Raw footage in one end, something a person has to sign off at the other
A clip is watched, read, scripted, voiced, cut and captioned, and every step records which tool touched it and what it cost. The last step is not publishing. The last step is the gate.
Cascade Barn wedding reel
At the gateCut a reel from Saturday's barn wedding that shows the queue moving.
Drive folder /astoria/raw/2026-08-01-cascade, 6 clips, 41s of phone footage
Three hours, attendant included, $699 on a Saturday. Tell us your date.
- Aug 6, 07:12Drive watcher6 clips picked up, 41s total, 1080x1920
- Aug 6, 07:14Vision modelIndoor barn, string lights. 3 clips usable, 2 rejected for camera shake, 1 has a guest who has not signed a release$0.11
- Aug 6, 07:15Claude38 word narration, price line pulled from AST-P02$0.03
- Aug 6, 07:17ElevenLabs21.4s read, word timings returned for caption sync$0.26
- Aug 6, 07:23Shotstack3 clips stitched to 22s, burned-in captions, regional bed track$1.40
- Aug 6, 07:24Wizard SaMaQueued at the gate, 1 flag: unsigned release on clip 4, excluded
Consultation room tour
At the gateShow the room, no treatments, no outcomes.
Drive folder /solstice/raw/2026-08-05-room, 4 clips, 33s
Twenty minutes, $75, credited to your first treatment.
- Aug 5, 16:40Drive watcher4 clips picked up, 33s total
- Aug 5, 16:42Vision modelInterior only, no patients in frame, no treatment in progress. Clears SOL-P08 on content$0.09
- Aug 5, 16:43Claude24 word narration, price from SOL-P01, zero outcome language$0.02
- Aug 5, 16:45ElevenLabs17.1s read$0.21
- Aug 5, 16:51Shotstack18s cut, burned-in captions$1.40
- Aug 5, 16:52Wizard SaMaQueued at the gate. Solstice releases need a clinician, not the desk
Eighteen windows price card
ReleasedA still that carries the number, for the feed and for the ad.
Prompt only, no footage
Eighteen windows, inside and out, $299.
- Aug 3, 09:20PromptBrief written against CLV-P02
- Aug 3, 09:22Image model1080x1350, 3 variants generated, 1 kept$0.12
- Aug 3, 09:23Wizard SaMaNumber in the image matches CLV-P02
Quartz edge comparison
StoppedSide by side of eased against ogee, with the upcharge on the card.
Prompt only, no footage
Ogee edge, $12 a linear foot.
- Aug 6, 14:02PromptBrief written against GRV-P07
- Aug 6, 14:05Image model1080x1080, 4 variants, 1 kept, upcharge burned into the card$0.12
- Aug 6, 14:06Wizard SaMaQueued at the gate
Wash Park bungalow, before and after
PublishedOne pane, one pass, no narration.
Drive folder /clearview/raw/2026-07-30-washpark, 2 clips, 19s
Exterior, up to twenty panes, $189.
- Jul 31, 08:05Drive watcher2 clips picked up, 19s total
- Jul 31, 08:07Vision modelSame pane before and after, framing matches within 4 percent, safe to cut as a pair$0.08
- Jul 31, 08:12Shotstack12s cut, no voice, burned-in caption only$1.40
- Jul 31, 08:13Wizard SaMaQueued at the gate
Consultation price card
PublishedThe consultation offer as a still.
Prompt only, no footage
Twenty minutes, $75, credited to your first treatment.
- Aug 3, 10:44PromptBrief written against SOL-P01
- Aug 3, 10:46Image model1080x1350, 2 variants, 1 kept$0.12
- Aug 3, 10:47Wizard SaMaNumber matches SOL-P01
Slab yard walkthrough
In productionWalk the yard, name three slabs, no prices on screen.
Drive folder /granite/raw/2026-08-07-yard, 9 clips, 2m 14s
- Aug 7, 11:30Drive watcher9 clips picked up, 2m 14s total
- Aug 7, 11:34Vision model7 clips usable. Two show a competitor's branding on a crate, excluded$0.22
- Aug 7, 11:36Claude61 word walkthrough, no figures, GRV-P12 keeps prices off camera before a template$0.04
- Aug 7, 11:39ElevenLabs34.8s read$0.42
- waitingnext stageStill in the pipeline. Nothing reaches the gate until the cut and the captions exist, because a caption is the part somebody has to be responsible for.
Holiday party teaser
In productionDecember bookings, corporate tone, no wedding footage.
Drive folder /astoria/raw/2025-12-archive, 14 clips, 3m 02s
- Aug 7, 15:02Drive watcher14 clips picked up from last December's archive
- Aug 7, 15:08Vision model11 usable, 3 excluded for visible faces without a release on file$0.31
- waitingnext stageStill in the pipeline. Nothing reaches the gate until the cut and the captions exist, because a caption is the part somebody has to be responsible for.
Gutter clearing timelapse
In productionOne gutter run, sped up, single price on the end card.
Drive folder /clearview/raw/2026-08-07-gutter, 1 clip, 8m 41s
- Aug 7, 13:55Drive watcher1 clip picked up, 8m 41s, needs a 40x speed pass
- waitingnext stageStill in the pipeline. Nothing reaches the gate until the cut and the captions exist, because a caption is the part somebody has to be responsible for.
September Saturday still
At the gateFour hours on a Saturday, with the total on the card.
Prompt only, no footage
Four hours on a Saturday, $824.
- Aug 7, 14:20PromptBrief written against AST-P02 and AST-P03
- Aug 7, 14:23Image model1080x1350, 3 variants, 1 kept$0.12
- Aug 7, 14:24Wizard SaMa824 checks out as 699 plus 125, both cited
Rendering is the only step in this pipeline that costs real money, and it is also the only step that cannot be undone. A caption burned into a video is not editable afterwards, so a wrong number found after publishing is a second render plus the time it takes somebody to notice. GRV-I-012 below is exactly that: a card that went to the gate with an edge price two dollars under the book.