How to make an AI New Year video
Greeting line for the Ad Video box: Our family bakery, open since 1987; a thank-you to the neighbourhood and Happy New Year; new hours from January 4. Story brief for AI Create: A one-minute short: at 11:58 on New Year's Eve a courier delivers a letter to the wrong flat and stays for the countdown; one stairwell, one balcony, fireworks off screen.
Greeting or story: pick the project
| You want | Project | Length | What carries the message |
|---|---|---|---|
| A thank-you to customers | Ad Video, Warm tone | 15 seconds | The spoken line and the end card |
| A spectacle with your logo at the end | Ad Video, Epic tone | 15 or 30 seconds | Fireworks and scale in the shots; the end card |
| A Lunar New Year spot | Ad Video, Warm or Epic, Target Region East Asian | 15 or 30 seconds | Red, gold, lanterns, a family table written into the line |
| A short story about a new start | Short Drama, 9:16 | 60–120 seconds | The last shot |
A greeting is cheapest as an ad: one quoted price, one end card, done. The AI ad video generator · An ad from one photo.
The greeting, from one photo
Upload a photo of the shop front, the team's product or the thing you make. The read tells you what it saw; the one line says who you are thanking and what changes in the new year (hours, a new menu, a new location). Pick Warm for people and feeling, Epic for fireworks and a skyline. Fifteen seconds is one beat: the place, the people, the wish. The end card carries Happy New Year, your brand, and whatever you want them to do next, because nothing legible is drawn into the picture itself. The end card · Which photos work.
Lunar New Year, set in the right place
For a Lunar New Year video the setting matters more than the date. In a drama project, set Target Region to East Asian in Step 1 so faces, streets and signage follow, and the dialogue language to Chinese; write red lanterns, a round table of twelve, red envelopes, the first firecracker into the scene and the shot. In an ad, write the same into the one line. 2027 is the Year of the Goat; a goat character works in a cartoon look, and animals as characters get a sheet and a voice like anyone else. Target region · Animals as characters.
The story: a resolution, shot by shot
| Beat | Shot to adapt |
|---|---|
| The last minutes | [Shot 1] 4s: Wide shot, a stairwell at night. @Mara, a courier in a wet jacket, checks a door number and knocks. Ambient: distant countdown from a TV. |
| The wrong door | [Shot 2] 3s: Medium shot. @Teo opens, in socks, a paper hat on his head. @Teo (confused): That's not for me. |
| The choice | [Shot 3] 3s: Close-up on @Mara. She looks at the letter, then at the hat. @Mara: Thirty seconds. Can I watch from your balcony? |
| The countdown | [Shot 4] 4s: Two-shot on a small balcony, city lights below. Both count the last three numbers out loud. The sky flashes off screen. |
Fireworks are best as light on faces, off screen, because a wide shot of a sky full of them is where video models invent. How to write one shot · A love story video.
Posting on the day
New Year content is posted on three days: December 31 (the countdown), January 1 (the greeting) and the first working day (the new hours). Make the greeting in December and schedule it; make the story earlier still. Shared clips carry the SceneMixer badge; members can download a badge-free file. Posting to TikTok, Shorts and Reels · Video without a watermark.
Make it in SceneMixer, start to finish
- Script: paste your own on Upload Script, or write the brief above in AI Create and let it draft the episodes.
- Step 1: Type Short Drama; Scene Style Neon Nights, Urban Opulence; Costume Style Smart Casual, Streetwear; Visual Style Digital HD, Soft Glow; Target Region; dialogue language; 9:16 Portrait. Then read the script.
- Step 2: the two leads with one mark each and a voice; the stairwell and the balcony as locations; the letter as a prop. The first 15 setup images on an account are free.
- Storyboard: generate episode 1 first (free on your first drama) and read it before you render anything. One place per segment.
- Video: render on the default tier at 10 credits a second, fix single shots instead of whole episodes, then put the episode together and post. For the greeting, use the Ad Video tab instead: one photo, Warm tone, 15 seconds, Happy New Year on the end card.
| Date | Occasion | Video |
|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2026 | New Year's Eve | The countdown story |
| January 1, 2027 | New Year's Day | The brand greeting |
| January 4, 2027 | First working day | New hours, new menu: the greeting's end card edited |
| February 6, 2027 | Lunar New Year (Year of the Goat) | The East Asian greeting or story |
FAQ
How do I make a New Year video with AI?
For a greeting, upload one photo to the Ad Video tab, pick Warm or Epic and 15 seconds, and put Happy New Year on the end card. For a story, write a one-minute Short Drama.
Can it say Happy New Year on screen?
On the end card, yes. Text is not drawn into the picture itself; the wish is spoken and written on the card.
Can I make a Lunar New Year video?
Yes. Set Target Region to East Asian and the dialogue to Chinese; write lanterns, red envelopes and the family table into the scene.
Can I use my logo?
The brand name read from your photo or line goes on the end card; the card is built around your product shot.
How long should it be?
15 seconds for a greeting, 60 to 120 for a story.
Can I make it in several languages?
Yes. Choose the dialogue language per project; the same greeting can be made again for another market.
Can fireworks be shown?
Yes, best as light on faces and off screen; wide shots of a sky full of fireworks are where models invent.
What does a greeting cost?
An ad is quoted as one figure before it starts and that figure is a ceiling; a 15-second spot is the cheapest length.
A wish with your name on it
One photo, fifteen seconds, Happy New Year on the card.
Updated November 1, 2026