The $10,000 Video for $0

Last week, Greg needed a hero video for his landing page. He's an AI coder without video production experience. So he used AI.

Two hours later, he had this. He's shared how he did it in a live step-by-step breakdown.

How This Works

Instead of After Effects keyframes, he used a hybrid approach. Remotion (React for videos) handled the programmatic parts. The VS Code interface is divs and CSS, the stats counter is a custom hook.

He layered in other AI tools:

• Medieval monk: animated in Midjourney
• Time tunnel transition: generated with Google Veo 3
• The modern developer character: Midjourney

He built everything through conversation with Claude Code: almost 200 exchanges in 2 hours. "Make it bigger," "the zoom should be a little longer," "count up from 90%." Natural language feedback became precise code. When code wasn't the right tool, he switched to video generation.

The Process

• Think in React components
• The conversational loop that makes iteration fast
• Feedback examples that shaped each scene
• When to code vs. generate MP4s
• The project structure and file organization
• Source code, chat history, and all assets