Water Cycle Music Video Test

Science you can sing along to.

A 15 second excerpt of a 30 second animated music video about the water cycle. One character, five shots, every cut on the beat, Theo singing every word with lip sync, and every word on screen in time with the vocal. Delivered in 1080p, 16:9 horizontal, exactly the format you asked for.

1920 × 1080, 16:9One character in five shotsCuts on the beatWord by word lyricsLip sync to the vocalOriginal song made for this test

The storyboard for the full 30 seconds.

Eleven panels timed to the song: intro, verse, chorus, outro and end pose. The five panels marked in teal are the ones animated in the clip above. With your project I follow your storyboard shot by shot instead.

Storyboard panel 1 — **0:00**Intro
Instrumental, title card
Theo in the class lab lifts a beaker of water. Title pops in on the first downbeat.

Storyboard panel 2 — **0:04**Verse
The sun heats up the ocean blue,
Wide shot. Smiling sun, heat shimmer rises off the water, Theo shades his eyes.

Storyboard panel 3 — **0:06**Verse
the water turns to vapor and it rises too.
Droplets turn into vapor swirls. Theo floats up with them, camera tilts up.

Storyboard panel 4 — **0:08**Verse
Up, up high where the air is cold,
High sky, cool palette. Theo shivers, frost sparkles on the beat.

Storyboard panel 5 — **0:11**Verse
it condenses into clouds, so I've been told.
Vapor gathers into a cloud right under his feet. Hold on the landing.

Storyboard panel 6 — **0:13**ChorusIn the test clip
Evaporate! Condense! Precipitate!
Beach. Theo sways to the beat, sings the line and points up as vapor rises to the clouds.

Storyboard panel 7 — **0:16**ChorusIn the test clip
Then it all collects down in the lake.
Mountain lake in the rain. Umbrella, raindrops in his hand, ripples on the water.

Storyboard panel 8 — **0:19**ChorusIn the test clip
Round and round, it never ends, that's the water cycle, friends!
The full cycle as a loop of arrows around Theo. He grooves in the middle and sings along.

Storyboard panel 9 — **0:22**OutroIn the test clip
Sun goes up and the rain comes down,
Hilltop. One arm to the sun, one hand points to the rain cloud.

Storyboard panel 10 — **0:25**OutroIn the test clip
water travels all around!
Theo rides a cloud over the river from the mountains to the sea, waving.

Storyboard panel 11 — **0:28**End
Final hit
Back in the lab: thumbs up and a wink, a tiny cloud rains into the beaker.

Download the storyboard sheet (PNG)

One turnaround, every shot.

Every frame in this test was made from this one turnaround sheet. Face, hair, goggles, hoodie and sneakers stay the same from the beach to the cloud.

Theo, the song and the lyrics are placeholders I made for this test, so nothing of yours was used. In production I animate your song, your storyboard and your character from your flat PNG or JPG files.

How I would produce the full series.

A hybrid workflow: AI assisted animation for consistency and speed, with timing, lyrics and the edit done by hand.

Lock your character

Your turnaround sheet becomes a reference pack: front, three quarter, side, back and a few expressions. Every shot is made from that pack, so the character looks the same in every frame.

Storyboard to key frames

Each panel of your storyboard becomes one clean 1080p key frame in your art style. You approve the key frames before anything moves.

Motion from the key frames

AI assisted animation from each approved key frame. I pick and trim the best take of every shot so nothing drifts or morphs.

Timing by hand

The beat grid is measured from your song. Cuts land on beats, gestures land on the words, and the lyric line highlights word by word with the vocal.

Checked before you see it

Every frame is checked for character errors and cut off text, and the on screen lyrics are checked against the vocal with speech recognition.

Faster with every new song

Your character pack, type styles and lyric setup are reused for the next music video, so future videos get quicker and stay consistent.

Price and timeline.

Fixed prices, two revision rounds included at each stage.

Stage 1 · Paid test

$90

A few seconds animated from your storyboard, with your character and your song. Delivered within 24 hours.

Stage 2 · Music video

$720

The full 30 second music video in 1080p, 16:9. Delivered 3 to 4 days after the test is approved.

Stage 3 · Future videos

$720

Per 30 second video, same quality and speed. Your character pack and lyric setup are reused, so turnaround gets shorter.