Create video ads in 7 minutes using AI 🎬

Hello everybody, welcome back to Moodboard 🌴

We spend a lot of time here talking about individual AI tools (their capabilities, their features, and how to use them effectively) in depth.

But the truth is, for founders and marketers, these tools become exponentially more powerful when you use them together.

So, today, I want to show you an example of a very simple workflow that ties multiple tools together to create a specific marketing asset: video ads for platforms like TikTok or Instagram.

Ready to try it out? Let’s dive in 👇️ 

The Goal

A lot of video ads try to do too much. They cram in product shots, testimonials, animations, and a bunch of stylized visual elements. 

Unfortunately, much of the time, users on platforms like TikTok or IG will immediately clock that it’s an ad and scroll right past.

“Copy-focus” video ads, as I call them, are a lot simpler, and, in my experience, more effective at this moment. They lead with the copy and they feel native to the platform because they mirror how regular users create content.

Here’s an example of this kind of ad that I saw out in the wild from Morning Brew ⬇️ 

I've tested these against other formats of video ads for multiple clients, and the copy-focus variants consistently outperform other formats (and cost 90% less to produce).

So, if you’re a marketer, I’d recommend you test them!

To create polished, visually-interesting versions of these ads quickly, I use three tools:

1. Claude or ChatGPT for compelling copy that stops the scroll

2. Suno for background music that sets the mood without overwhelming

3. Midjourney for a subtle video background that adds visual interest

The Meta-Prompt

Instead of writing separate prompts for each tool, I built a meta-prompt that generates all three at once. Just describe your business and it creates copy-paste ready prompts for each platform.

Here's the complete prompt:

The Workflow

Let’s walk through exactly how this works (I'll use Moodboard as an example so you can see real outputs).

Step 1: Run the Meta-Prompt

Drop your business description into ChatGPT or Claude with the meta-prompt above. You'll get three distinct outputs, each labeled and ready to copy.

Here are the outputs I received after providing ChatGPT with some information about Moodboard:

Step 2: Generate Your Background Music

Head to Suno and paste in the music prompt. Make sure to check "Instrumental" (unless you want AI-generated vocals/lyrics in your background music).

Suno will generate multiple variations. Listen through and download the one that best matches the vibe you’re looking for.

Here’s the link to the song that it created from my prompt, in case you want to check it out.

Step 3: Create Your Video Background

Next, drop the image prompt into Midjourney. You'll get four vertically-oriented images to choose from.

Choose the one you like the most, and, to turn that static image into a video, click “Low Motion” in the ‘Auto’ row of the “Animate image” menu.

(If you'd like a more descriptive/detailed guide to using Midjourney for generating both image & video, check out our past guides: "How to Get the Most out of Midjourney" and "Creating Video with Midjourney")

Extend the animation (by selecting “Auto Extend” on the video output you prefer).

Repeating this ‘auto-extend’ process 2-3 more times will create a subtle, 15-20 second animated background. Just enough movement to feel alive without distracting from your copy 🫡

Step 4: Assemble in Your Editor

Now we bring it all together. I use CapCut because it's lightweight, free, and very simple, but any editor works (Kapwing, iMovie, Premiere, whatever you've got).

Import your video background and music. Add your copy as a text overlay, and use a clean, bold font (add a subtle drop shadow and/or a low-opacity background to help the text stand out a bit more).

Export, and you’ve got your final product. Here’s how mine came out 👇

(If you want to see it with the music, here’s a link to the MP4).

The Takeaway

While each of these tools is fun to play around with and has its own unique applications, I hope you're seeing that when used together, the output is much greater than the sum of its parts.

If you take the time to learn the nuances of these tools and practice using them together, you become a real "swiss army knife" of a marketer.

Try it out, and have fun with it!

Until next week,

Ryan