Watch what AfterRushes made
Stock footage by Pavel Danilyuk, used under the Pexels licence. The people in it are models, not AfterRushes customers, and they don’t endorse AfterRushes.
In short
What happened? People camping, in 89 stock clips (25.9 minutes, 0.8 GB), became a 7:43 film in six chapters and a 0:31 vertical teaser. The build took 11 minutes 2 seconds on our office PC (Intel Core i7-7700, 16 GB of RAM) and the AI cost $1.45. Both are silent, as the clips had no sound and no music was supplied.
The facts
| Clips | 89 video clips |
|---|---|
| Footage | 25.9 minutes · 0.8 GB |
| Source format | Mostly 1920×1080 · 25 fps |
| Highlight film | 7:43 · 960×540 (the app's preview) |
| Vertical teaser | 0:31 · 540×960 (the app's preview) |
| Chapters | 6 |
| Build time | 11 minutes 2 seconds · office PC, Intel Core i7-7700, 16 GB RAM |
| AI cost | $1.45 |
| Music | None |
How we measured. Build time is AfterRushes’ own timer, from pressing Build (with the clips already added) to the films cut and ready to play. Adding the clips and exporting the files aren’t included. AI cost is the Claude API use AfterRushes counted for the project, at Anthropic’s list prices. Electricity, the computer and the licence aren’t in it. The films on this page are AfterRushes’ cuts as exported; any changes asked for are shown under “Changing it in plain English”.
Where each number comes from
- Clips
- AfterRushes' footage list for the project, made when the clips were added
- Footage
- AfterRushes' footage list for the project, made when the clips were added
- Source format
- The clips' own file metadata
- Highlight film
- The exported film file
- Vertical teaser
- The exported teaser file
- Chapters
- The film's edit in AfterRushes (its chapter list)
- Build time
- AfterRushes' build timer, in the screen recording of the build (9 October 2026)
- AI cost
- AfterRushes' AI cost counter, in the screen recording of the build (9 October 2026)
- Music
- The film's edit in AfterRushes (its music cues)
The brief
The brief described the footage as "Camping in the wild". It asked for an eight-minute landscape highlight film in the documentary style and a 30-second teaser, with no speeches edit and no music file.
What went in
This film is made from stock footage of people camping, filmed by Pavel Danilyuk and published on Pexels. We used it, under the Pexels licence, to show what AfterRushes does with footage that isn't from a wedding.
There were 89 video clips and no photos, 25.9 minutes of footage and 0.8 GB in all. Of those clips, 24 were filmed upright. None of the 89 came with sound, and the camera isn't recorded in the files.
AfterRushes sets aside clips that are black, blown out or shaking throughout, so no AI is spent on them. It set none of the 89 aside here.
Asked for vs delivered
| Item | Asked for | Delivered |
|---|---|---|
| Highlight film | 8:00 | 7:43 |
| Vertical teaser | 0:30 | 0:31 |
| Style | Documentary | Documentary |
| Music | From the day, if any | None recorded or supplied |
How AfterRushes built the story
- 0:00Arriving at the lake
Aerial drift over glowing campsite opens the film
- 1:16Coffee and conversation
Enamel mugs lifted, first sip
- 2:14Working from the woods
Remote office with the lake behind
- 2:36Songs by the lake
Intimate close-up of strumming hands
- 4:20Dusk and the stars
Pointing at the first stars
- 5:50Campfire night
Flames take hold in the stone ring
What the AI noticed
- Music suggestion
Add a gentle acoustic folk track under the whole film and a livelier cut of it for the teaser, since no music was recorded on the day or supplied.
- Suggested addition
Add the portrait shot … walking hand in hand to the lakeside chairs and embracing (9121644, 15-21s) to the arrival section.
- Suggested addition
Add the night walk with the lantern to the telescope (9121272) as a bridge between dusk and the campfire, though it is dark and soft.
- Pacing suggestion
Trim the guitar section by four shots to tighten the film to about seven and a half minutes.
The music
No music was recorded on the day and none was supplied, so the film has no soundtrack, and as the clips have no sound, it plays silent. Given a licensed track of your own, AfterRushes finds its beats and cuts the film to them.
Technical details
There is no soundtrack. No music was recorded on the day, no track was supplied, and none of the clips came with sound. So the film and the teaser, as AfterRushes made them, are silent, with no music, no speech and no sound from the clips.
In its summary of the film, the Assistant said "No music was recorded on the day and no track was supplied, so the music is left open for you to add". The AI's suggestion for a soundtrack is listed above.
At a wedding, AfterRushes can use the band or DJ recorded on the day when the recording is clean enough, or the photographer's own licensed track, and it cuts the film to the beat. Music for wedding films covers both.
Watch the build
What it didn’t do
- It came in a little short. The brief asked for eight minutes, and the film runs 7:43.
- It has no sound. There is no music, speech or natural sound, because the clips had none and no track was supplied.
- It still needs a photographer. The AI's four suggestions are still open, and nobody asked the Assistant for changes. A photographer would still watch it through, choose a licensed track, decide on each suggestion and make the film their own before exporting it.
- It is a preview. The film and teaser shown here are the app's previews, at 960×540 and 540×960. AfterRushes exports a 1920×1080 film and a 1080×1920 teaser.
- The AI makes the first cut, and the photographer reviews it and makes it theirs. Making an AI first cut your own covers the changes worth making.
Questions about this film
How long did AfterRushes take to make this film?
About 11 minutes on our office PC (Intel Core i7-7700, 16 GB of RAM), from 89 clips and 25.9 minutes of footage. Times for other footage vary with the amount of footage and the computer.
What did the AI cost?
$1.45 for this project. For a full film the photographer uses their own Claude key and pays Anthropic directly, and the cost varies with the footage.
Was the footage uploaded anywhere?
No. The video files stayed on the computer that made the film. Still frames from each clip went to the AI (Anthropic's Claude) to plan the film, straight from that computer to Anthropic.
Can the film be changed?
Yes. A photographer can delete, move and trim shots on the timeline, add titles, use the AI's suggestions or ask the Assistant for changes in plain English. Only the shots that changed re-render.
Why is the film silent?
None of the clips had sound, no music was recorded on the day and no track was supplied. AfterRushes can use the photographer's own licensed track, and the AI suggested adding one.