to return 5 prompts at a time—any more than that and the quality starts to slip.

Each prompt should fully describe the scene as if Veo 3 has no context of the shot before or after it. Re-describe the setting, the character, and the tone every time to maintain consistency.

Prompt example:

A handheld medium-wide shot, filmed like raw street footage on a crowded Miami strip at night. An old white man in his late 60s struts confidently down the sidewalk, surrounded by tourists and clubgoers. He’s grinning from ear to ear, his belly proudly sticking out from a cropped pink T-shirt. He wears extremely short neon green shorts, white tube socks, beat-up sneakers, and a massive foam cowboy hat with sequins on it. His leathery tan skin glows under the neon lights.
In one hand, he clutches a tiny, trembling chihuahua to his chest like a prized accessory.
As he walks, he turns slightly toward the camera, still mid-strut, and shouts with full confidence and joy:
“Indiana got that dog in ’em!”
Trailing just behind him are two elderly women in full 1980s gear—both wearing bedazzled workout leotards, chunky sneakers, and giant plastic sunglasses. Their hair is still in curlers under clear plastic shower caps. One sips from a giant novelty margarita glass, the other waves at passing cars.
Around them, the strip is buzzing—people filming with phones, scooters zipping by, music thumping from nearby balconies. Neon signs flicker above, casting electric color across the scene. The crowd parts around the trio, half amazed, half confused.
Veo 3 / Flow tip:

Run 5 prompts at a time in fast mode ($0.20 each).

If a shot isn’t right, paste the prompt into Gemini, ask for changes, then try again in Flow.

Leapfrog ahead while waiting and then repeat until the shot list is done. Image
Veo 3 Tips:
Subtitles sometimes show up unexpectedly. The team knows and is working on it.

To get yelling, prompt with “screaming at the top of their lungs” or use all caps dialogue.

Veo 3 text-to-video doesn’t support consistent characters, but detailed descriptions help.
Cost and Time:

This took about 300–400 generations to get 15 usable clips. One person, 2-3 days.

That’s a 95% cost reduction vs traditional ads.
The Future of Ads:

Just because this was cheap doesn’t mean anyone can do it.

I’ve been a director 15+ years. Brands still pay a premium for taste.

The future is small teams making viral, brand-adjacent content weekly, getting 80 to 90 percent of the results for way less.
What’s the Moat for Filmmakers?

It’s attention.

Right now the most valuable skill in entertainment and advertising is comedy writing.

If you can make people laugh, they’ll watch the full ad, engage with it, and some of them will become customers.
We’re Hiring:

Comedy Writers & Veo 3 Directors.
I’m building a team to make wild, viral videos with top brands, weekly.

Looking for:
• Comedy writers with punch
• Veo 3 directors (7+ yrs filmmaking, strong taste, fast)
If that’s you, apply here 👇🏼

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Also check out Kalshi! Thanks for reading!pjace.beehiiv.com
I make lots of unhinged AI commercials 🤣 follow for more!

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Jun 9
Yesterday, this account had 0 followers and 0 videos. Today: 120k followers, 8M views, just from posting four Veo 3 videos.

If you're not making Veo 3 content, you’re skipping a once-in-a-generation shortcut to the top .001% of creators.

Steal this prompt 👇🏼
A cinematic handheld selfie-style medium shot, set on a snowy battlefield at dusk. A stormtrooper in full white armor holds the camera at arm’s length, his helmeted face perfectly framed as snowflakes swirl gently in the cold air. His armor is lightly dusted with frost and ash. Behind him, a vast frozen landscape stretches into a shallow-focus blur—explosions flicker in the distance, and streaks of missile trails arc across the twilight sky.

The stormtrooper slowly pans the camera sideways, revealing another stormtrooper crouched in the snow, carefully sculpting a snowman with exaggerated focus. Bits of snow cling to his gloved hands and leg plates as he works.

Back on camera, the first stormtrooper yells with a sense of urgency:
“Okay so we’re in the middle of an active firefight, people are screaming, and Greg’s building a darn snowman.”
This is not my IG account BTW, but it's pretty easy to deconstruct peoples prompt using chatgpt and this prompt structure.

Follow their account here:


Shoutout to @venturetwins for finding this gem.instagram.com/stormtroopervl…
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Jun 4
I think this tool will generate millions for creators this year.

HeyGen just launched their AI studio, and it's nuts.

Here's how you can use and monetize it 👇🏼
To win on TikTok and Instagram right now, you need SPEED and CONTROL.

Gone are the days of one polished ad per month. Content is a numbers game. The brands scaling fast are posting 3–5+ times per day, not per week.

Here’s how creators are using @HeyGen_Official 's AI Studio to build scalable UGC machines and make real money 👇🏼

1. Spin Up Multiple TikTok Accounts Per Brand

Treat each account like a test tube. Different angles. Different avatars. Different hooks.
Post 2–5 videos per day on each account to gather fast data. You’re not looking for perfection — you’re looking for signals.

The algorithm doesn’t care who you are. It cares if people watch. Let AI do the heavy lifting so you can move at algorithm speed.

2. Test Avatars + Steal Proven Hooks

Go steal the hooks that already went viral in your niche. Reformat. Rephrase. Reuse.

Let the AI say them, but change the context to fit your brand.

Test 50 messages. Keep the 3 that hit. Build the rest around those.

3. Don’t Have a Product? Sell the System

If you’re not selling your own product, be the machine for other brands.

Show example videos you made with AI avatars.
Track views, clicks, and conversions.

Offer to run Avatar UGC tests for early-stage brands that can’t afford influencers.

This is an easy foot-in-the-door offer. Once you prove ROI, you upsell into a monthly retainer.

Bonus Tip: TikTok doesn’t care if your avatar is fake — if it hooks attention. Use avatars with strong eye contact, tight framing, and native-style subtitles. Make it feel like a human, even if it isn’t.

Now let's explore how HeyGen's AI studio helps you create.

If you're not satisfied with the performance, you can now direct your avatar's actions using text prompts!
Alternatively, you can even personalize it to your voice.

This is big if you still don't think that AI voices are there yet.

Voice Mirroring enables your avatar to emote using your tone, pace, and style — all from a single recording.
Read 7 tweets
Jun 2
Ok yeah… this is getting scary good.

AI Actors are going to be indistinguishable from humans soon.

Mirage Studio just dropped a crazy new model.

5 quick examples of what you can do with it 👇🏼
1. Build actors from scratch

You can make them sing, sell products, dance.

Fully customized to match your brand, tone, and story
2. Turn any photo into a full-on performance

Upload a reference image. Upload reference audio.

Get a digital twin that can deliver lines with nuance, timing, and presence.
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Jun 2
‘Bible influencer’ videos went CRAZY VIRAL this weekend and pulled in millions of views.

I’m gonna teach you how I made this video, step-by-step.

Here's my EXACT conversation with ChatGPT to make these Veo 3 prompts 👇🏼
My process for Veo 3 videos is VERY simple:

1. Basic Script with ChatGPT (or Gemini/Grok, etc.)
2. Expand to a Shot list using my prompt structure
3. Paste into Veo 3 and choose favorites.
4. Edit in Final Cut/Capcut, etc.
Here's my full starting point conversation with ChatGPT based on the prompt that I created over the weekend:

--

Hey ChatGPT, I want you to give me Veo 3 prompts for a number of shots on my shot list.

Here's the Veo 3 prompt structure that I want you to reformat everything like:

A cinematic handheld selfie-style video shot, showing a young man in ancient Middle Eastern robes with shoulder-length dark hair and a short beard, holding the camera like a selfie cam. He’s inside a dimly lit stone den with rugged cave walls. Behind him, several large lions slowly pace or rest, casting shadows in the flickering torchlight. The man speaks directly into the camera he holds, slightly amused expression as he whispers.
He says: Alright, welcome to my crib. That one is asleep, he gets grouchy in the mornings.

He looks happy as he whispers, as if he knows a secret. He pans the camera to show the lions in the background behind him.

The light pours from the cave entrance above that illuminates the dark cave chamber with the lions below.
Time of Day: day
Lens: Wide selfie lens, shallow depth of field
POV: Selfie camera view, subject holds the camera in one hand and points it back to himself.
Audio: (implied) ambient lion growls
Background: Lions sleeping behind the young man.

--

Here's the shotlist:

Jesus on the cross smiling, holding a selfie camera. He is shirtless and has red paint splattered all over his body and wears a fake crown of thorns on his head, but he’s happy and laughing.
“Yo fam they don’t know that G-O-D is about to B-R-B.”

Shadrach and his friends pose for a selfie in the furnace with an angel in the back.
“Yo, it’s Shadrach! Furnace is lit!”

Moses in Red Sea, holding the staff above his head.
Okay so I told y’all to trust the process and but nooooo, ya'll wanted to stay in Egypt stacking bricks.

David whispers at the camera, holding a stone and a sling with one hand and the camera with the other, Goliath is in the background walking towards David. David laughs after he delivers his line.
What’s good, fam? Your boy David here, about to yeet this lil stone at Goliath and see what happens!

Noah stands in front of the ark while it rains and animals pour in two by two behind him.
I got the horses in the back, horse tack is attached
Hat is matte black, got the boots that's black to match

Mary standing in front of a massive angel, laughing, not taking it seriously.
“OMG dude said I’m gonna be God’s baby momma.”

Samson with a blindfold over his eyes, in a gladiator style indoor arena holding up two massive pillars between his arms, super muscular, shirtless.
“These Philistines thought they could flex on me, but I just did a big boof of some pre-workout and finna crash their party. “

Lazarus walking out of a tomb.
“Yo, Lazerus here. Jesus hit me with a Phoenix down. “

Mary glares at the angel in her bedroom, arms crossed.
“Okay dude, you’re gonna have to explain this to my parents because if I tell them God got me pregnant, it’s not gonna go well.”

----

Chatgpt, i want you to pitch me more ideas like this for major bible stories. make them talk kind of like influencers but not too much, take a note of all the humor that's in my story as a style to emulate. Needs to feel funny like it's a mockumentary--like scenes from the office or abbot elementary. emulate that style of humor
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May 31
This type of historical vlog/selfie Bible content is EXPLODING on TikTok.

500K views in 12 hours from an account that only had 1 video and 100 followers.

Try the prompt for yourself 👇🏼
Try this prompt in Veo 3:

A cinematic handheld selfie-style video shot, showing a young man in ancient Middle Eastern robes with shoulder-length dark hair and a short beard, holding the camera like a selfie cam. He’s inside a dimly lit stone den with rugged cave walls. Behind him, several large lions slowly pace or rest, casting shadows in the flickering torchlight. The man speaks directly into the camera he holds, slightly amused expression as he whispers.
He says: Alright, welcome to my crib. That one is asleep, he gets grouchy in the mornings.

He looks happy as he whispers, as if he knows a secret. He pans the camera to show the lions in the background behind him.

The light pours from the cave entrance above that illuminates the dark cave chamber with the lions below.
Time of Day: day
Lens: ultra-wide selfie lens, shallow depth of field
Film Stock: vintage 35mm documentary style, selfie camera view
Audio: (implied) ambient lion growls
Background: Lions sleeping behind the young man.
This isn't my vid but they're super easy to recreate. This TikTok creator only has 3 vids and they're all going super viral. This is a great format to use for easy TikTok growth:
tiktok.com/@holyvlogsz
Read 4 tweets
May 22
I used to shoot $500k pharmaceutical commercials.

I made this for $500 in Veo 3 credits in less than a day.

What’s the argument for spending $500K now?

(Steal my prompt below 👇🏼)
This was made entirely in Veo 3 (text to video).

I can't believe that making an ad is this easy. Shooting something like this would have taken me and 50 crew members over 2 months from script to final edit.

Here's my prompt for the opening shot 👇🏼
Muted colors, somber muted lighting. A woman, SARAH (50s), sits on a couch in a cluttered living room.
She speaks (melancholic, slightly trembling voice) “I tried everything for my depression, nothing worked.”
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