# How to Make a Jean Phil AI Video (Step by Step + Prompts) Source: https://jeanphilai.com/how-to-make-jean-phil-video # How to make a Jean Phil AI video (step by step) Photo → portrait with the look → image-to-video, with simple starter prompts, plus the video-to-video alternative. Updated October 6, 2026 · Jean Phil AI To make a Jean Phil video, turn one photo into a portrait with his look (thick blond bob, blunt fringe, curled handlebar mustache, houndstooth suit, straight face) using an image-edit model, then animate that portrait with an image-to-video model and a 10-second, front-camera, deadpan scene prompt. Jean Phil AI does both steps from one photo. ## Step by step 1. **Pick one clear photo** Front-facing, good light, one person or one pet, no sunglasses. 2. **Make the portrait with the look** An image-edit model (Seedream, Nano Banana, GPT Image) with your photo and a prompt for the look: helmet bob, curled mustache, long neck, suit, chin up, deadpan. 3. **Animate it** Image-to-video model (Seedance 2.5, Kling, Veo) with the portrait as reference image 1 and a scene prompt: front camera, real place, deadpan, ~10 seconds, 9:16. 4. **Post it like he does** No music or one trending sound, a short caption ending in “Oui Madame.”, posted from your phone. ## The formula that makes it read as Jean Phil - **The bob.** A thick, glossy honey-blond helmet: a rounded dome on top, a heavy square fringe cut dead straight just above the eyes, straight sides that bell out wide at the jaw. Black on the yellow-polo version. - **The mustache.** The same blond as the hair, long thin arms that end in tight round curls. Together with the bob it is the whole silhouette. - **The neck.** Strikingly long and thin, on narrow sloping shoulders, with a slim, gaunt, pale face — it makes the bob look even bigger. - **The suit.** Brown houndstooth three-piece, white shirt, navy-and-red striped tie. Copycats swap in pink houndstooth or a yellow polo. - **The face.** Long and narrow, ruddy and freckled, eyebrows so pale they almost vanish, eyelids half-closed. He raises his chin and looks down his nose into the front camera — never a smile. - **The clip.** About 10 seconds, vertical, front camera at arm's length, real places, no dialogue, a caption ending in “Oui Madame.” ## Starter prompts **1 · Portrait (image edit)** ``` Turn the person in this photo into Jean Phil: a thick blond bob with a straight fringe, a blond handlebar mustache with curled ends, a brown houndstooth jacket and a striped tie, completely straight face. Keep their own face. ``` **2 · Paris shadowboxing (image-to-video)** ``` Vertical selfie video, 10 seconds: the man from the reference image shadowboxes on a Paris street, completely deadpan, then walks up and stares into the camera. ``` These are simplified starters; results vary a lot by model. Jean Phil AI's own pipeline does both steps from one photo. ## What we saw making our samples - **One selfie, three looks, same face.** From a single AI-generated selfie we produced the original, pink-suit and yellow-polo looks, and the face was still clearly the same person in every one. - **Colour and neck make it Jean Phil.** Our first portraits had a dark mustache under blond hair and an ordinary neck — they looked like a costume. Matching the mustache to the hair and giving him the long, thin neck is what made it read as Jean Phil. - **The curl is the signature.** The upturned, curled tips of the mustache are what make the silhouette recognisable even at thumbnail size. ## The other way: video-to-video The originals are widely reported to be real phone clips with the character swapped in. If you want your own exact movement — your walk, your dance — film it first, then run it through a model with a character-reference or motion-transfer mode, using your Jean Phil portrait as the reference. It's slower and pickier about the source clip, but the motion is real. ## Questions ### How are Jean Phil videos made? With AI. A reference image of the character goes into an image-to-video model (such as Seedance, Kling or Veo) or a video-to-video model that swaps him into a real phone clip. The model keeps the look and changes the place. Jean Phil AI does both steps from one photo of you. ### How do I make a Jean Phil video? On Jean Phil AI, pick a version of Jean Phil (the original, the pink suit, the yellow polo, or your own), type what he should do or pick a scene, and generate — you get a 10-second vertical video of him doing it. No photo is needed. ### What AI makes the Jean Phil videos? Most guides point to ByteDance's Seedance (its reference mode keeps a character identical), and Kling and Veo work too. Our samples use Seedream 5.0 for the portrait and Seedance 2.5 for the video. ### How long does it take? On Jean Phil AI: about a minute for the portrait and a few minutes for the video. Doing it yourself the first time: 20–40 minutes including retries. ### How much does it cost to do it yourself? A portrait edit is a few cents. A 10-second 720p clip is roughly $0.50–$1.50 depending on the model and plan (October 2026). ### Can I use a real clip instead of a prompt? Yes — that's the video-to-video route: film yourself doing something, then use a reference/character-swap model to replace you with the look. It keeps your exact motion; it needs a model with a character-reference mode. ## Keep going [Template ### Jean Phil template: put anyone in the pink-suit video The most-copied clip, how the swap works, and what we found running it. Read ](https://jeanphilai.com/jean-phil-template)[Explained ### Who is Jean Phil? Is he real? AI or not, the first post, the numbers, “Oui Madame”, the coin, the copycats. Read ](https://jeanphilai.com/who-is-jean-phil)[The look ### Jean Phil filter: you, with the look The bob, the mustache, the suit — on your face, from one photo. Read ](https://jeanphilai.com/jean-phil-filter)[Make your own ### Your own Jean Phil-style character Pink suit, black bob, yellow polo: how the copycats did it. Read ](https://jeanphilai.com/ai-character-like-jean-phil)[Dance ### Jean Phil Gang Gang dance The song, the moves, and how to make the AI version. Read ](https://jeanphilai.com/gang-gang-dance)[Free ### Free Jean Phil prompts Simple starter prompts to try it yourself. Read ](https://jeanphilai.com/free-jean-phil-prompts)[Halloween ### Jean Phil wig & costume Wig, mustache, suit — and an AI preview of you first. Read ](https://jeanphilai.com/jean-phil-costume)[Catchphrase ### What “Oui Madame” means The meaning, the pronunciation and every clip it closes. Read ](https://jeanphilai.com/oui-madame-meaning)