Halloween 2026 AI video plan for $50 with 28 days left

Halloween 2026 is Saturday, October 31, which is 28 days after October 3: four weeks, so one pass of testing, one pass of finals, and a short window for fixes. This post prices a $50 plan from Sume's billed rates, so you can see what the money covers before you spend any of it.

How is the $50 divided?

The plan spends about 80 percent of the budget on planned work and keeps the rest for retakes. Screens use Wan 3.0 at 480p, at $0.0625 per second. Finals go to Wan 3.0 at 1080p for the hero shots that need delivery resolution, and two 15-second Seedance 2.5 clips at 720p carry the pieces where you want its token-based rendering.

Captions are a flat $0.20 per job on a clip up to 60 seconds, and Lyria 3.5 music is $0.125 per track.

Where could the money go wrong?

The largest line is Seedance 2.5 at $17.334. Moving those two clips from 720p to 1080p raises each from $8.667 to $21.3233, which would take the plan past $50 with no retakes left. Hold hero clips at 720p until the concept is locked.

The retake line is the plan's safety margin. Failed jobs are refunded in full, but a clip you reject is a completed job and is charged. Reserve a third of the leftover for hooks you cut and replace.

What does the calendar look like?

Week one (October 3 to 9): screens and music. Week two (October 10 to 16): choose winners and run the Seedance 2.5 heroes. Week three (October 17 to 23): finals and captions. Week four (October 24 to 30): fixes, with the last upload on Friday October 30, a day before Halloween.

If you plan to keep the clips running into the holiday-ad season, the Black Friday plan reuses the same screen-then-final split over 55 days.