A few years ago, I was working in customer service and spending my spare time experimenting with AI. I had no formal filmmaking background, production training, or experience creating videos professionally.<\/p>\n
In June 2025, I quit my customer service job to pursue my interest in AI. I already had successful social media channels about history and was excited about AI and the prospect of trying something new with my YouTube AI history channel, Chloe VS History<\/a>.<\/p>\n Courtest of Jonathan Laramy<\/p>\n The channel is now earning me way more<\/a> than my original customer service wage, but it took time to get there.<\/p>\n Every video requires dozens of steps<\/p>\n Chloe VS History follows an AI-generated influencer named Chloe as she travels to moments in history, like the Titanic’s maiden voyage and Pompeii on the day of Mount Vesuvius’ eruption. Presented as a modern-day vlogger, she takes viewers inside historical settings and events.<\/p>\n My workflow combines several AI tools<\/a>. I use Claude for ideation and general script structure, generate images through PAI 2 (an AI software by Utopai Studios) using Nano Banana Pro and ChatGPT 2.0, turn those images into video clips with Seedance 2.0, and use an AI voice model to keep Chloe’s voice consistent.<\/p>\n Jonathan Laramy is the creator and producer behind Chloe VS History.\u00a0<\/p>\n Courtesy of Jonathan Laramy<\/p>\n Creating Chloe was one of the quicker parts of the process. I generated between five and 10 versions of the character before choosing the one that felt most relatable. I spent much more time refining her personality and dialogue so she would sound like a real influencer rather than an AI-generated character,<\/a> and that attention to detail paid off. One of the most common questions I get is whether Chloe is real.<\/p>\n While the videos on my channel may be generated with AI, they still require creative direction. I don’t simply accept whatever the software produces. Every scene needs to be reviewed, adjusted, regenerated, and edited until it works, just like a real movie.<\/p>\n Historical content, especially, creates additional challenges because modern AI models<\/a> often introduce anachronistic details, like street lamps and sunglasses in my ancient Rome video.<\/p>\n Chloe visits ancient Rome.\u00a0<\/p>\n Courtesy of Jonathan Laramy<\/p>\n That’s why a single long-form video can take weeks to produce. The process involves scripting, image generation, video generation, voice work, multiple revisions, and post-production.<\/p>\n I’ll pay over $1,000 to make a single AI video<\/p>\n A long-form video for my channel typically costs between \u00a3300 and \u00a3800 ($400 to $1,070) to produce.<\/p>\n The final cost depends on how difficult the topic is and how many times scenes need to be rerun before they look right.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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