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My Story-to-Video Pipeline
Opus 4.5 → ElevenLabs v3 → Nano Banana Pro → Kling 2.6. Complete workflow, ~$2 per video.
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My current pipeline: Opus 4.5 for story and prompts, ElevenLabs v3 for speech, Nano Banana Pro for images, Kling 2.6 for video with audio input. About 15 minutes from idea to final video.
The Stack#
- Claude Opus 4.5 - Story and scene descriptions
- ElevenLabs v3 - Voice with emotion tags
- Nano Banana Pro - 6x6 grid technique for images
- Kling 2.6 - Audio-driven video generation
Writing with Opus#
I give Opus a premise and ask for scene-by-scene breakdowns. The prompt:
"Write a 60-second story about [topic]. Break it into 4 scenes. For each scene: narration text, visual description for image generation, emotional tone."
Opus gets pacing. It writes descriptions that actually generate well.
ElevenLabs Emotion Tags#
The difference between flat and alive is emotion tags:
"[soft] In a world where dreams become reality... [excited] she discovered the key to everything!"
Tags make the voiceover dynamic. Without them, everything sounds like a robot reading.
Nano Banana Pro Grid Technique#
6x6 grid = 36 variations for the cost of 2-3 single images. Pick the best composition, upscale just that one. I spend about 2-3 minutes per scene selecting.
Kling 2.6#
Upload image + audio. Kling handles lip-sync automatically. Motion follows audio energy.
God, I love Kling. How is it so good at cloth, smoke, and fluid simulation all at the same time?
Cost#
Per 60-second video:
- Opus: ~$0.15
- ElevenLabs: ~$0.30
- Nano Banana Pro: ~$0.50
- Kling 2.6: ~$1.00
Total: ~$2
We're so lucky Opus 4.5 and Nano Banana Pro dropped at the same time.
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