Watch what AfterRushes made
Shown with Dreams Cakes' permission.
In short
What happened? Dreams Cakes, a wedding cake maker in Gozo, was filmed at work in 26 clips (6.1 minutes, 3.6 GB). AfterRushes cut them into a 2:46 documentary-style highlight film in seven chapters and a 0:30 vertical teaser, with no music. The AI has cost $1.13 on this project to date.
The facts
| Clips | 26 video clips |
|---|---|
| Footage | 6.1 minutes · 3.6 GB |
| Source format | Mostly 1920×1080 · 50 fps |
| Highlight film | 2:46 · 1920×1080 |
| Vertical teaser | 0:30 · 540×960 (the app's preview) |
| Chapters | 7 |
| AI cost | $1.13 so far, including any changes |
| Music | None |
How we measured. 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)
- AI cost
- AfterRushes' AI cost counter for the project
- Music
- The film's edit in AfterRushes (its music cues)
The brief
The brief asked for a three-minute highlight film in the documentary style and a 30-second vertical teaser. Its notes asked the AI to "Build the story from preparation and mixing through pouring, decorating, finishing touches and the completed cake", to prioritise "close-ups of hands, ingredients, textures, pouring, stirring and decoration", and to "End on the strongest finished-cake shot." Music: use what was recorded on the day, if any.
What went in
This film follows a wedding supplier at work. Dreams Cakes is an independent wedding cake maker in Gozo.
The footage was 26 video clips with sound, 6.1 minutes and 3.6 GB in all, and no photos. Of the clips, 25 were landscape at 1920×1080 and one was shot upright at 1080×1920, all at 50 frames per second. None of the 26 clips was set aside as black, blown out or shaking throughout.
Asked for vs delivered
| Item | Asked for | Delivered |
|---|---|---|
| Highlight film | 3:00 | 2:46 |
| Vertical teaser | 0:30 | 0:30 |
| Style | Documentary | Documentary |
| Music | From the day, if any | None recorded or supplied |
How AfterRushes built the story
- 0:00Opening
Strongest shot: careful hands decorating, steady and intimate
- 0:11Preparation
Smiling while cutting baking paper, wider kitchen context
- 0:24Mixing and stirring
Sharp close-up of milky mixture pouring into pot
- 1:06Into the oven
Tin slides into the warm glowing oven
- 1:29Painting the details
Steady close-up painting gold on the topper
- 2:00Finishing touches
Close detail of white piping on pink fondant
- 2:17The finished cake
Strongest finished-cake reveal to close the film
What the AI noticed
- Story decision
It opens on careful hands at work and the Dreams Cakes poster, then moves through lining tins, pouring and stirring, the oven, gold painting and piping, and ends on the reveal of the finished pink and gold cake.
- Story decision
The usable footage runs to about 2 minutes 42 seconds, just under your 3-minute target but within range.
- Title suggestion
Change the end card to the cake shop's website or Instagram handle so the film doubles as a promo.
- Pacing suggestion
Trim the film to 2 minutes 30 seconds for a tighter, more premium feel, since the strongest footage is limited.
- Suggested addition
Add the maker's line "I've got some interesting ones coming up I'm doing" over the purple cake shot to hint at her range of work.
- Music suggestion
Add a warm acoustic or light piano track so the machine can cut the highlight and teaser to its beat.
Changing it in plain English
PhotographerAdd the maker's line "I've got some interesting ones coming up I'm doing" over the purple cake shot to hint at her range of work.
AfterRushesI've added her line "I've got some interesting ones coming up I'm doing" as a voice-over that begins on the purple cake push-in, at the start of the finished-cake section. Everything else in the film is unchanged.
Photographerremove voice audio
AfterRushesI've removed both voice lines, so the film now plays without any spoken audio. Every shot, section and title card is exactly as it was.
Photographerat 0.08 secs please remo ve the audio of the cameraman
AfterRushesI've replaced the third opening shot, where the camera operator's 'Big smile at the camera' line was heard, with the quiet pouring moment from just before it in the same clip, so there's no cameraman audio around the 8-second mark. Everything else is unchanged.
The music
No music was recorded or supplied, so the film plays on the sound from the clips, with no music track.
Technical details
The film has no music. None was recorded on the day and none was supplied, so neither the highlight film nor the teaser has a music track.
The AI said so in its first message in the Assistant: "No music was supplied or recorded on the day, so please add a track and the machine will cut to its beat." Its note on the film suggested, "Add a warm acoustic or light piano track so the machine can cut the highlight and teaser to its beat." The film still has no music.
When there is music, AfterRushes finds its beats and cuts to them. It can use a band or DJ recorded on the day, when the recording is clean enough, or the photographer's own licensed track. Music for wedding films covers both.
What it didn’t do
- The brief asked for three minutes, and the film runs 2:46.
- The brief asked the AI to "cut naturally to the music", but with no music there was no beat to cut to.
- One opening shot carried the camera operator's voice until the photographer asked for it to go.
- The end card still reads "Handmade in Gozo", and the AI's notes about changing it and trimming the film are still open.
- The teaser has been rendered only as a 540×960 preview so far. Exported teasers are 1080×1920.
- The AI made the first cut. The photographer reviews it, decides on the music, the length and the end card, and makes the film their own.
Questions about this film
What did the AI cost for this film?
The AI has cost $1.13 on this project to date, across 31 AI calls. With the founding licence, full films use your own Claude key, and you pay Anthropic directly for what you use. Costs vary with the footage.
Was the footage uploaded anywhere?
No. AfterRushes keeps all video and audio files, edits and finished films on the computer, so the 3.6 GB of video stayed there. For this film, still frames from each clip and the transcript went to the AI (Anthropic's Claude) to plan it.
Can the edit be changed after the AI makes it?
Yes. Here the photographer asked the Assistant in plain English to add one of the maker's lines, then to remove the voice audio, then to take out the camera operator's voice. There is also a timeline for deleting, moving and trimming shots, and only the shots that changed re-render.
Why does the film have no music?
None was recorded on the day and none was supplied. AfterRushes can use a band or DJ recorded on the day when the recording is clean enough, or your own licensed track, and cuts to its beat.
Why is the film shorter than the three minutes asked for?
The 26 clips ran to 6.1 minutes, and in its first message in the Assistant the AI said, "The usable footage runs to about 2 minutes 42 seconds, just under your 3-minute target but within range." The film runs 2:46, and the AI's note suggested trimming it to 2 minutes 30 seconds "since the strongest footage is limited".