Cinematic Story-Driven Lyric Music Video for R&B/Soul Artist – Ongoing Work Potential

I am seeking a highly creative video editor/motion designer/AI video creator to produce a premium full-length cinematic lyric music video for KAIRO ZAIER, a male cinematic R&B/soul artist.

This is NOT intended to be a basic lyric video, static visualizer, slideshow, or repetitive stock-footage compilation. The objective is to create something that feels like:
- A cinematic music video
- A short emotional film
- A sophisticated professional lyric video

The visuals must interpret and follow the actual lyrics, emotional progression, and story of the song.

If the first paid test video is successful, there is strong potential for ongoing work in batches of approximately 3–5 songs at a time.

Key Requirements:
1. Cinematic Storytelling: The visuals must tell a story based on the lyrics and evolve with the song's emotional progression. Random footage that does not relate to the lyrics will not suffice. Editing should respond to musical changes (e.g., verses, choruses, builds).

2. Visual Quality: The aesthetic must be cinematic, realistic, stylish, mature, and suitable for an official R&B artist release.

3. Lyrics: Complete lyrics must appear throughout the video with accurate synchronization and professional typography that complements the visuals without dominating them. No karaoke-style bouncing text is allowed.

4. Character Consistency: Characters used in storytelling must remain visually consistent throughout the video (especially if AI-generated visuals are used).

5. Production Methods: Open to AI-generated visuals, licensed stock footage, motion graphics, visual effects, color grading, and other techniques as long as they achieve high-quality results.

6. Song Length & Delivery: Most songs are 4–4½ minutes long. Deliverables should include Full HD (1920 × 1080) or 4K resolution in MP4 format (H.264/H.265). The final video must be supplied without any watermark.

7. Audio Master Integrity: The supplied final audio master must be used exactly as provided and must not be altered, remastered, compressed, processed, or otherwise changed unless specifically requested.

8. Commercial Rights: All assets used must be legally permitted for commercial use with no unlicensed copyrighted material included.

9. Revisions: The project should include at least 2 revision rounds before final approval to address issues such as mistimed lyrics or visual inconsistencies.

10. First Project: This initial award will be for ONE full-length paid test video to assess quality and compatibility before commissioning additional batches of videos.

11. Bidders Must Provide Relevant Work Examples:
- Cinematic music videos
- Narrative/story-driven music videos
- High-quality lyric videos
- R&B/soul visual content
- Realistic AI-generated music videos

Bidders should also explain:
- How they would interpret lyrics into a visual story
- Their software/AI tools and approach to character consistency
- Turnaround time and revision process
- Pricing per video for one test project and future batches (3 or 5 videos)

Budget Range: USD $50–$100 for this first test project while allowing strong freelancers to submit higher bids if justified by their portfolio quality.