AI Video Production Behind the Camera

Making a video is no longer the hard part. Knowing what to make and showing up often enough for people to notice is.

In this episode, Roman explains how Spiry learns a creator's personality, tone, and goals, then studies thousands of videos across TikTok, Instagram, and Google to find what is working in that niche right now. It combines the two into a clear content plan, suggests reference videos, and shapes scripts around the creator's own voice.

The conversation covers why personal accounts get more engagement than business accounts, why consistency matters more than one great video, when AI avatars make sense and when they hurt trust, and why the human touch is what keeps people watching.

What You Will Learn

• How to find content gaps in your niche before you start filming

• How Spiry studies thousands of trending videos to build a content plan around your personality

• How professionals and local businesses can use this research to get found on search and answer engines

• Why a personal account often outperforms the coffee business account

• Why showing up consistently beats waiting for the perfect video, and the 13 episode rule for podcasters

• When AI avatars work for marketing and why they fall short for personal branding

• Why the human touch will matter even more as AI content grows

Key Timestamps

• 01:22 Roman introduces Spiry and why creating content is no longer the hard part

• 03:54 Step by step: learning the creator's personality, then studying the market

• 06:42 The research layer that scans TikTok, Instagram, and Google for what is trending

• 07:36 How you can use the research feature to find the right content

• 13:16 Why personal accounts get more engagement than business accounts

• 14:57 Consistency over one great video, and how to reach the top 10% of podcasts

• 20:05 AI avatars: where they help in marketing and where they hurt your personal brand

• 23:36 How Spiry keeps the human involved throughout the process

Connect with Our Guest

Roman Vdovchenko, Co-Founder of Spiry

• Visit Spiry.com

• Connect with Roman on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/roman-vdovchenko

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Host: Robert Weiss - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertweissnyc/

Our Brands:

MultiVision Digital https://MultiVisionDigital.com

An Award-Winning Video Production Company in New York City

MultiVision Creative:https://multivisioncreative.com

A specialized brand focused on serving marketing, advertising, and public relations firms.

Video For Manufacturing:https://videoformanufacturing.com

A specialized brand dedicated to serving industrial and manufacturing firms strategically integrate B2B sales videos into their traditional sales processes.

Episode Summary

Most businesses now know they need video; the harder question is how to make enough of it, fast enough, without the cost of a full shoot every time.

In this episode, Robert Weiss sat down with Ryan Mayiras, founder of Savage Digital Solutions, to discuss how he uses AI video to support clients with SEO, blog content, social media, and paid ads.

Ryan shares when it makes sense to film yourself, when an AI avatar is the smarter choice, and why realistic, cinematic AI video still depends on real filmmaking knowledge like lighting, lenses, and exposure.

The conversation also covers common beginner mistakes, the best place to start, and why educational videos are more likely to be found and cited by AI search tools as YouTube becomes their top source.

What You Will Learn

• How a photography and video studio owner built a second business around SEO and AI video
• Why adding a video to every blog post helps keep visitors on the page and improves rankings
• When to film yourself on camera, when to use an AI avatar, and when to blend the two
• Why realistic, cinematic AI video depends on knowing lighting, lenses, and exposure
• A simple workflow that avoids common mistakes: script, storyboard, images, then video
• How Savage Digital Solutions picks the right video tool for each project and tests campaigns automatically
• Why videos that explain and educate are more likely to be found and cited by AI search tools

Timestamps

01:23 How Ryan moved into SEO and AI video

01:59 Why every daily blog post gets its own video to keep readers on the page longer

05:12 When it makes sense to create an AI avatar of yourself (hint: more than five videos)

06:51 Why realistic, cinematic AI video still needs real filmmaking knowledge

08:45 Common mistakes and why starting with a storyboard and images leads to better results

10:13 Inside SavageSolutions.io: picking the right video tool for you and improving campaigns over time

12:36 The best first step for beginners: start with an AI avatar - less prompting

14:36 YouTube is now the top source cited by AI search tools, and why spoken, educational videos matter most

Connect with Our Guest

Guest: Ryan Mayiras, Founder, Savage Digital Solutions

Website: savagesolutions.io

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmayiras/

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Host: Robert Weiss - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertweissnyc/

Our Brands:

MultiVision Digital https://MultiVisionDigital.com

An Award-Winning Video Production Company in New York City

MultiVision Creative:https://multivisioncreative.com

A specialized brand focused on serving marketing, advertising, and public relations firms.

Video For Manufacturing:https://videoformanufacturing.com

A specialized brand dedicated to serving industrial and manufacturing firms strategically integrate B2B sales videos into their traditional sales processes.

Our clients realize video is a strategic asset that supports marketing and sales objectives. That’s why MultiVision Digital helps companies develop and execute comprehensive video content marketing strategies that increase sales, generate leads, and build client loyalty.

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/multivision-digitalhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/multivision-digital

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/NYCOnlineVideoProductionhttps://www.facebook.com/NYCOnlineVideoProduction

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/multivision.digitalhttps://www.instagram.com/multivision.digital

YouTube - https://youtube.com/@VideoProductionAgency

Episode Summary

If you or your clients have years of footage sitting untouched, this episode lays out a new way to think about what that footage might be worth.

In this episode, Robert Weiss talks with Chris Keevill, CEO of Versos AI, about how raw footage sitting in cold storage could become a new revenue source for businesses.

Chris explains how his platform helps brands and other footage owners prepare their video libraries so they can be used to train artificial intelligence models. He explains why video is becoming so important for this kind of training, how the process works scene by scene, and how the technology can track character development, camera angles, and movement across huge collections of footage.

The conversation also covers real-world applications, from generating video content to training the systems behind self-driving cars and robots.

What You Will Learn

• How Versos AI helps footage owners prepare raw video for AI training
• Why video is becoming a key resource for building the next generation of AI models
• How the platform analyzes scenes, characters, camera angles, and movement inside a video file
• Real-world uses for this data, including video generation, self-driving cars, and robotics
• How copyright and ownership are tracked and protected throughout the process
• Why training rights are a new consideration worth adding to production contracts
• What Chris thinks studio owners and founders should be paying attention to right now

Connect with Our Guest

Chris Keevill, CEO of Versos AI

• Visit versos.ai to learn more
• Connect with Chris on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/keevill

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Future episodes are built around the challenges you are actually facing.

Host: Robert Weiss -https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertweissnyc/

Our Brands:

MultiVision Digital https://MultiVisionDigital.com

An Award-Winning Video Production Company in New York City

MultiVision Creative:https://multivisioncreative.com

A specialized brand focused on serving marketing, advertising, and public relations firms.

Video For Manufacturing:https://videoformanufacturing.com

A specialized brand dedicated to serving industrial and manufacturing firms strategically integrate B2B sales videos into their traditional sales processes.

Our clients realize video is a strategic asset that supports marketing and sales objectives. That’s why MultiVision Digital helps companies develop and execute comprehensive video content marketing strategies that increase sales, generate leads, and build client loyalty.

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/multivision-digitalhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/multivision-digital

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/NYCOnlineVideoProductionhttps://www.facebook.com/NYCOnlineVideoProduction

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/multivision.digitalhttps://www.instagram.com/multivision.digital

YouTube - https://youtube.com/@VideoProductionAgency

Episode Summary

Small and midsize nonprofits often want to stand out, but most have a development team of one or two people and no time to spare.

In this episode, Robert Weiss talks with Howard Levy, President of Red Rooster Group, a marketing and PR firm that helps nonprofits with branding, fundraising, and campaigns, about how his team started using AI avatars to send donors personalized videos instead of another static email.

Howard walks through how the idea began with an AI video chatbot built for a job-training nonprofit, letting site visitors ask questions and get answers in a natural, conversational way rather than digging through a website.

That project led him to try Synthesia, a tool that creates AI avatars, to build personalized fundraising videos. Each video pulls in the donor's name and other details from the organization's CRM, so every person receives a video made just for them.

The conversation covers the full workflow behind these videos, connecting a CRM, Synthesia, video hosting on YouTube or Vimeo, Zapier, and an email platform like MailChimp or Constant Contact, along with the honest trial and error it took to get there. Howard talks about avatar restrictions on fundraising language, video hosting limits, why he chose to use his own likeness instead of a generic avatar, and what he would tell any organization considering AI video for the first time.

What You Will Learn

• How Red Rooster Group's first AI project, a video chatbot for a job training nonprofit, led to the idea for personalized fundraising videos
• How Synthesia and AI avatars work, and why Howard chose to use his own likeness instead of a generic avatar
• How donor names and other CRM fields get mapped into each personalized video
• The full workflow connecting a CRM, Synthesia, YouTube or Vimeo, Zapier, and an email platform like MailChimp or Constant Contact
• Real challenges Howard ran into, including avatar restrictions on fundraising language and video hosting limits
• What early results and feedback looked like after sending the first batches of personalized videos
• Howard's advice for any nonprofit or organization considering AI video for the first time

Connect with Our Guest

Howard Levy, President of Red Rooster Group

• Visit redroostergroup.com to learn more
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/howardadamlevy

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Host: Robert Weiss -https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertweissnyc/

Our website: https://MultiVisionDigital.com

MultiVision Digital - An Award-Winning Video Production Company in New York City

We specialize in video production and video marketing across every industry to help in promoting your website, products, and services - driving more traffic, leads, and sales.

Our Brands:

MultiVision Creative:https://multivisioncreative.com

A specialized brand focused on serving marketing, advertising, and public relations firms.

Over the years, we’ve worked alongside marketing teams, senior executives, and creative talent, honing our ability to navigate the unique challenges of video marketing. By blending our deep experience in video production with a sharp understanding of marketing, sales, and digital content strategy, we’ve helped clients achieve measurable success.

Video For Manufacturing:https://videoformanufacturing.com

A specialized brand dedicated to serving industrial and manufacturing firms.

We help industrial and manufacturing companies strategically integrate B2B sales videos into their traditional sales processes. Our approach enables these firms to make a greater impact, building trust and stronger relationships between technical buyers and sellers far beyond what paper-based communication can accomplish.

Our YouTube Channel - https://youtube.com/@VideoProductionAgency

Most video production teams have a problem they rarely talk about: hours of footage sitting in storage that’s challenging to find or reuse.

In this episode, Robert Weiss sits down with Phil Petitpont, Co-Founder and CEO of Moments Lab, to unpack how his platform is changing that.

Phil comes from a broadcast engineering background; together with his twin brother Fred, he built a tool that analyzes large amounts of video automatically, helps editors find what they need faster, and opens up new ways to license and reuse existing footage.

The conversation covers post-production efficiency, the growing trend of micro drama, why AI is creating new industries rather than eliminating jobs, and a new role Phil and Robert agree is coming: the creative operator.

What You Will Learn

• Why logging and sorting footage is the most time-consuming step in post-production and how Moments Lab addresses it
• How the platform analyzes video and audio together to identify what is inside any piece of footage
• Why inconsistent archive descriptions are a bigger problem than most organizations realize
• Three revenue streams that become available when you can actually access your archive: repurpose, produce faster, and license
• What micro drama is, where it came from, and why major studios are investing in it now
• Why AI is building new industries rather than replacing the people in them
• The emerging role of the creative operator and why it matters

Connect with Our Guest

Phil Petitpont, Co-Founder & CEO of Moments Lab

• Explore the platform https://www.momentslab.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-petitpont-561115115/

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Future episodes are built around the challenges you are actually facing.

Host: Robert Weiss - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertweissnyc/

Our website: https://MultiVisionDigital.com

MultiVision Digital - An Award-Winning Video Production Company in New York City

We specialize in video production and video marketing across every industry to help in promoting your website, products, and services - driving more traffic, leads, and sales.

Our Brands:

MultiVision Creative:https://multivisioncreative.com

A specialized brand focused on serving marketing, advertising, and public relations firms.

Over the years, we’ve worked alongside marketing teams, senior executives, and creative talent, honing our ability to navigate the unique challenges of video marketing. By blending our deep experience in video production with a sharp understanding of marketing, sales, and digital content strategy, we’ve helped clients achieve measurable success.

Video For Manufacturing:https://videoformanufacturing.com

A specialized brand dedicated to serving industrial and manufacturing firms.

We help industrial and manufacturing companies strategically integrate B2B sales videos into their traditional sales processes. Our approach enables these firms to make a greater impact, building trust and stronger relationships between technical buyers and sellers far beyond what paper-based communication can accomplish.

Our YouTube Channel - https://youtube.com/@VideoProductionAgency

What does it actually take to make a music video with today's tools?

In this episode, Robert Weiss sits down with Nicolai Klemke, Founder and CEO of Neural Frames, a platform built specifically for musicians and audio creators who want to produce music videos, lyric videos, and short-form content without a full production team.

Nikolai shares how he went from hobby rapper to building a bootstrapped platform with thousands of daily users, why niching down into music was the smartest move, and what the future of music video creation looks like as the technology keeps moving forward.

What You Will Learn

• How Neural Frames analyzes a song to automatically match visuals to the music

• Why building for a specific niche beats trying to serve everyone

• How the platform handles one of the hardest challenges in video production: keeping a character looking the same across every scene

• What Nikolai thinks about AI replacing video production companies (and why he disagrees)

• How AI is opening music video creation to people who never could have done it before

• The one piece of advice Nikolai gives anyone who is hesitant to start using these tools

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Our Guest

Nicolai Klemke, Founder & CEO of Neural Frames

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolai-klemke-a0b13a8b/

Website: https://www.neuralframes.com/

Host: Robert Weiss - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertweissnyc/

Our website: https://MultiVisionDigital.com

MultiVision Digital - An Award-Winning Video Production Company in New York City

We specialize in video production and video marketing across every industry to help in promoting your website, products, and services - driving more traffic, leads, and sales.

Our Brands:

MultiVision Creative:https://multivisioncreative.com

A specialized brand focused on serving marketing, advertising, and public relations firms.

Over the years, we’ve worked alongside marketing teams, senior executives, and creative talent, honing our ability to navigate the unique challenges of video marketing. By blending our deep experience in video production with a sharp understanding of marketing, sales, and digital content strategy, we’ve helped clients achieve measurable success.

Video For Manufacturing:https://videoformanufacturing.com

A specialized brand dedicated to serving industrial and manufacturing firms.

We help industrial and manufacturing companies strategically integrate B2B sales videos into their traditional sales processes. Our approach enables these firms to make a greater impact, building trust and stronger relationships between technical buyers and sellers far beyond what paper-based communication can accomplish.

Our YouTube Channel - https://youtube.com/@VideoProductionAgency

Robert Weiss, President and Executive Producer of MultiVision Digital, and Eduardo, the Senior Motion Graphics Artist and Film Editor, set out to do something most video teams only talk about: make an entire short film using AI. The result is “The Wrong Floor” - a five-minute fantasy film built entirely with AI tools.

In this episode, they break down exactly how they did it, what broke, and what they’d do differently.

What You’ll Learn

• Why the same prompt gives wildly different results across AI tools - and how to use that to your advantage
• The biggest challenge in AI filmmaking: maintaining a consistent character across scenes
• How a glitch became a creative decision (the backpack scene)
• The full AI production stack: from script to final edit using 8+ tools
• The #1 piece of advice for anyone just starting with AI video

Watch the Film

“The Wrong Floor” is available now on multivisioncreative.com and the Multivision Digital YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/3iBPFcFqnyY

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Subscribe, leave a review, and send us your questions. Future episodes are shaped by the challenges you’re facing with AI video production.

Visit our website –https://MultiVisionDigital.com

MultiVision Digital - An Award-Winning Video Production Company in New York City

We specialize in video production and video marketing across every industry to help in promoting your website, products, and services - driving more traffic, leads, and sales.

Our Brands:

MultiVision Creative:https://multivisioncreative.com

A specialized brand focused on serving marketing, advertising, and public relations firms.

Over the years, we’ve worked alongside marketing teams, senior executives, and creative talent, honing our ability to navigate the unique challenges of video marketing. By blending our deep experience in video production with a sharp understanding of marketing, sales, and digital content strategy, we’ve helped clients achieve measurable success.

Video For Manufacturing:https://videoformanufacturing.com

A specialized brand dedicated to serving industrial and manufacturing firms.

We help industrial and manufacturing companies strategically integrate B2B sales videos into their traditional sales processes. Our approach enables these firms to make a greater impact, building trust and stronger relationships between technical buyers and sellers far beyond what paper-based communication can accomplish.

Our YouTube Channel - https://youtube.com/@VideoProductionAgency

In this launch episode of AI Behind The Camera, Robert Weiss, President of MultiVision Creative, breaks down what AI actually means for video producers, marketers, and content creators. AI isn’t replacing the human skills behind great video, the ideation, the planning, the execution. It’s amplifying them.

From post-production workflows to creative possibilities that were once out of reach, AI is opening doors that didn’t exist before. But process and people still matter most.

In This Episode

• Why AI will not replace video producers
• How AI is transforming both post-production and creative workflows
• What to expect from this podcast: guests, stories, wins, and real challenges

Coming Up on Future Episodes

Creators experimenting with AI tools, marketing strategists, and the software companies building the future of AI video production.

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Our website –https://MultiVisionDigital.com

MultiVision Digital - An Award-Winning Video Production Company in New York City

We specialize in video production and video marketing across every industry to help in promoting your website, products, and services - driving more traffic, leads, and sales.

Our Brands:

MultiVision Creative:https://multivisioncreative.com

A specialized brand focused on serving marketing, advertising, and public relations firms.

Over the years, we’ve worked alongside marketing teams, senior executives, and creative talent, honing our ability to navigate the unique challenges of video marketing. By blending our deep experience in video production with a sharp understanding of marketing, sales, and digital content strategy, we’ve helped clients achieve measurable success.

Video For Manufacturing:https://videoformanufacturing.com

A specialized brand dedicated to serving industrial and manufacturing firms.

We help industrial and manufacturing companies strategically integrate B2B sales videos into their traditional sales processes. Our approach enables these firms to make a greater impact, building trust and stronger relationships between technical buyers and sellers far beyond what paper-based communication can accomplish.

Our YouTube Channel - https://youtube.com/@VideoProductionAgency