Directed by an award-winning creative director and computer engineer  ·  Serving the US, UK and GCC

AI video production services, directed like a real commercial.

MAW AI Studios, the AI video specialist of MAW Motion Studios, produces cinematic AI commercials, brand films, product videos and social ad suites for brands in the United States, United Kingdom and GCC. There is no template: every project gets its own concept, storyboard, visual world and generation approach, chosen for that brand and that brief, then finished with the same grading, sound design and editing MAW Motion Studios has applied to 400+ videos since 2019. Single AI commercials from $1,500, delivered in 5 to 10 business days.

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This is what AI video looks like when someone directs it.

A cinematic AI trailer produced by MAW AI Studios. Generated shots, chosen, graded, cut and scored by a human director. Judge the work before you read a word of the copy.

Why most AI video hurts the brand that paid for it

Everyone has the same tools now. Taste is the only thing that is not downloadable.

Veo, Kling, Runway, Wan and the rest are one subscription away for every studio and every freelancer. Base-model access is no longer a selling point and we will not pretend it is. Two things still separate a campaign from a clip. The first is direction: a concept worth making, a storyboard that holds, characters and products that stay consistent, an edit with a hook, a grade and a sound mix. The second is what happens under the hood: we do not stop at the public tools. We build our own AI workflows on top of them, with deeper access to the models than a stock interface gives, so we can hold a character across scenes, lock a product's exact look, and push quality past what anyone gets by typing a prompt into an app. That combination is what you are buying, and it is why every brand gets an approach built for it instead of one pipeline for everyone.

DIY tools

Fast and cheap, and it looks it. No storyboard, no continuity, no grade, no sound design. Fine for a test, fatal for a launch.

Prompt freelancers

One style for every client, inconsistent from job to job. You end up art-directing the work yourself over chat.

Traditional production

Crew, location, talent, six weeks and $20,000 or more before a first cut. Great output, wrong economics for most launches.

Selected AI video work

Real deliverables from MAW AI Studios. Tap any one to expand.

Commercials, brand films, trailers and short films, all produced with generative AI and directed frame by frame. The full archive lives on the MAW AI Studios YouTube channel.

Cinematic AI trailer
Trailer · AI film
Trailer-format piece built to prove AI can carry scale, tension and a cinematic grade across many locations without a single shoot day.
Sovereign, luxury home interiors
Quiet ad · Interiors brand
A quiet ad for a luxury home interiors brand. Slow, tactile, no voiceover shouting. The restraint AI is usually blamed for lacking.
Apex
AI short film
Character continuity across scenes, the hardest problem in generative video, held through the whole film.
Construction brand film
Brand film · Construction
Industrial scale without a drone permit or a site visit. Brand film format for a construction company.
Lineage
Cinematic AI film
Narrative pacing and one visual world held across every shot.
AI brand film
Brand film
Long-form brand storytelling produced end to end with generative video and full post-production.
AI commercial
Commercial · Paid social
Product-led spot cut for paid social. Hook in the first two seconds, every platform cut delivered from one production.
AI video showreel
Showreel
A cross-section of AI commercials, product ads and brand content directed by the studio.
What MAW AI Studios does
Explainer · Kinetic type
A short kinetic-text explainer of the studio and its "directed, not generated" approach. Watch this one if you want the pitch in a minute.
How the work is actually made

No template. Every brand gets its own approach.

Concept before tools

We do not open a generator until the idea is worth making. A written concept, a script with a hook, and a storyboard you sign off. Then we decide how to produce it.

Our own AI workflows

We do not just prompt the public apps. We build custom pipelines on top of the models, with deeper access than a stock interface, to hold characters across scenes, lock a product's exact look and push quality past prompt-and-pray. The method is chosen per brief: a fragrance world, a construction brand film and a SaaS product ad are not produced the same way.

Finished like a commercial

Continuity fixes, colour grade, sound design, licensed music, voiceover, captions, platform cuts. This is the stage most AI studios skip and the reason their work looks generated.

AI video production services

Six formats, specialised at MAW AI Studios.

Each format has its own detailed page on mawaistudios.com with pricing, process and more examples. This page is the overview from the parent agency.

AI commercials and product ads

15 to 60 second spots for launches, paid social and pre-roll. Storyboarded, generated, graded, scored, delivered in every platform cut.

AI commercial production

AI brand films and launch films

60 to 120 second hero films with a custom visual world, for homepages, investor decks, events and campaign anchors.

AI brand film production

AI product and explainer videos

Product showcases and explainers for SaaS, DTC and ecommerce, directed by someone who understands the product before the brief call ends.

AI product videos  ·  AI explainer videos

AI social ad suites

Hero plus cutdowns, 9:16, 1:1 and 16:9 from one production, captioned and paced for Meta, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn.

AI social video production

AI visual worlds and trailers

Environments, products and characters that do not exist yet: off-plan real estate, concept vehicles, fragrance worlds, game and film trailers.

AI visual worlds

AI corporate video libraries

Training, internal comms and multi-market corporate series, 10 to 50 videos in one consistent visual system, localised per region.

Scope a video library

Also produced at MAW AI Studios: AI music videos for labels and artists.

At a glance

Everything you need before the call, in one place.

Who
MAW AI Studios, the AI video division of MAW Motion Studios (est. 2019)
What
AI commercials, brand films, product videos, social ad suites, trailers, corporate libraries
Starting price
$1,500 per commercial, $5,000 per brand film or campaign, $3,000 per month retainer
Turnaround
5 to 10 business days per spot, 10 to 14 for campaign suites
Markets
United States, United Kingdom, UAE, Saudi Arabia; all work remote
Models and tools
Veo, Kling, Runway, Wan, Flux and others, plus our own custom AI workflows on top, chosen per project
Director
Muhammad Afnan Wali, computer engineer, national competition winner, DesignRush Awards 2026 juror
Usage rights
Full commercial rights, all platform exports and source files included
Revisions
2 rounds on single spots, unlimited on brand films and retainers
Contact
calendly.com/mawaistudios/intro, WhatsApp, support@mawmotionstudios.com
Why brands pick MAW AI Studios over a prompt shop

A real production studio that specialised in AI, not a tool reseller.

Seven years of shipped video

MAW Motion Studios has produced 400+ videos across 35+ countries since 2019, for Wondershare, RingCentral, Carnival, Coursera and dozens of SaaS and AI companies. MAW AI Studios inherits that team and that standard.

Directed by a computer engineer

The creative director holds a BS in Computer Engineering. That is why technical products are described correctly the first time, and why we can build a different production approach for each brief instead of one workflow for everyone.

Award-winning direction

Winner of multiple national design and video competitions, juror for the DesignRush Design Awards 2026. Taste is the product here. The models are just the camera.

Process

Storyboard approved before a single frame is generated.

Direction first removes the guesswork that makes most AI projects drag. You see and sign off the concept, script and shot list, then we produce against it.

Day 1

Brief

Goal, audience, platform, offer, references. A 15-minute call or a written brief.

Day 1 to 2

Concept and storyboard

Script with a hook, shot list, style frames. You approve before we go further.

Day 2 to 5

Produce and curate

Hundreds of takes with the approach chosen for your brand. Only shots that hold continuity survive.

Day 5 to 8

Post-production

Edit, grade, sound design, voiceover, music, captions. The stage that makes it look produced.

Day 7 to 10

Deliver

Every platform cut plus source files. Revisions included. Rush lanes available.

The honest comparison

Same launch, four ways to make the video.

DIY AI toolsAI freelancerTraditional productionMAW AI Studios
Time to first cutMinutes1 to 2 weeks4 to 8 weeks5 to 10 business days
Cost per videoFree to $50$300 to $2,000$15,000 to $100,000+$1,500 to $15,000
Concept and storyboardNoneSometimesFull teamAlways, approved before production
ApproachWhatever the tool doesSame style every jobCustomCustom per brand and brief
Continuity, grade, soundNoneInconsistentHigh-endFull post-production
Production heritageNoneRareYes400+ projects since 2019
Platform cuts includedNoExtraExtraYes
AI video production pricing

Priced for launches, not for tests.

Every tier includes concept, storyboard, production, full post-production and all platform exports. Quotes are fixed after the brief call, so there are no surprise invoices.

Single spot

AI commercial or product ad

from $1,500
  • One 15 to 60 second commercial
  • Script, storyboard and style frames
  • Production approach built for your brand
  • Colour grade, sound design, licensed music
  • 2 revision rounds
  • All platform cuts, 16:9, 9:16, 1:1
  • 5 to 7 business days
Scope a single spot
Most chosen

Brand film or campaign suite

from $5,000
  • One 60 to 120 second hero film
  • 3 cutdowns: 30s, 15s, 6s
  • Custom visual world and brand look
  • Professional voiceover, human or AI
  • Unlimited revisions to approved storyboard
  • Source files and raw selects
  • 10 to 14 business days
Book the brief call
Ongoing

Monthly AI content partner

from $3,000 / month
  • 4 to 8 finished assets per month
  • Dedicated creative director
  • Brand visual system and templates
  • 48-hour priority on standard spots
  • Monthly strategy and performance review
  • Pause or cancel any month
Talk about a retainer

Corporate libraries of 20+ videos and agency white-label work are quoted separately. Payment by Wise, Payoneer or bank transfer; 50% deposit, balance on approval.

In their words

What clients say after the video ships.

Speaking of relationships vs. vendors. MAW Motion Studios and Muhammad Afnan Wali were and are amazing partners. They built the video in this post along with a dozen others for Intelligent Voice AI. Muhammad is a partner, taking calls any hour of the day for me. Anyone reading this should take a look at their work.
Shannon DiemShannon Diem, Founder, Intelligent Voice AI
He is an expert in his space. Nothing was too much to ask for. He knows what he's talking about and delivers work on time as per the contract. Very professional. Anyone looking to work with him won't be disappointed.
Who directs your project
Muhammad Afnan Wali, Founder and Creative Director, MAW Motion Studios and MAW AI Studios

A creative director who came up through engineering.

I am Muhammad Afnan Wali. I founded MAW Motion Studios in 2019 and MAW AI Studios in 2026, and I direct the AI work myself. Generative video rewards people who understand both the model and the message, which is the whole reason a computer engineer ended up running a film studio.

  • BS Computer Engineering, MS Project Management
  • 400+ videos delivered, 35+ countries, since 2019
  • Directed work for Wondershare, RingCentral, Carnival, Coursera
  • Winner, multiple national design and video competitions
  • Juror, DesignRush Design Awards 2026
  • Top-ranked on DesignRush and Clutch in our region
The specialist

MAW AI Studios is where this work lives full time.

MAW Motion Studios is the production agency: SaaS explainers, video subscriptions, YouTube and social content, since 2019. In 2026 all generative video moved into its own specialist studio, MAW AI Studios, with the tagline "We don't generate. We direct." Same director and post team, a dedicated AI research and production crew, its own portfolio, service pages and blog. If AI video is what you need, that is the site to bookmark. This page is the front door from the parent agency.

Introducing MAW AI Studios, the launch commercial.
FAQ

AI video production, answered plainly.

Understanding AI video

What is AI video production?

AI video production replaces the filming stage with generative video models while keeping everything a real production has: a script, a storyboard, a director choosing shots, and full post-production. At MAW AI Studios the output is a finished commercial or brand film, not a folder of clips.

Can AI really make a commercial that looks real?

Yes, if it is directed. Current models can produce photoreal people, products and environments. The gaps are continuity between shots, motion that drifts, and no sound design. A studio closes those gaps by generating many takes, keeping only the ones that match the storyboard, then grading, cutting and scoring the result. Watch the trailer at the top of this page and judge it yourself.

Is AI video good for ads, or will people notice?

AI video performs well in paid ads when it is built like an ad: hook in the first two seconds, a clear message, captions for sound-off viewing, and platform-native cuts. Viewers notice bad AI, not AI. Directed AI spots are running on Meta, YouTube and TikTok for brands in every category we serve.

How much does an AI commercial cost?

Across the market, anywhere from $50 for a DIY tool export to $2,000 for a freelancer. At MAW AI Studios a single directed AI commercial starts at $1,500, a brand film or campaign suite at $5,000, and a monthly retainer at $3,000. Traditional production for comparable quality typically runs $15,000 to $100,000 or more.

AI video vs traditional video production: which should I choose?

Choose traditional when you need real named talent on camera, documentary footage, or a live event. Choose AI when you need scale, speed, impossible visuals, products or places that do not exist yet, or several creative directions tested in the time one shoot takes. Many of our projects mix both.

Which AI video generator is best in 2026?

There is no single best. Veo leads on audio-synced photoreal shots, Kling on motion realism, Runway on control, Wan as an open-weights option, and the field changes every few months. We choose per shot and, more importantly, run our own workflows on top of the models with deeper access than the public apps. That, plus the edit, is what a subscription to any one tool cannot give you.

Can AI video be used commercially and for paid ads?

Yes. Every MAW delivery includes full commercial usage rights and native exports for Meta, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn and programmatic. We use licensed music and either human or licensed AI voiceover, so there is nothing to clear afterwards.

How long does it take to make an AI video?

A single spot ships in 5 to 7 business days from approved storyboard. Brand films and campaign suites take 10 to 14 business days. Retainer clients get 48-hour turnaround on standard spots.

About working with MAW AI Studios

Do you use a fixed pipeline or a custom approach?

Custom, every time. The concept and storyboard decide the method, not the other way round. A fragrance world, a construction brand film and a SaaS product ad are produced with different models, references, style frames and post workflows. We never push briefs through one preset.

Can you keep my product, logo and brand colours exact?

Yes. We build product-accurate models from your photography or CAD, lock logos and typography in post rather than trusting the generator, and match brand colours in the grade. Where you need real talent or real footage on screen, we scope a hybrid.

What is the difference between MAW Motion Studios and MAW AI Studios?

MAW Motion Studios is the parent video production agency, founded in 2019: SaaS explainers, video subscription, YouTube and social content. MAW AI Studios is its specialist generative AI division, launched in 2026, with its own portfolio and service pages at mawaistudios.com. Same founder and post team, one invoice.

Do you work with clients in the US, UK and Middle East?

Yes. Most AI video clients are in the United States, United Kingdom, UAE and Saudi Arabia. Everything is delivered remotely with async review links and calls scheduled across time zones. Invoicing is in USD via Wise, Payoneer or bank transfer.

What if the first cut is not what I expected?

You approve the storyboard before we produce, so the first cut rarely misses. If it does miss the approved storyboard, we re-direct it at no cost. Revision rounds are included in every tier and unlimited on brand films and retainers.

Do you do agency white-label or large corporate libraries?

Yes. We produce under agency brands at their quality bar, and we build corporate libraries of 10 to 50 videos in one visual system, localised per market. Both are quoted separately after a scoping call.

Start here

Send the brief. Get a concept back, not a quote form.

Tell us the goal, the platform and a reference or two. Within 12 hours you get a recommended format, a fixed price and a delivery date. No obligation.

support@mawmotionstudios.com +92 303 3568000 Best brief: goal, platform, duration, references, deadline
More from MAW Motion Studios

Need something that is not AI-generated? The parent agency produces SaaS explainer videos, a SaaS video subscription, YouTube automation and social media content. See the full portfolio.