A Suno song gives you a finished track in minutes. The video is where most people stall: five-second clips that don't add up to a film, a singer whose face changes every shot, and no way to cut it to the music. Here's the way Face Masks Off was made, a 3:58 video with 102 cuts, by one person, to a song written with Suno.
Face Masks Off: the film this guide follows. Sound on.
1. Start from the final mix
Download the final version of the song as a WAV or MP3. Make sure you hold the rights to use it in a video; for a Suno song that depends on your Suno plan and its terms.
2. Let the studio read the song
Start a project in cnemai and add the song. The studio reads its sections, bars and drops and suggests where to cut, every few bars. That reading becomes the grid the whole video sits on.
3. Plan the shots on the bars
Describe the idea in a line or two, and the studio breaks the song into scenes and shots on those bars, with cast, staging and length. Face Masks Off ended up with 55 shots. Change a line and the shot changes; every revision is kept.
4. Cast it once
Make a sheet for the artist, each place and any prop that recurs. Pick the hero version of each, and every take draws from it, so the face and wardrobe hold from the first chorus to the last.
5. Find the look on stills, then animate
Stills are cheap. Try three a shot on Nano Banana 2 at 3¢ each, keep the one you like, and animate it. Two 6-second takes per shot on the fast video lane cost 36¢ each, at 6¢ a second. Keep the take that works; the others stay on the shot in case you change your mind.
6. Cut it on the song
Lay the takes on the Main lane over the song's waveform, with the lyrics timed below. Trim each cut to the bar it belongs on. Save a version whenever you like a pass; Face Masks Off went to version 61, and all 60 before it are still there.
7. Export the master
Export a 1080p master. Face Masks Off was mastered at 1080p24 from 768p renders.
What it costs
3 minutes: 55 shots, two 6-second takes of each on MiniMax H3 Fast, three stills a shot to find the look.
| 110 clips × 6 s × 6¢ | $39.60 |
| 165 stills × 3¢ on Nano Banana 2 | $4.95 |
| The 1080p master | ~$2.00 |
| From the wallet | ~$47 |
Plus the $99 studio month. More takes cost more, fewer cost less. A failed take is never charged.
Face Masks Off itself rendered 229 clips, about 21 minutes, to keep 3:58. Expect to shoot several times what you use.