Can you make a commercial with AI? I tried making a 15-second cafe commercial with Pollo AI!

*This article is a sponsored post requested by Pollo AI.

Hello, I'm Meino-ha✨️
Starting off with a bang, here is the conclusion!

🎥Even if you're not a pro, you can make a commercial with AI🎞️

When it comes to commercial videos,
I used to feel like it was a story from a world far away.

There's planning, filming, editing—
Honestly, I thought, "This is a job for professionals."

For an individual like me,
and without any experience in commercial production,
making an advertising video just didn't seem realistic.

It was in that context that I came across
Pollo AI, which lets you create commercial videos using AI.

Even when I hear "you can make a commercial with AI,"
I'm honestly half-skeptical about whether you can really make something that looks the part.
Still, it's also true that you won't know until you actually try it.

This time, as an individual who is not a professional in commercial production,
I decided to try making a 15-second cafe commercial using AI.

To start with the conclusion,
the hurdle was much lower than I thought,
"If it's this easy, even a beginner could make a commercial,"
that was the feeling I was left with✨️

🟨Can an individual with no experience in commercial production make a commercial with AI?

When it comes to commercial production,
I think it's still a high hurdle for many people.
Especially for individual creators or small business owners,
considering the cost and effort, it sometimes doesn't even enter the options from the start.

I myself
have absolutely no experience in commercial production,
nor did I have the knowledge or environment.
Therefore, even though I have experience with AI-based video generation,
I was honestly anxious about whether I could make something "usable as a commercial."

However, if using AI
could significantly skip the filming and editing processes,
and make it easy to bring a commercial video to life,
the way of thinking itself might change.

This time,
to verify how realistic such possibilities are,
as an individual who is not a professional in commercial production,
I decided to actually try making a commercial video using AI💪

🟦I tried making a cafe commercial with Pollo AI

What I tried making this time is a
15-second cafe commercial assuming a fictional cafe.

The reason I chose a cafe commercial is very simple.
Unlike a product, for a cafe advertisement,
it's more important to convey the "atmosphere" or "comfort" than detailed explanations, and I thought it would be compatible with the visual expression that AI excels at.

The length of the video is the standard "15 seconds" for a commercial slot,
and I made it a vertical video considering its use on social media.

🔹 I will consult with ChatGPT to create the commercial structure.

I could think of the structure myself, but
this time, I created it while consulting with ChatGPT.

Coming up with a structure or scenario can feel intimidating, so

I will create it by focusing only on the overall flow like that.

It feels more like thinking of a short video story than "making a commercial."
The finished structure became a simple one as shown below.

☕ Cafe Commercial Scenario

Based on the completed structure,
I will have ChatGPT create the "prompts" to actually give instructions to the AI.

🔹 Commercial Video Generation Prompt

Create a 15-second cafe commercial video.

Scene 1:
A calm city street in the morning or evening.
People walking with a slightly busy atmosphere.

Scene 2:
The exterior of a small cafe.
The door opens and soft light comes in.
Warm and inviting atmosphere.

Scene 3:
Coffee being poured into a cup.
Steam rising gently.
A quiet and relaxing cafe interior.

Scene 4:
A simple ending shot that feels like a cafe brand.
Minimal design, calm tone.

Overall style:
Soft lighting, cinematic feel, calm and warm atmosphere.
No narration.
Background music:
Chill, relaxing cafe-style background music.
Instrumental only.

You can give instructions in Japanese, but
it is easier to convey your intent if you use English.

Using this prompt, I will generate it with Pollo AI's "AI Video".

When creating an AI video,
you need to select the AI model that will actually generate it.
This time, I used the high-performance model "
Pollo 2.5", which is cost-effective while supporting "15 seconds," and set it as follows.

I'm going to generate a commercial video with these settings!

If you're curious about Pollo Chat,
please check out the following article as well 🔽

👉️ Try making a commercial video with Pollo AI

🔹 The actual cafe commercial generated

And here is the resulting video.
I was surprised at how perfectly it captured that commercial vibe!

With just a rough structure,
the AI handled the composition and flow in a natural way.
Each scene is about 3 to 4 seconds long, and the transitions feel great too 😊

According to ChatGPT,
this length of transition is comfortable to watch.

I'm sure professionals think carefully about this kind of structure.
But for a commercial video beginner like me,
having AI to supplement that knowledge
lowers the barrier to thinking, "Maybe I can do this" ✨️

This prompt can also be used for landscape videos as is.
It's just like a TV commercial!

🟪 Actual generation process, number of attempts, and cost

This commercial video
wasn't something I made through repeated failures.

The overall structure came out almost exactly as I imagined on the first try,
and from there, I just refined it little by little.

In the first generation,

Next,

Finally,

As a result, the video was generateda total of 3 times.
However, none of these were "failures that I had to redo,"
but rather adjustments for finishing touches.

Regarding costs, there was plenty of room.
What I generated this time was a15-second, 720p vertical video,
but the credits consumed were48 credits x 3 times.

For reference, when compared to other video generation models,

Given that you can use the full 15 seconds,
I felt the cost-performance of Pollo 2.5 was quite good.

It was easy to get the video I imagined,
and having the leeway to try it without worrying about costs
gave me the peace of mind to think, 'Let's adjust it a little and try again,'
which was a huge plus👍️

🟥 What I learned: Points for success and where to compromise

What I felt after actually making it was,
'It was okay not to specify everything in detail'.

At first, I thought I should decide on:

• the duration of each scene

• the text to display on screen

• the fine details of the direction

For example, like the prompt below.
This one even includes instructions for text display.

Create a 15-second cafe commercial video.

Scene 1:
A calm city street in the morning or evening.
People walking with a slightly busy atmosphere.
Text on screen:
"気づけば、毎日があっという間。"

Scene 2:
The exterior of a small cafe.
The door opens and soft light comes in.
A warm and inviting mood.
Text on screen:
"そんなとき、立ち寄りたくなる場所。"

Scene 3:
Coffee being poured into a cup.
Steam rising gently.
A quiet and relaxing cafe interior.
Text on screen:
"一杯のコーヒーが、気持ちを整える。"

Scene 4:
A simple logo-style ending shot.
Minimal design, calm tone.
Text on screen:
"あなたの街の、めいのはカフェ。"

Overall style:
Soft lighting, cinematic feel, calm and warm atmosphere.
No narration, text only.

Background music:
Soft and warm cafe-style background music.
Calm, relaxing, gentle rhythm.
No vocals, instrumental only.

However, this time I didn't go that far;
I just conveyed the overall flow and atmosphere and left it to the AI.

In the end, that was the right choice.
If you just share the image of the 'beginning,' 'middle,' and 'end,'
the AI will naturally connect the scenes for you.

🟩 How should you handle Japanese text and BGM?

One thing I struggled with a bit while actually using it this time
was how to handle the text displayed on the screen.

It's easy to display English without issues, but
Japanese text sometimes doesn't appear as expected, or characters might be missing.

Therefore, I got the impression that trying to complete it with text included from the start
only increases the effort required for adjustments.

So this time, I decided to
not include text during the video generation stage,
and just accept that.
The idea is to create the atmosphere with just the visuals and BGM,
and add the text later through editing.

As for the BGM,
I just specified 'BGM suitable for a cafe commercial' in the prompt.
It added something that sounded just right.

Leave the visuals to the AI,
and handle the text and fine-tuning in the post-processing stage.
By accepting that,
I felt it becomes easier for beginners to handle✨️

💡I gained confidence that I could easily make a commercial!

The biggest thing was,
the feeling that "commercial production has become more accessible than I thought."

I had assumed that specialized knowledge, expensive equipment,
and a fair amount of experience were necessary,
but that assumption was broken in a good way.

Rather than trying to perfect every little detail,
start by giving shape to a video with atmosphere.
It was an experience that made me feel that AI is very compatible as an entry point for that.

Triggered by what I tried this time,
it made me think, "I want to make another commercial,"
that's how much I felt it was a tool you can approach without being intimidated.

🌸Summary

By trying to make a commercial video using AI this time,
the assumption that "commercial production equals something special" was dissolved.

• Even without detailed knowledge

• Even without expensive equipment

• Even without difficult editing

I was able to give shape to a short commercial video.

Of course,
if you want to make a full-scale commercial with attention to every detail,
ingenuity and editing processes will be necessary.
Even so,
as a first step to "making a video that looks like a commercial"in that respect,
I feel that AI alone is sufficiently realistic.

The fact that there are models like Pollo AI's "Pollo 2.5"
that you can try without worrying too much about costs
is also a great source of peace of mind for AI generation beginners.

Even for individual creators with no experience in commercial production,
using AI lowers the hurdle to the point where you think, "Let's give it a try."
Through this experience, I really felt that.

If there is anyone who feels,
"I'm interested in commercials, but it seems difficult for me,"
start by trying it out casually with a short video.
Why not start with that kind of approach?😊

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