The 7-Day AI Commercial Sprint

Seven days from now, you could hold a finished 30-second AI commercial. Not a tutorial project. A finished spec ad — the kind you put in a portfolio, send to a client, or post as proof of what you do. The 7-Day AI Commercial Sprint is the exact production system from 22 years of commercial sets, compressed into one week: Day 0 prep (tools, accounts, references), Days 1–7 with a daily brief — objective, timebox, exact tasks, prompts to run, deliverable of the day, done-criteria checklist — covering concept, reference locking, start-frame craft, generation, assembly, QC, and delivery. Plus a troubleshooting appendix for every common failure, a graduation checklist, and a final chapter that turns your spec ad into your first paying client, with copy-paste outreach templates. One day, one deliverable. The schedule is the boss. Ship it. By Raghavendra Iyer, Founder & Creative Director of Double Shot Film Studio (Chennai), 22 years in advertising film, and founder of AINewZ.