How those AI Tiny Desk pet band videos are made: a 4-step casting-and-motion workflow
Hungry_Incident1146 · reddit · 2026-10-28
A Reddit post breaks down how the viral "Tiny Desk" AI concert videos (cats and dogs in headphones playing instruments) are made; the author is building TinyDesk.cc for this format. Core idea: separate casting from motion.
- Prepare assets: one clear photo per person/pet; waist-up shot for clothing plus a face crop; avoid group photos, covered faces, heavy filters; only use photos you have rights to.
- Assign roles: map each image to lead singer/keys/sax/backing vocals; state that a face crop and wide photo of the same person are the same subject.
- Separate casting from motion: with a reference clip, keep its camera cuts and timing and swap the cast; without one, build a full-band still first to check faces, positions, and instruments before spending a video generation.
- Check beyond the first frame: watch for identity drift after cuts, faces behind microphones, hands on instruments, vocal/performance match.
TinyDesk supports people or pets, up to five cast members, 15-second output, paid from $8.90 per video; independent, not affiliated with NPR.
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