A ten-day film with a $29,575 invoice
PJ Ace spent 10 days and $29,575 on an AI film, and published the number to argue that AI is not cheap. Claude runs a skill for the process. The shots lean on Dreamina.
The caption is an argument with every $9 post on the timeline, including one on this site. PJ Ace spent $29,575 and 10 days, wrote "AI ≠ cheap," and pointed at a film that is trying to look like studio work. He says a Nexus feature will still cost millions next year, and should look like a $200 million picture.
The number is only interesting next to the picture. A large invoice on a mushy image proves nothing. A large invoice on something with coverage, faces and a finish is a claim about where the money actually went: iteration, not a single generate button.
He also ships the method. A Claude skill you can copy, and the Dreamina prompts, below the post. The film is the expensive object. The thread is the attempt to make the next one less mysterious.

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This film cost $29,575 and took 10 days to make. AI ≠ Cheap Our Nexus feature will still cost millions next year. But it'll look like a $200M film. I have a Claude skill you can copy that makes this easy. Full process and Dreamina prompts below👇🏼🧵 https://t.co/06XWhPtmTH
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