The old workflow
Generate visual → export → cut to length → write VO → generate VO in ElevenLabs → generate music in Suno → import all three into a NLE → sync → export. Six tools, minimum forty minutes for a fifteen-second social post.
The new workflow
Prompt visual + spoken line + mood → download. One tool, ninety seconds, sync is free. This is not incremental. It changes who can make short-form video.
What's harder now
Iteration. When audio is baked in, changing 'she says hello' to 'she says hey' means re-rolling the entire clip and losing the visual. Serious pros are back to generating silent + layering audio separately when the visual is the keeper.
The pragmatic pattern: draft with native audio to lock the concept, then re-generate silent + layer editable audio for the final master.
What to prompt for
Sora 2 responds to audio cues in the same prompt string. Be explicit: quote the dialogue, name the tone ('quiet, breathy'), reference ambient ('rain patter, distant traffic'). Vague audio prompts default to generic room tone.
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